Renowned author Douglas Quinn of the recently penned "Cornfield Boys" and illustrator Donna Higgins-Colson made a recent visit to the home place of Baseball Hall of Famer Walter "Buck" Leonard.

Inspired by the love of baseball, Quinn discovered a set of Negro League players baseball cards…

The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World recently celebrated 120 years of charity and service to the community.

The IBPOEW organization is headquartered in Winton, N.C., and boasts a membership of over 500,000 worldwide. Leonard J. Polk currently serves as the grand exalted…

The Rocky Mount Garden Club hosted its recent meeting with a class on fresh floral arrangements just in time for the holidays.

Ladies brought different cut flowers, greenery and pumpkins for the hands-on meeting. Garden Club member Kathy Hutcheson hosted the program and previously asked members to…

Kansas is back where it started the season.

The preseason No. 1, the Jayhawks are again the top-ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 despite struggling to get past New Mexico State at home. Kansas received 57 first-place votes from a 65-person media panel in the poll released Monday, sliding into…

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Newly minted Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray is apologizing for anti-gay tweets posted to his Twitter account several years ago, when he was 14 and 15.

The Oklahoma quarterback tweeted : “I apologize for the tweets that have come to light tonight from when I was…

CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield took the snap in victory formation and dropped to one knee as the crowd roared. When the clock hit zeros, the stadium’s sound system blasted “Danger Zone.”

The Browns have become hazardous to your playoff health.

Mayfield outplayed Cam Newton,…