Missouri State

Springfield, MO

A sentiment shared by many Missouri players is that they are ready to play against someone else. For the last couple of weeks, the Tigers have been in fall camp competing against each other every day. Competing against one another only makes the group stronger, but when camp wraps up Tuesday, Mizzou will be ready to shift its attention to Murray State, which it hosts in the season opener Aug. 29.

Mizzou football stays sharp as Week 1 inches closer

Columbia, MO

University of Missouri assistant coaches Arielle Wilson and Rob Summers participated in the inaugural SEC Coaches Opportunity Forum, an initiative designed to enhance professional growth for assistant coaches. The event, held in Atlanta, provided mentorship and networking opportunities, focusing on equipping coaches with essential skills for head coaching roles. Among 24 selected participants from SEC schools, Wilson and Summers engaged in panels and sessions featuring prominent speakers, including Missouri's men's basketball coach Dennis Gates. The forum highlights the SEC's commitment to developing future leaders in college athletics.

Wilson and Summers Attend Mizzou at SEC Coaches Opportunity Forum

Georgia State

Baton Rouge, LA

A to Z Sports

The LSU Tigers were able to flip one of the fastest 2025 recruits in the country from the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan saw Phillip Wright decommit from the program about two weeks ago, and now he's committed to LSU. Georgia was chasing the newest Tiger. Originally from Destrehan, Louisiana, the ...

LSU flips elite 5-star recruit who decommitted from Michigan Wolverines despite Georgia's interest

Editor's note: This article was originally published on October 29, 2021. It has since been updated. A Missouri high school student made history, this homecoming season, by becoming the first male student to be crowned Homecoming Queen during the school's homecoming game this week. "It was literally like a dream," the student, Zachary Willmore, told KOMU 8. "It was just really special to me." A video of the ecstatic moment when Willmore won the hearts across social media after it was posted to Twitter and YouTube. In the footage, people in the vicinity are heard going wild with cheers when the teen's name is announced and he adorns the homecoming sash on the field in front of the crowded bleachers.

High school picks a boy as its homecoming queen for the first time

Ohio State

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On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Tampa, FL

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

Oxford, MS

Ole Miss Rebels On SI

Ole Miss Rebels wide receiver Cayden Lee believes he has taken a step forward as an athlete this offseason.

Ole Miss WR Cayden Lee Reveals How He is a 'Different Player' in 2024

Denver, CO

David Heitz

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

South Carolina State

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Los Angeles County, CA

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In 1981, pop-music sensation Andy Gibb was at the top of the charts. The younger brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice, a.k.a. The Bee Gees, commenced a tumultuous romance with actress Victoria Principle, who played Pam Ewing on Dallas, TV's then-Number 1 prime-time series. But after the relationship ended, Andy's life, already challenged by substance abuse, did as well. This is their tragic story.

The Tragic Death of Pop Star Andy Gibb & His Traumatic Romance with 'Dallas' Star Victoria Principle

Migrants enrolled in the Denver Asylum Seekers Program won’t get cash benefits after all. The council amended a contract with Haven for Hope during the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee meeting Wednesday. Instead of Haven of Hope providing migrants with cash assistance on debit cards, it will instead provide “culturally appropriate” food.

Denver revokes cash assistance for migrants

Colleton County, SC

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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

Crisp County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

On Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 24 individuals following Operation Shyne Down. The GBI and other agencies served a total of 120 warrants on the suspects involved in the investigation, which targeted the criminal street gang G-Shyne Bloods and their involvement in criminal activities in Crisp County, Georgia.

Operation Results in More than 20 Charged with Gang Offenses, RICO, and more

LSU Tigers On SI

Brian Kelly enters year three in Baton Rouge with fans ready to make their way to Tiger Stadium.

LSU Football Announces Status of 2024 Season Tickets

Tennessee State

Knoxville, TN

The 2024 season opener is quickly approaching for Tennessee – Chattanooga is just 16 days away – and the Vols are nearing the end of preseason camp. After holding its first scrimmage last Friday night, the team was back in Neyland Stadium on a sunny, warm Thursday morning for its second scrimmage, which was closed to the media. Afterward, head football coach Josh Heupel met the media and shared his thoughts on the scrimmage and how Tennessee is progressing a little more than two weeks out from the start of the season.

No-Huddle: Reaction to Tennessee football's second scrimmage of fall camp

The chances for the tropical wave in the Atlantic developing have now risen to 80% over the next seven days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has advised that this disturbance could become the next tropical storm or hurricane within the coming days, potentially targeting the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Wave That Could Impact Georgia Now Has 80% Chance of Development

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Louisiana State

Natrona County, WY

Houma, LA

WyoFile

A worker died Aug. 5 when the crane he was operating toppled at a wind farm construction site in remote Natrona County, state and local officials say. The victim, John William Hoffpauir, Jr., 55, of Houma, Louisiana, was working as a crane operator at the Cedar Springs wind energy construction site north of Casper and Glenrock under the control of Blattner Energy at the time of the accident. Hoffpauir was a Blattner Energy employee, a spokesperson for the company told WyoFile.

Worker killed in accident on wind energy construction site in Natrona County

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Tennessee is approaching game week to open the 2024 season under fourth-year head coach Josh Heupel. The Vols held a second scrimmage during fall training camp on Thursday. Heupel said the scrimmage was clean for his team at Neyland Stadium. “From an operation side of it, I’m just talking sideline...

Vols hold 'clean' second scrimmage ahead of opening game

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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

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Mizzou edge rusher Darris Smith out for 2024 season after practice injury

Mizzou edge rusher Darris Smith out for 2024 season after practice injury. Smith suffered a season-ending knee injury during a drill in a preseason camp practice....

Mizzou edge rusher Darris Smith out for 2024 season after practice injury

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