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Here is a breakdown of this week’s Class 1A-6A state semifinal football games. Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday, Spartan Stadium, ...

We are now twelve weeks into the 2025/26 NFL season and our Week 12 NFL Quarterback Power Rankings are out. One of the league's best QBs fell out of the ...

Mitch Englehart identifies himself as a “big thinker.” In 2004, while jogging in Arlington, Texas, God put the number “10 ...

Related: ‘A Sweet Friendship Refreshes the Soul’—Here Are 50 Beautiful Bible Verses About Friendship 1. Proverbs 4:25: "Let ...

At its meeting Thursday, the Graves County Board of Education voted unanimously to implement the LifeWise Academy program, ...

Trainer Trinity United Methodist Church: 3705 W. Ninth St., Trainer, offers worship Sunday Nov. 23. Pastor Hilda Campbell ...

WHEN you think of ‘It Girls,’ chances are the likes of Paris Hilton, Alexa Chung and Kate Moss instantly spring to mind. But ...

Kylen Johnson led the Conquerors (11-2) with 43 carries for 247 yards and two touchdowns in Friday’s Class 2A quarterfinal victory, and Jorge Cantellano kicked a 33-yard field goal. Tuscaloosa Academy ...

Donkor The phrase Deus ex machina, Latin for “God from the machine,” once described a stage trick in ancient theatre, when a ...

British Vogue's December 2025 issue has named the 10 personalities redefining what it means to be 'cool' with their diverse ...

Lebanon basketball player Jayden Bailey was diagnosed with cancer when he was 12, had his left arm amputated when he was 16 ...