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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Josh Brecheen issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 8035 – The Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024.
“It is irresponsible to send another $60 billion (on top of the $113 billion we have already sent) to fund the war in Ukraine, when our own border remains wide open and our national debt is nearing $35 trillion,” said Congressman Josh Brecheen.
Before the vote, Brecheen appeared on Fox News to discuss his opposition to sending more of our tax dollars to Ukraine without securing our own border.
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SALINA—Spiro bounced back from a loss Friday to defeat Rejoice Christian, 11-3, in a consolation game at the Salina Tournament Saturday.
Spiro improves to 16-13 and closes out the regular season with a home game against Poteau Monday. Rejoice Christian is 10-23.
The Bulldogs scored three runs in the top of the second inning to take the lead and added six more in the top of the three to stretch the advantage to 9-1.
Bryson Graham was the winning pitcher for Spiro. He went two innings, allowing no hits and three runs, two earned, with one strikeout and five walks. Corbin Miller threw the final four innings, giving up two hits and no runs with three strikeouts and four walks.
Davis Carter doubled and was 2-3 with two RBI and two runs, Connor Reed went 2-3 with two runs and Miller hit a home run while going 1-4 with two RBI and one run.
Spiro 11, Rejoice Christian 3
SHS 0 3 6 0 0 2—11 7 1
RCHS 0 1 2 0 0 0—3 2 3
MANHATTAN, Kan.– Oklahoma State dropped its second game of the series against Kansas State Saturday as the 15th-ranked Cowboys took a 7-2 loss at Tointon Family Stadium.
With the loss, OSU fell to 25-14 and 10-7 in Big 12 play, while the Wildcats improved to 24-14 and 9-8 in the conference.
The setback marks OSU’s first series loss to Kansas State since 2010.
Ian Daugherty homered and had two hits for the Cowboys, while Carson Benge was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Brian Holiday took the loss on the mound to fall to 3-3. The right-hander worked six innings and allowed five runs on eight hits while striking out seven.
K-State took the game’s initial lead in the second on a leadoff home run to right field by Raphael Pelletier, his eighth homer of the season.
Pelletier did it again in the fourth, leading off that inning with another solo shot to put the Wildcats up 2-0.
After being shut out and held to just one hit over the first 5 1/3 innings by K-State right-hander Jackson Wentworth, the Cowboys cut their deficit in half on Daugherty’s fifth homer of the season, a pinch-hit blast over the left field wall.
K-State got the run back and then some in the bottom of the inning. This time it was a double by Pelletier that got things starter, and he would score a single by David Bishop to put the home team up 3-1. The Wildcats added to their lead on a two-run homer by Jaden Parsons to go up by four.
The Wildcats added two more runs in the seventh, with OSU’s final run coming on a double by Benge in the eighth.
Sunday’s series finale is scheduled for a 3 p.m. first pitch.
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Madron’s career day leads OU to fourth sweep
PROVO, Utah— Oklahoma baseball completed the three-game sweep of BYU Saturday in Provo with a 10-7 win to push its win streak to seven straight.
The Sooners have swept four conference series for the first time since the Big 12’s inception in 1996 and sit alone at the top of the Big 12 standings with a 14-4 record in conference play.
Senior Bryce Madron powered the charge with a career day, hitting two home runs and a double, batting in a career-best seven runs. It was the most RBI for a Sooner since Cale Ellis had seven vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2010.
The Sooners scored early and often, starting with three runs on four hits at the top of the first. A leadoff double from freshman Jason Walk set up Madron for his first home run of the day on a two-run shot to right center. Redshirt senior Michael Snyder then doubled and fellow senior Anthony Mackenzie doubled him home with a knock to left to make it 3-0 before the Cougars had their first at-bat.
BYU would plate a pair in the home half of the first on a double to right field. OU would get both runs back at the top of the second, courtesy Madron again. The senior outfielder sent his second two-run home run over the right center wall for his second blast in as many at-bats. It marked the first back-to-back homer game of his career.
The Cougars would tie the contest at five at the bottom of the second on a run-scoring double and pair of RBI singles. OU starting LHP Grant Stevens would strand a pair with a popup to reduce the damage.
Oklahoma pushed one across in the fourth via a HBP drawn by Snyder before putting up another crooked number in the fifth, scoring three runs on a Madron bases-clearing double.
