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Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help

March Madness is finally part of the women’s NCAA Tournament vernacular and the first round has so far aptly fit that phrase. Six double-digit seeds advanced to the round of 32, just short of the record seven set in 1998. And that doesn’t include two near upsets by No. 14 seeds.

Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help

This week’s winter storms brought rain, sleet, snow and a warmed-up Tennessee Tech team ready to face off against the No. 1 ranked Bruins.  Belmont w

"We will fight our countrys battles," the Marines Hymn assures us in song, "in the air, on land and sea." But 245 years of USMC history points to other successes where strafing enemy positions and planting the American flag on some desolate, war-savaged hill was not required. Americas Corps of Marines guarded the U.S. mail in 1921; they earned the name "Sea Angels" in Tsunami-clobbered Bangladesh in 1992; and they have fought forest fires out West on a number of occasions in the last three deca...

Playing defense: COVID still concern for teams in NCAA field By TERESA M. WALKERMarch 17, 2021 GMT “I mean, not even close,” the Belmont coach said. “There’s not even a close second.” COVID-19 shut down his program after Belmont routed Auburn on the road on Dec. 20. Between the positive tests and contract tracing, the Bruins worried they might not finish a promising season with two canceled games and nine others postponed. That’s why just making the NCAA Tournament this season alre...

Posted in: William Paul “Willie” Brooks was born December 9, 1936 in Abilene, Texas to James Paul Brooks and Mary Wright Brooks. With his beloved wife Glendene at his side, he died March 3, 2021 at Magnolia Health Care Place in Liberty, Texas. Now he truly lives in the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.    Willie graduated from Midland High School in 1955 where he was President of his Senior Class and the quarterback for Coach Tugboat Jones. He was voted “Best All-Around ...

Archer Elementary School Principal Stella Arduser has been demoted but not fired as recommended after a school district investigation found that there is a “preponderance of evidence” that she violated School Board policies. In a recent letter to Arduser, a school official said she has been reassigned to a supervisory position in the district’s learning resources department in the Sivia Center, handling media services. Kevin Purvis, the assistant superintendent of human resources who pr...

William Paul “Willie” Brooks was born December 9, 1936 in Abilene, Texas to James Paul Brooks and Mary Wright Brooks. With his beloved wife Glendene at his side, he died March 3, 2021 at Magnolia Health Care Place in Liberty, Texas. Now he truly lives in the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Among the allegations — which she denied — included sharing pictures of nude men with staff members and that she had an inappropriate sexual relationship on the school campus.