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The Zion Baptist Church ministry will show the movie “Courageous” Saturday at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the church, 61 W. Bethel St. The doors open at 5:30 p.m.  Admission costs $2 per person and there will be free popcorn and drinks....

(Reuters) - The people of central Oklahoma know all too well the destructive power of a tornado, but when a big one rolled toward the town of Moore again on Monday, residents had few basements and storm shelters to run to when the alarm sounded, officials...

At Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, the second-largest drug company in Connecticut, the local workforce increased by more than 40 percent over the last 10 years, at the same time its employee numbers worldwide grew by 35 percent. A company that...

BROOKINGS - Beef cattle production is a global industry. Cattle operations come in every shape and size, says Kalyn Waters, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist. "It is truly amazing to stop and think about all the different climates and...

An honor like the Nelson Algren Short Story Award can be a boon to a writer. It can give him or her the confidence to slog through rejections and trudge forward with literary endeavors. When we asked former Nelson Algren Award recipients what winning...

Saturday, January 5, 2013 GIRLS BASKETBALL Hancock 44, Bishop Walsh 40 CUMBERLAND, Md. — Sara Wagner scored 18 points to pace Hancock over Bishop Walsh. Alisha Shives had 11 points and nine rebounds for the Panthers (7-4) and Kristen...

Mary Patricia Rawlick of Forest Hill, and David Ryan Brewton of Dallas, Texas, were married Oct. 13 at The Oaks Waterfront Inn in Saint Michaels. Rev. Bill Cochran officiated. The bride is the daughter of Steven J. and Virginia L. Rawlick of Forest Hill....

The competitive chess team at the University of Maryland Baltimore County fell less than a point short of regaining its national title at the 2012 President's Cup, which culminated Sunday in Herndon, Va. The renowned team has won six national titles...

On Oct. 12, Michael Spalding was honored by the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University. He received his dean's honor list certificate for maintaining a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. Spalding is a junior at Texas Tech...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas Debate Team has been ranked first in Texas and 95th in the world by the International Debate Education Association. UNT’s team was placed ahead of the debate teams from the University of...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who had higher levels of a common synthetic chemical in their blood were more likely to have heart disease or have had a stroke, in a new U.S. study. The chemical, known as perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA, is found in...

Texas Tribune Despite polls showing overwhelming public support and endorsements from celebrities like Lance Armstrong, efforts to establish a statewide workplace smoking ban have fallen flat in recent sessions of the Texas Legislature. But a state...