Year: 2014

It’s the home stretch for the Baylor volleyball team. The Bears (14-15, 4-10 Big 12) are fighting for the chance to compete in the NCAA tournament, and they only have two more regular season games to complete conference play.

In a broad test of his executive powers, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he will sidestep Congress and order his own federal action on immigration — in measures that could spare from deportation as many as 5 million people illegally in the U.S. and set up one of the most pitched partisan confrontations of his presidency.

President Barack Obama called on local school officials Wednesday to help meet his goal of bringing high-speed Internet to virtually every American student within a few years.

The emphasis placed on colleges to have stellar athletic teams is not new. A popular sports program can put universities on the map. This has been the source of many instances in which players are given unfair free passes, ultimately hindering their education.

Last season was one of those stories of “what could’ve been” for Baylor football. The team reached No. 3 in the AP Poll, but many say the Bears peaked a little too early in the season. It all came crashing down on a freezing cold night in Stillwater, Okla., against Oklahoma State.

Baylor baseball announced five new signees to the program on Wednesday, during the early signing period. Right-handed pitchers Collin Garrett, Kyle Hill, left-handed pitchers Cody Moos, T.J. Raguse, and shortstop Jon Skidmore are set to join the Bears in the fall of 2015 after signing National Letters of Intent.

An attorney for Oklahoma State said Wednesday the school could seek sworn testimony from Texas football coach Charlie Strong, Longhorns players and school administrators in its fight to recover nearly $600,000 from former Cowboys assistant Joe Wickline, who is now at Texas.

Thanksgiving break is just around the corner, and many students’ grade standing in some classes is unknown. Assignments have been submitted, but the turnaround from professors is at a standstill. Without knowing grades, students have no means of knowing how to prepare for the last stretch of the semester.

Nearly 10 years ago, life for the Tuohy family was forever changed with two simple words. Those two words became the foundation of a new mindset that changed not only their own lives, but the lives of many.

A Texas judge refused on Tuesday to quash on technicalities two criminal felony indictments for abuse of power against Gov. Rick Perry, ruling that the case against the possible 2016 presidential hopeful should proceed.