LEXINGTON – Incarcerated men in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections are giving back from behind bars.

In a remarkable display of compassion and community spirit, inmates at Joseph Harp Correctional Center and Lexington Reception and Assessment Center are launching a Food and Funds Drive this holiday season to support struggling families during difficult times.

At the JHCC prison barber shop, men use their small salaries to buy food items from the prison canteen.

UNION CITY – A trio of missed 3-point shots in the final 30 seconds knocked Union City High School’s girls basketball team out of the win column in a 37-34 setback to Asher.

The loss dropped Union City to 2-2 on the season.

The Tigers tied the game at 34-all with 2:43 left on one of two free throws by Kamryn Cook.

Asher then fired back with the last of its nine 3-pointers in the game to go up by three with 1:17 left.

El Reno High School senior infielder Kyla Killingsworth (seated center) signed last week to play softball at Northern Oklahoma College of Enid.

With one of the most prolific scoring offenses over the past decade, very few statistical occurrences have not piled up for Calumet High School’s boys basketball team under head coach Jacob Mayfield.

Senior Kingston Arnold changed that by adding a rare triple-double as the Chieftains, the defending Class B state champion, moved to 3-0 on the year with a 97-46 road win over Lomega.

“Kingston was all over the place and he really carved them up. That’s just the second triple-double I’ve seen since I got here in 2015,” said Mayfield.