A significant shift has occurred in the AP Top 25 rankings. The Buckeyes have dropped to sixth place, a decline of five positions. This change marks their first absence from the top five in two seasons.
The new top-ranked team achieved this status following a notable victory. Their earliest regular-season ranking in several decades has been secured.
Further information about the rankings and recent games is available from the source, including details about other teams such as Oregon and their current standing.
Advertising signs come and go, but few remain over the long haul. In the mid-20th century, for example, Burma-Shave limericks nailed to fence posts along highways, greatly outnumbering what we call billboards today. Birthed in the minds of two brothers who finally convinced their...
By JESSICA DAMIANO The Associated Press There’s little worse in a gardener’s mind than watching their careful planning and hard work go up in a cloud of teeth, thanks to every four-legged freeloader within chewing distance. So if you’re planting bulbs this fall, select the right ...
By Melinda Myers Plan and plant a variety of colorful spring flowering bulbs this fall to welcome in spring with a beautiful floral display. Fill garden beds with deer- and rabbit-resistant bulbs like daffodils, hyacinths, alliums, fritillaria and ranunculus. Deciding how many bu...
By Barbara Porsch Permian Basin Master Gardener There often is a time about now when the garden has been producing like crazy. This year has been extremely difficult for me in my garden, but I do hear of people having great production in their gardens. Tomatoes have been especial...
By Shruthi Baskaran-Makanju Chocolate accounted for 51.7% of American confectionery spending last year, down from roughly two-thirds of the category a decade ago. The candy aisle heading into Halloween 2026 reflects that shift. Gummies and chews now occupy shelf space that chocol...
Question: Occasionally, my laptop (Lenovo) presents a red-and-white McAfee set of windows that won’t allow me to just erase them. I either have to get out of Edge, my usual connection, or hit the power button to get back to normal. I never have used McAfee. I have checked my task...
Meet Grand Companions’ Pet of the Week, Gigi! This adorable 2-year-old Chihuahua mix has the cutest all-white scruffy coat, and has a sweet personality to match. She walks beautifully on a leash, loves people, and gets along great with other dogs. Gigi may be a little shy when yo...
DOONBEG, Ireland (AP) — Some people in Ireland can’t wait for U.S. President Donald Trump’s weekend visit, with its tight security and political tensions, to be over. But one corner of the country has a lot of time for the president, whose Irish golf resort has brought jobs, tour...
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By Van Yandell In the early 1840’s, a Hungarian doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis made a discovery. A doctor had performed an autopsy. Then he went directly to the delivery room and delivered a baby. Soon after the delivery, the mother died. Semmelweis determined the doctors hands we...
By Jannie Linney The God of Christianity is alive. He did tell us “As often as we take communion, we are to remember Him and what He did for us,” but I believe He wanted us to see much further. Yes He wanted us to remember, He wanted us to look far beyond the Crucifixion and the ...
MIDLAND UTPB made its home opener one to remember as the Falcons crushed the Western New Mexico Mustangs 69-14 Saturday at Astound Broadband Stadium. Two weeks after the Falcons’ 44-0 season-opening loss to UTRGV, head coach Chris Softley and his players had a lot of reasons to b...
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