In double OT thriller, Lubbock Christian claims NCAA crown
For the second time in four seasons, Lubbock Christian University is the NCAA Division II champion in women’s basketball. Maddi Chitsey hit a clutch 3-pointer…
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After 50 years, an apology
OKLAHOMA CITY — They left campus in handcuffs. Fifty years later, they returned to a standing ovation. Seven former students, expelled and removed by police from…
Last-second upset sends Lipscomb to NIT Final Four
They may have just missed making the NCAA tournament, but Lipscomb University is knocking on the door of a big consolation prize — champion of…
Stunning reversal: Judge vacates former youth minister’s sex convictions
A highly publicized Pennsylvania grand jury report last year identified more than 300 predator Catholic priests who had sexually abused more than 1,000 children going…
Fighting for souls, and lives, in Native America
MESA, Ariz. — Arlinda Lee remembered the old medicine man’s words: A baby, yet unborn, would suffer from “a problem with her mind.” He made the…
Across the Nation: Loads of Love in Georgia, English-Spanish merger in Texas and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
Church member, strawberry farmer Kason Lester gets golden ticket on ‘American Idol’
Should a Christ-follower resort to bribery to get the judges' attention on "American Idol?" Evidently that's not against the rules on the popular reality show/singing…
‘Every time I watch a storm …’
The nation turned its attention to southern Alabama after a devastating round of tornadoes tore through the region on Sunday. But the storms, which claimed…
‘Tell somebody. Don’t keep quiet.’
SOMERSET, Pa. — For so long, no one knew Alex Howlett's name. In 2011, she confided in her brother Jimmy Hinton that the man he…
A perpetrator in the pews
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — After a longtime youth minister’s recent conviction on corruption of minors and indecent exposure charges, a judge in this western Pennsylvania community…