Single runs would be scored in the bottom of the fifth and ninth by the Cougars and the Sooners pushed one across on a wild pitch in the eighth to bring the final score to 10-7.
The Sooners used six arms in the victory with senior Jett Lodes getting his first win of the season and second of his career in relief, striking out a pair in two scoreless innings while surrendering just one hit. Starting pitcher Stevens went two innings, allowing five runs on five hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Relievers James Hitt, Carson Atwood, Jace Miner and Malachi Witherspoon all combined to finish the game with Hitt fanning three and Atwood striking out one.
At the plate, Madron’s 3-for-4 day led OU while Snyder and freshman Isaiah Lane also registered multi-hit games.
The Sooners return to L. Dale Mitchell Park for a four-game homestand starting Tuesday vs. Wichita State. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. CT and can be seen via SoonerVision on ESPN+. Next weekend, OU welcomes Red River rival Texas to Norman, April 26-28.
Single game tickets and mini-plan options for home games at L. Dale Mitchell Park are available viaSoonerSports.com/tickets.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma baseball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Baseball) and likeOklahoma Baseballon Facebook.
COLUMBIA, South Carolina – No. 2 Arkansas (34-6, 14-4 SEC) split Saturday’s doubleheader against No. 20 South Carolina (27-13, 9-9 SEC), pulling out a 9-6 win in the finale at Founders Park to clinch its second SEC weekend road series of the season.
With their win in the night cap of Saturday’s doubleheader, Arkansas secured its fourth consecutive regular-season weekend series win against South Carolina. The Razorbacks have not lost a series to the Gameco*cks since 2016 and have now won six of the last seven regular-season weekend series against their SEC Eastern Division opponent.
Arkansas is now 14-4 through 18 games of SEC play for only the second time in program history and for the first time since 1999, when the Hogs finished with a 22-8 record in league play and claimed their first SEC overall championship.
Next, the Razorbacks head to North Little Rock for their annual midweek game at Dickey-Stephens Park, home of the Arkansas Travelers. First pitch between Arkansas and UAPB is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, on SEC Network+.
Game 1: #20 South Carolina 6, #2 Arkansas 3
Despite racking up 12 hits, Arkansas lost, 6-3, in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader. Three Razorbacks recorded multi-hit games in the loss, including Peyton Stovall (3-for-5, HR, RBI), Peyton Holt (2-for-5) and Ross Lovich (2-for-2).
South Carolina opened a two-run lead in the bottom of the second and never looked back, adding four more in the sixth to take control of the game. Arkansas scored in the fourth, seventh and ninth, but stranded 13 on base in the loss.
Junior left-hander Mason Molina lasted only 3.1 innings on the mound, allowing two runs on two hits and seven walks with three strikeouts in his outing. In relief of Molina, Parker Coil (2.0 IP, 2 SO) and Koty Frank (2.2 IP, 3 SO) combined for five strikeouts over 4.2 innings but were tagged for four runs on seven hits and one walk by the Gameco*ck offense.
Game 2: #2 Arkansas 9, #20 South Carolina 6
Brady Tygart turned in his second quality start of the season, and the Razorback offense posted crooked numbers in the third and seventh innings to pull out a hard-fought 9-6 win in game two of the doubleheader and clinch the series win.
Tygart struck out six over six innings of two-run ball, allowing four hits and issuing two walks. The junior right-hander was staked with an early advantage, thanks to a three-run outburst by the Arkansas offense in the top of the second.
Parker Rowland’s two-out RBI double extended the Hogs’ lead to 3-0 in the second inning, providing Tygart with breathing room as he navigated the Gameco*ck lineup. When South Carolina cut its deficit to one in the bottom of the fifth, Arkansas answered a run in the sixth and five more in the seventh to open a commanding seven-run advantage.
Wehiwa Aloy (1-for-5, RBI), Kendall Diggs (2-for-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI) and Holt (2-for-3, 2 RBI) each delivered run-scoring base knocks in the five-run seventh, as the Razorbacks mounted a 9-2 lead and swung the game’s momentum in their favor.
Tygart’s day was done after the Hogs’ productive seventh inning, and he turned the ball over to his bullpen to record the game’s final nine outs. Will McEntire (2.0 IP, 3 ER, 2 SO) and Gage Wood (1.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 SO) emerged in relief and did just enough to hold off South Carolina across the last three innings, securing Arkansas’ series-clinching 9-6 win.
