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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Stanly Community College’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter has been named a 2024 REACH Chapter by the PTK Honor Society, recognizing outstanding achievement in ...

Dominican authorities have expanded the search for the 20-year-old college student as the investigation heads into its sixth day, while U.S. officials said they were sending detectives to Punta ...

One arrest has been made and more are expected in connection with the death of a 20-year-old Southern University student after an off-campus fraternity hazing ritual, Baton Rouge authorities ...

Hiring the right coach during the annual spring college basketball coaching carousel can change a program's fortunes quickly. Last spring, Louisville moved on from Kenny Payne and plucked Pat ...

Hazing can occur in multiple settings, including college fraternities and sororities, school clubs or sports teams, the military and workplaces. Southern University's Greek Life Code of Conduct ...

Here's a closer look at eight college football programs in the South for the 2026 recruiting class and how they're shaping up as the cycle gets going. Recruiting is heating up for the class of 2026.

Just eight months into his first year as Paris Junior College’s ninth president, Dr. Stephen M. Benson is already gaining ...

Approaching the end of the regular season in college basketball, NCAA Tournament buzz is here for the teams competing for top seeds in March as Final Four threats. All of these squads are blessed ...

Pueblo, Colo. — Dust off your boots and mark your calendars, the 2025 Colorado State Fair is bringing three nights of country music to the Big R Arena, and it all kicks off after the action of the ...

Coloradans also overwhelmingly support keeping public lands in public hands. The 2025 Colorado College State of the Rockies poll revealed that over two-thirds of Coloradans oppose public land ...