05/30/11 ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) - The Clark County Sheriff's office says a Hope man who went under water in a lake has died. Officials told KLRT-TV that 20-year-old Adrian Aguilar was swimming with his family at DeGray Lake when he went under on Sunday. It was 15 minutes before he could be rescued.
05/25/11 Keith Craft, of Arkadelphia and driver of the No. 8c car, won the modified division on Saturday at the Diamond Park Speedway in Nashville.
05/01/11 SOFTBALL Henderson splits with OBU Henderson State split a doubleheader with Ouachita Baptist on Saturday winning 3-1 before dropping the finale 5-1 at Dee White Field in Arkadelphia. The Lady Reddies (20-32, 13-17 Gulf South Conference West Division) got a strong pitching performance from Britney Benedict in the first game and home runs from Heather Ivery and Melissa Decker.
04/30/11 GOLF Watson leads Zurich Classic Bubba Watson shot a 4-underpar 68 in shifting wind conditions Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Josh Teater after the second round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in Avondale, La. Watson had a 10-under 134 total at TPC Louisiana.
04/29/11 ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (BP)--Legendary Ouachita Baptist University football coach Buddy Benson passed away April 22 at age 77. Benson, the head football coach at Ouachita from 1965-1995, was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, the NAIA Hall of Fame and the OBU Athletic Hall of Fame.
04/29/11 The Arkansas Activities Association released new classifications for all sports at state high schools Friday.
04/23/11 Buddy Bob Benson was a young car salesman missing athletics when he walked into a 1961 coaches clinic in Little Rock looking for a route back to football.
04/22/11 Longtime Ouachita Baptist head football coach and former Arkansas running back Buddy Benson died Friday morning at the age of 77.
04/22/11 ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) - Ouachita Baptist University officials say longtime football coach Buddy Benson has died.
04/22/11 The 2011 Winthrop Rockefeller Legacy Exhibition opens next week at the WR Institute atop Petit Jean, in conjunction with the institute's Legacy Weekend. Proceeds from the sale of the art support programs at the Institute, a division of the University of Arkansas system funded by the Winthrop Rockefeller Trust. The opening reception, which doubles as a welcoming reception for new WRI head Christy ...
04/16/11 PGA Tour rookie Brendan Steele wrangled the winds and nearly emerged at the Texas Open solely atop the leaderboard.
04/15/11 Two applicants for president of Henderson State University are scheduled to visit the campus next week.
04/08/11 Former Arkansas State University football coach Steve Roberts is the new athletic director for the Cabot School District.
03/30/11 By Sean Ingram sportseditor@couriernews.com The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns are ranked third in the final USA Today/ESPN Division II top 25 coaches poll released Tuesday, the second-highest ranking in an end-of-season WBCA D-II coaches poll in school history.
03/30/11 The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is considering the Booneville Methodist Episcopal Church South at Booneville for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
03/28/11 By Sean Ingram sportseditor@couriernews.com Arkansas Tech University will kick off 15 spring football practices Wednesday near Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field with a new offensive coordinator and a lot of new faces on defense.
03/25/11 Lasley's College Apartments in Conway is on the list of properties to be considered by the State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
03/22/11 By Sean Ingram sportseditor@couriernews.com Arkansas Tech University seniors Laura Beth Anderson and Jenny Vining have been sisters on and off the basketball court since they started playing AAU basketball as Arkansas Mavericks when they were 9 years old.
03/21/11 (Little Rock, AR) -- A bill requiring those who file for state unemployment benefits to pass a drug test failed in a Senate committee.
01/28/11 By Sam Strasner Special to The Courier Laithe Massey gave a performance for the ages and the nationally 23rd-ranked Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys dominated the nationally 19th-ranked Harding Bisons 85-55 at Tucker Coliseum in Russellville on Thursday night. | 
