Indiana State

West Lafayette, IN

Iowa State

Lexington, KY

247Sports

As head coach Mark Pope looks to fill out his debut Kentucky roster that is still in need of an all-around scorer and power forward, his staff has made contact with a player that could fill one of those voids. Per a report from Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, Kentucky...

Report: Kentucky expressing interest in UCLA transfer forward

Chicago, IL

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The Quick Historian

Clarisa Figueroa, a 51-year-old woman from Chicago, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to the horrific murder of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and the subsequent removal of her unborn child from her womb. The ghastly crime, which shocked the nation, unfolded in April 2019 and has left a lasting scar on the community.

Woman sentenced for cutting baby from teen's woman, killing both

Texas State

Houston, TX

Lance R. Fletcher

A Texas teacher and her husband are now in custody, accused of taking thousands of dollars from home renovation clients and gambling away money they took for work they never finished.

Texas teacher and husband arrested, accused of gambling away $1.53 million in home renovation scam

Utah State

Pullman, WA

PULLMAN -- More proof that all roads lead to Pullman comes from former Washington State quarterback Steve Birnbaum, who was in Pullman last week pulling double duty. He was on hand for the fourth annual CougsFirst! QB Classic to raise money for the Cougar Athletic Fund, Pullman Regional Hospital and the Cougar Collective NIL organization.

Notebook from the CougsFirst! celebrity fundraiser in Pullman

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A Jacksonville man who spent more than 44 years in prison is suing over his wrongful arrest. Willie Williams was convicted of attempted murder in a store robbery in 1975 and sentenced to life in prison, a crime he always insisted he did not commit. He was paroled in 2020 at age 79.

Freed Jacksonville man sues after 44 years in prison

Norman, OK

NORMAN – The frustration was even more evident for the Sooners softball team after flailing to Oklahoma State for the second consecutive game. After a three hour and 23 minute rain delay, the Bedlam series resumed but OU came out on the wrong side of it. No. 2 Oklahoma fell to No. 4 Oklahoma State 6-2 in a damaging Big 12 conference series loss on Saturday evening at Love's Field.

What OU softball head coach Patty Gasso and players said after second loss to Oklahoma State

Arizona State

Orange, CA

NewSantaAna

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 33-year-old Phoenix man has been convicted of murdering four men in a failed attempt to take over the drug business that left three of the men shot to death, their bodies set on fire inside of a burning car left abandoned in a residential neighborhood in Orange in the middle of the day in 2015. The body of a fourth man was found inside of a car in Fontana six days after he was shot to death; his killers recorded his dying moments on a cell phone, according to the OCDA .

Phoenix man convicted of killing and burning four cartel drug dealers in Orange and in Fontana

New Brunswick, NJ

Rutgers has reached out to another transfer portal target, as San Diego transfer forward PJ Hayes has been contacted by the Scarlet Knights. The 6-foot-6 Hayes averaged 10.5 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game while shooting 42.5 percent from the floor, 39.7 percent from three-point range and 79.1 percent from the free-throw line. The news was first reported by NJ Advance Media.

Rutgers Basketball makes contact with transfer forward

Louisville, KY

HOOVER, Ala. - The top-rated prospect in the Bluegrass State was back in action this weekend. 2025 four-star big Malachi Moreno, a standout at Great Crossing High School, is playing with Indiana Elite at the adidas 3SSB circuit stop near Birmingham and was impressive in the first day of the event.

Malachi Moreno a 'top priority' for Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey

Knoxville, TN

Rick Barnes recently admitted to the media that, "yeah," he was surprised by Jonas Aidoo's decision to transfer away from Tennessee basketball "because he had told everybody he was fine." At the Big Orange Caravan's stop in Chattanooga on Wednesday evening, Barnes said that Aidoo's decision to commit to Arkansas...

Rick Barnes reacts to Jonas Aidoo's decision to commit to John Calipari and Arkansas

West Virginia State

Morgantown, WV

The conclusion of spring football and the latest wave of transfer portal season sends us into magazine season. Publishers and contributors begin to think about who goes where for top 25s, conference predictions and All-America and All-conference lists. It won't be long before newsstands are filled with glossy previews about who's up, who's down and why that's the case.

WATCH: Ssshh, don't sleep on West Virginia in 2024

Kansas City, MO

Cats of Kansas City

Many people have lost faith in the news and question truth from all comers. The idea of a universal truth, outside of the sky being blue and that one plus one equals two, seems to be more and more elusive. One thing that everyone can agree on, however, is that cats are the world's greatest pets. Dogs are fine, sure, but they aren't cats. Fish are kind of fun to look at...for like five minutes. Cats though? No fact check needed. They're the best.

Six great cats you can welcome into your home right now

Kentucky State

Fayetteville, AR

No. 2 Arkansas (40-8, 17-6 SEC) could not find answers offensively against No. 8 Kentucky (34-10, 17-6 SEC), 11-3, on Saturday afternoon in Kentucky Proud Park. The Razorbacks cling on to their first-place lead in the Southeastern Conference Western Divison while being tied with the Wildcats for first overall in the SEC.

No. 8 Kentucky evens series over No. 2 Arkansas, 11-3

Lafayette, IN

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Delphi, IN

Rossville, IN

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Linden, IN

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Spring visitors and an in-state star among the names to know for Purdue fans in the initial Top247 for 2026

The 247Sports scouting staff released their initial Top247 for the 2026 recruiting class on Wednesday and it includes one Indiana native along with several priority prospects...

Spring visitors and an in-state star among the names to know for Purdue fans in the initial Top247 for 2026

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