Columbus, OH

Los Angeles, CA

USC Trojans On SI

USC Football has been ranked surprisingly low in the preseason NCAA Coaches Poll.

USC Football: Trojans Disrespected In Coaches Poll Ranking

Brookings, SD

Throughout the college football season, alumni, fans, media and the teams themselves look to the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll to see who is rising and moving within the national rankings. It all starts with a familiar No. 1 in the preseason poll. The concept that FCS college football...

The Champ’s Still No. 1: South Dakota State Sits on Top of FCS Preseason Top 25 Poll

Spokane, WA

High School On SI

It figures to be a two-horse race at this level in Spokane between perennial power Gonzaga Prep and newcomer-to-4A Mead

Washington high school football predictions: Who will lead 4A GSL in passing, rushing, receiving, sacks?

Tampa, FL

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Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Wyoming State

WyoFile

With hot temperatures and most of the state under drought conditions as August gets under way, three wildfires are burning across Wyoming. The Pleasant Valley, Leeds Creek and Clearwater fires are burning more than 30,000 acres.

Three wildfires burning 30K acres in Wyoming as hot, dry conditions persist

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The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

102.5 The Bone

The offseason of conference realignment also means you'll need to recalibrate some of your viewing habits ahead of the 2024 college football season. With the Pac-12 now down to two teams and the other power conferences expanding in size, Pac-12 After Dark is no more. But don't worry, we're still going to have plenty of late-night college football telecasts. Here's where you'll need to find college football games throughout the 2024 season as we enter the first year of the SEC's exclusive contract with ESPN.

How to watch college football in 2024: Who's playing on what channel now?

Georgia State

Tallahassee, FL

Daily Coffee Press

The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a now 13-year-old girl who went missing from Florida last year and has ties to Georgia and Tennessee. A $15,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information that can lead to her location.

FBI Investigating Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Girl Who Has Ties to Georgia

Utah State

Draper, UT

Dive into the 2024 high school football schedule for nationally-ranked Corner Canyon

Utah high school football: Previewing Corner Canyon's 2024 schedule

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Kansas State

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Missouri State

CJ Coombs

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

Denny's was once a staple of the American diner landscape. In recent years, it has had its ups and downs, especially post-pandemic. The dining habits of people also change. Some customers have a more discerning taste.

Denny's: a legacy of serving customers for over 65 years including 27 locations in Missouri

Don Hall is an avid snowmobiler, but instead of heading for the hills each winter in search of deep powder, he takes an older snowmachine to lower elevations nearer the snow line. There’s a reason the Riverton resident prefers the lower zones despite the rocks, fences and sage most riders avoid: That’s where the coyotes are.

Wyoming allows snowmobilers to run down wildlife. Despite global outrage, it may stay legal.

Savannah, GA

The Current GA

What will it take for Georgia to vote for another Democratic presidential candidate?. That was the burning question Monday after the weekend during which President Joe Biden decided to not run for re-election and instead support Vice President Kamala Harris. Given that Georgia’s junior senator and Savannah’s hometown political hero Rev. Raphael Warnock was in town, he was the oracle to whom The Current addressed that question.

Warnock on Kamala Harris candidacy: ‘My bet is on the prosecutor’

Arizona State

Arizona Luminaria

By LINLEY SANDERS and SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press. As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top contenders for the role are largely unknown to Americans. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as one with more name recognition and higher favorability, particularly among Democrats.

Arizona’s Mark Kelly stands out among VP possibilities in survey

Montana State

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

The 2023-’24 winter proved the third deadliest for Yellowstone wolves in the decades since Canis lupus was reintroduced to the landscape in 1995. Overall, 13 wolves were shot by legal hunters, caught by trappers, killed by poachers or died of suspected hunting-related injuries.

Yellowstone superintendent seeks hunting relief for wolves after another deadly winter

Eton, GA

DeanLand

July was a quiet month on the Richter Scale for Georgia, with the state registering only one earthquake after experiencing six quakes each month in May and June. Georgia's only measureable earthquake in July was recorded on July 25 at 1:57 am centered approximately six miles northeast of Eton, GA, in Murray County. According to data from the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake registered a magnitude of 2.4 at a depth of approximately six miles below the surface. The quake was centered within the Chattahoochee National Forest.

Lightly Shaken: Georgia Records One Earthquake in July after Active May and June

The nonprofit government watchdog group that sued to overturn votes taken at a Georgia State Election Board meeting earlier this month, held despite warnings from the Georgia Attorney General, says it will continue to monitor the board’s actions after the panel rescinded its earlier vote during a virtual meeting Tuesday afternoon.

Georgia election board walks back rules approved at meeting flagged by state AG

Salt Lake City, UT

Athlon Sports

Greg McElroy had his eyes on a Big 12 newcomer

Greg McElroy Names Big 12 College Football Playoff Contender For 2024

NewsBreak

OPINION: FCS’ Diversity Isn’t Reflected In Their Top 25 Ballots, and That’s a Problem.

BETHLEHEM, PA – This week, fans, sportswriters and media organizations are rolling out their Top 25s for Division I – Football Championship Subdivision. They will all...

OPINION: FCS’ Diversity Isn’t Reflected In Their Top 25 Ballots, and That’s a Problem.

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