For complete coverage of Arkansas baseball, follow the Hogs on Twitter (@RazorbackBSB), Instagram (@RazorbackBSB) and Facebook (Arkansas Razorback Baseball).
Partly cloudy skies with a chance of rain as a cold from moves into the area, dropping temperatures well below the average low.
The high is forecast to be 65 degrees with a low of 39.
Sunrise is 6:38 a.m. Sunset is 7:56 p.m.
Average temperatures for April 21 are a high of 76 and low of 48. Records for the date were a high of 93 in 1987. The record low was 29 in 1978.
Last year, on this date, the high was 72 with a low of 41.
Saturday’s high was 58 with a low of 47. A total of .29 inches of rain was recorded, bringing the monthly total to 4.08 inches. Average rainfall for April is 4.90 inches.
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Calendar of events for Heavener, LeFlore County and southeastern Oklahoma.. If you are a non-profit, school or church, submit an event. This is a free service for non-profits and and churches so let us know if something is going on. CONTACT us.
Sunday
Heavener drama presentation of Mean Girls 2 p.m.
Monday
LeFlore County commissioners meet 9 a.m.
High school baseball: Howe at Heavener;Vian at Panama; Pocola at Muldrow; district tournaments; Poteau at Spiro
High School softball:Whitesboro, Spiro at Howe
Tuesday
High school softball: Spiro at Eufaula
Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC
Jazz night at the Museum
Wednesday
Heavener High School blood drive to benefit Austin Davis
Poteau Rotary Club meets noon EOMC
Jazz night at the LeFlore County Museum
Thursday
Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon
High school softball: Regional tournaments TBA
District, regional baseball TBA
Heavener VFW bingo 6:30 p.m. Highway 59 North
Friday
High school softball: Regional tournaments TBA
District, regional baseball TBA
Saturday
High school baseball, softball TBA
2016
Legendary musician and megawatt star Prince dies at 57
On the morning of April 21, 2016, Prince, the virtuoso musician who created more than 30 albums and won seven Grammy Awards over a 40-year career, is found dead in Paisley Park, his Minnesota home and recording studio. The cause of death was an accidental overdose of the opioid fentanyl. He was 57...readmore
19th CENTURY
1836
Texas militia routs Mexicans in the Battle of San Jacinto
Ancient Rome
753 B.C.
Art, Literature and Film History
1816
1895
First movie projector demonstrated in United States
1973
Gay Rights
1966
“Sip-In” takes place at Julius' Bar in New York City
Inventions & Science
1967
GM celebrates 100 millionth U.S.-made car
Natural Disasters & Environment
1930
Prisoners left to burn in Ohio fire
Sports
1980
Rosie Ruiz fakes Boston Marathon win
U.S. Presidents
1865
Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves D.C.
World War I
1918
German flying ace, “Red Baron,” killed in action
Doesn't the name Killer Shrimp make you chuckle a little? Thinking about those tiny, harmless critters floating around in the ocean, all unbothered, and then to just become completely intimidating... it just gives us a good laugh. Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming. These plump, coastal bites might not be scary, but when combined with the garlicy, tomatoey broth they're swimming in, they're sure to freak your taste buds out in the best way possible! They won't know what hit them, but yet will be begging for more! So, watch out! These Killer Shrimp aren't joking around. They're on the prowl and ready to satisfy.
1 tablespoon fresh or dried rosemary
2 teaspoons thyme
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
4 ounces butter
3 ounces tomato paste
1 teaspoon celery seed
2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 quarts clam broth
2 pounds shrimp, raw, peeled, deveined
irections
Step 1 -Add the rosemary, the thyme, and the fennel seed to a mortar bowl and use the pestle to break them up until they are partially ground, but still recognizable.
Step 2 -Melt the butter in a large stockpot over low heat.
Step 3 -Add the tomato paste to the butter and cook until it loosens.
Step 4 -Add the spice mixture, the celery seed, the garlic, the crushed red pepper flakes, and the clam broth to the tomato paste mixture and cook, about 1 hour.
Step 5 -Add the shrimp to the broth mixture and simmer, stirring regularly, until they are plump and cooked through, about 2 minutes.
Step 6 -Serve the shrimp in bowls with enough of the broth to completely cover them.
