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Austin Gean named GAC Men's Golfer of the Week

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Austin Gean has been named the Great American Conference Men's Golfer of the Week for the first time in his Arkansas Tech career, the league office announced Wednesday. Gean, a sophomore from Florence, Ala., is the fourth d...

 

Wonder Boys fall to No. 5 Delta State

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Riley Hickerson went 2-for-6 with a pair of doubles and five runs batted in, as the Arkansas Tech baseball team (26-15) attempted to rally late, scoring seven runs in the sixth inning, however it was not enough as Delta State c...

 

Wonder Boys win Natural State Classic, Austin Gean Ties for First

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – Led by Austin Gean's tournament-low 68 in the second round, Arkansas Tech won the Natural State Classic in Heber Springs, Ark. on Tuesday. Gean finished the event with a two-round 143, tying for first with his best career finish...

 

Weiss Powers @WeevilsBaseball over Choctaws

CLINTON, Miss. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team defeated the Choctaws of Mississippi College Tuesday evening, by a final score of 10-5. NOTABLES Final Score: #23 UAM 10 - MC 5 UAM improves to 28-12 overall. MC drops to 2...

 

McCall Pitches Baseball Bisons Past Central Baptist at Dickey-Stephens Park

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Sophomore Logan McCall pitched seven scoreless innings, Jack Thomas had his first career three-hit game, and Luke Van Dover hit his third home run of the season to lead Harding to a 7-2 victory over Central Baptist in a g...

 
 By David Salley    Sports    April 19, 2018

Reddies Roll Past Ouachita Baptist in Tuesday Doubleheader, Claim First Season Sweep of Rival Since 2004

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Henderson State's pitching staff was dominant on Tuesday night, and held Ouachita Baptist to just one run on seven hits in the doubleheader, as the Reddies claimed two more wins over the Lady Tigers to earn their first season s...

 

Errors prove costly for Tigers

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita softball lost to Henderson State in consecutive games on Tuesday night 3-0 and 8-1 at Sully Anderson Field. Over the two game series, Ouachita (19-24, 15-21 GAC) committed four errors on the night that lead to Henders...

 

Tigers Victorious Over Eagles

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita baseball team defeated the University of the Ozarks 4-2 on Tuesday afternoon at Rab Rodgers Field. The win on Tuesday snapped a month long losing streak for Ouachita (11-32) and the Tigers snapped the Ozarks (...

 

Trump, Abe fail to agree on US tariff exemption for Japan

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday they had failed to reach a deal that would exempt Japan from new U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, as Abe had wanted. Instead, the leaders a...

 

Regulators to require inspections after jet engine explosion

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. airline regulators said Wednesday that they will order inspections on engine fan blades like the one involved in fatal failure that killed a woman in a plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia. The Federal A...

 

Trump says unless NKorea summit 'fruitful' he'll pull out

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that although he's looking ahead optimistically to a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he could still pull out if he feels it's "not going to be fruitful." Trump s...

 

Nanny who killed kids while parents away convicted of murder

NEW YORK (AP) — A once-trusted nanny who butchered two children in her care while their parents were away was convicted of murder by a jury that didn't believe her claims she was too insane at the time of the crime to be held responsible. Jurors o...

 

Ex-Playboy model settles lawsuit over alleged Trump affair

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Playboy model who said she had a 10-month affair with President Donald Trump settled her lawsuit Wednesday with a supermarket tabloid over an agreement that prohibited her from discussing the relationship publicly. K...

 

Trump says he'll sanction Russia as soon as they deserve it

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that nobody has been tougher on Russia than him and that he'll hit Moscow with new sanctions "as soon as they very much deserve it." He also said building a good relationship with Russia is a "...

 

First Saudi cinema opens with popcorn and 'Black Panther'

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots Wednesday evening as Hollywood's blockbuster "Black Panther" premiered in Saudi Arabia's first movie theater. Though it was a private, invita...

 

A boom, a whoosh of air and then terror on Flight 1380

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There was a loud boom, and the plane started shaking violently. Air whooshed through the cabin, and snow-like debris floated down the aisle as oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling. Some passengers wondered if they would ever hug...

 

Starbucks incident highlights perils of shopping while black

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — It was a surreal scene that is part of daily life for many black Americans and minorities, an everyday moment gone wrong, ending in complete humiliation. Two black men were handcuffed and arrested at a Starbucks, setting off a n...

 
 By EDDIE PELLS    Sports    April 19, 2018

With USOC in turmoil, athletes testify about sex-abuse cases

The question sex-abuse victim Craig Maurizi would like to ask U.S. Olympic leaders is simple and searing: "How can you sleep at night?" Every bit as perplexing: How to make sure this doesn't happen again? The figure skater was one of four Olympic-spo...

 

'That's how she's wired': Pilot lauded for handling crisis

BOERNE, Texas (AP) — The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a career where she h...

 

Britain spy case: Watchdog rejects Russia nerve agent claim

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The head of the global chemical watchdog agency on Wednesday rejected Russian claims that traces of a second nerve agent were discovered in the English city where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter w...

 

Former President George HW Bush buoyed by tributes to wife

HOUSTON (AP) — In his first public comments since his wife's death, former President George H.W. Bush said Wednesday that he used to tease his spouse of 73 years that he had a complex about how much people liked her. That fact, he said, is buoyed by...

 

Cosby's star witness says accuser spoke of plot to frame

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The chief accuser at Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial talked about framing a celebrity before going to police with her allegations in 2005, a key defense witness testified Wednesday as the TV star's lawyers began putting o...

 

Kansas militia members convicted of Somali refugee bomb plot

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three Kansas militia members were convicted Wednesday of plotting to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali refugees, an attack thwarted by another member of the group who tipped off federal authorities about escalati...

 

Excavator blamed for island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday after an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line, officials said, as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly s...

 

420's long, strange trip to pot holiday began in California

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Friday is April 20, or 4/20. That's the numerical code for marijuana's high holiday, a homage to pot's enduring appeal and universal slang for smoking. Festivities are planned worldwide, culminating with a synchronized smoke...

 

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