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Rimington Trophy Watch List Includes A-State’s Still
JONESBORO, Ark. (7/19/19) – Arkansas State junior center Jacob Still, a 2019 Preseason Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference pick, has been named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List, announced Friday by the Rimington Trophy Committee. Still was among 80 FBS...
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Boozman Recognizes Service of Fort Smith WWII Veteran
WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) recognized the service and sacrifice of WWII Navy veteran George Vinson in ‘Salute to Veterans,’ a series recognizing the military service of Arkansans.Vinson, a 95-year-old Fort Smith resident, grew up on a farm in...
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NAACP Hosting Election 2020 Forum Without Trump
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)The NAACP is moving forward with its candidates forum minus candidate Donald...
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Cotton Statement on the Nomination of Eugene Scalia to be Secretary of Labor
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the nomination of Eugene Scalia to be Secretary of Labor:"Gene Scalia is an outstanding lawyer who has vigorously defended the...
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Kyriakos Named Fowler Center Director, Interim Assistant Dean
07/17/2019 JONESBORO – Veteran faculty member Dr. Marika Kyriakos was named director of Fowler Center and promoted to interim assistant dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Communications, Dean Carl Cates announced this week. At the same time, Dr. Lauren Schack...
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Merritt Selected to Biletnikoff Award Watch List
JONESBORO, Ark. (7/18/19) – Arkansas State senior wide receiver Kirk Merritt has been named to the 2019 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, announced Thursday by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation. Merritt is one of 50 players from across the nation to...
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A-State Places League-High 11 Players on Preseason All-Sun Belt Football Team
JONESBORO, Ark. (7/18/19) – Including five first-team and six second-team selections, the Arkansas State football team has placed a league-high 11 different players on the 2019 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Team. Representing Arkansas State on the first...
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Boozman, Cardin Call for Reauthorization of Water Research Grants
WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Ben Cardin (D-MD),members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced the Water Resources Research Amendments Act (WRRA), a bill to reauthorize federal grant funding for water...
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Cotton Statement on the Death of Stone County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Mike Stephen
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the death of Stone County Sheriff's Deputy Sgt. Mike Stephen, who was killed in the line of duty today:"Today, the State of...
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Cotton Honors Memory of Fallen Army Ranger
Ten years ago today, Corporal Benjamin Kopp's spirit departed from this world-but he remains with us in far more than memory.Ben was raised in Minnesota, where his mother described him as a "boy's boy." He played in the dirt with toy trucks and revered his...
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Kody Norris Show to Perform Bluegrass Monday Concert
07/15/2019 The Kody Norris Show (left to right) Tyler Wiseman, Josiah Tyree, Mary Rachel Nalley, Kody Norris JONESBORO — The Kody Norris Show will perform a concert of bluegrass music Monday, July 22, at 7 p.m. at the Collins Theatre, 120 West Emerson Street, in...
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Baylor University is Now Collecting and Preserving Sermons from Black Civil Rights Era Preachers
(image via digitalcollections.baylor.edu)According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, is branching out to find and preserve recorded sermons by Black preachers. The...
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