9+ hour, 32+ min ago   (148+ words) Jan. 20 (UPI) -- An Arkansas man followed a "hunch" and bought a scratch-off lottery ticket that ended up earning him a $100,000 top prize. Tontitown resident Thomas McCawley told Arkansas Scholarship Lottery officials he stopped at the Tontitown Z-Mart store on his…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (193+ words) Jan. 7 (UPI) -- An Illinois woman received a "Christmas Day blessing" when she scored a $350,000 lottery jackpot on the holiday. The winner, who gave herself the nickname Work Mom, told Illinois Lottery officials she bought her Lucky Day Lotto ticket online…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (331+ words) Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Tyson Foods is closing its Lexington, Neb., beef-processing plant to better position the food company for long-term success. Tyson announced the change on Friday and said the plan is to "right size" the food firm's beef business. The…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (149+ words) Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A New Jersey family whose kitten escaped through an open window were reunited with their beloved pet 10 years later thanks to a microchip. The Montclair Township Animal Shelter said on social media that a stray cat was brought…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (242+ words) Oct. 23 (UPI) -- An Indiana man visiting Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas spotted something shiny on his shovel and confirmed it was a 2.71-carat white diamond. Paoli resident Dewy White said he and his wife spent two days at…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (228+ words) Sept. 25 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma family celebrating a birthday at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park discovered a brown diamond weighing in at 2.79 carats. Raynae Madison said she and her family traveled to the park from Cookson, Okla., for her nephew's…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (193+ words) Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A Florida family's missing cat turned up weeks later at a North Carolina shelter more than 900 miles from home. The Currituck Animal Shelter in North Carolina said on social media that an officer responding to a report of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (296+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. After President Dwight D. Eisenhower intervened in their favor, the so-called…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (290+ words) Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Seattle-based natural resources firm Interlune will build a Texas facility to develop and test imitation moon dirt near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The imitation moon dirt will support the development and testing of technologies and equipment…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (128+ words) Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Firefighters in England came to the rescue of "a particularly large cow" that went for a swim in a canal and became stuck. Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service said on social media that crews responded to a location on…...