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P.J. Clinton of the Sam Houston State University longboarding club carves around a corner on Rainbow Drive in Riverside. The club hosted its second annual Sam Houston Seasonal race and slide jam Saturday. The event drew a crowd of almost 200 including over 80 racers from various places in and around Texas.

• Longboarders Dominate the Streets

  May 18, 2013 6 Photos

• Bearkat Battalion commissions 19
• HHS hosts blood drive this week
• YMCA donates building to Huntsville Pets Helping People therapy group
• Wynne Home to host art show

Must Read

• What you need to know about preparing for tornadoes

  Tornado survivors and seasoned observers suggest people do two simple things to prepare for tornadoes: Know where to take shelter, and move quickly when the time comes.

  May 20, 2013 1 Photo

• VIDEO: How technology helps predict tornadoes
• SLIDESHOW: Tornado passes through Oklahoma

Sports

• BEARKAT BASEBALL — Kats win again, head into conference tourney with plenty of momentum

  Having already clinched the outright Southland Conference regular-season championship on Friday night and the No. 1 seed in this week’s conference tournament a night earlier, the Bearkats didn’t have much to gain from Saturday afternoon’s series finale against Central Arkansas. Still, the Kats certainly didn’t want to go into this week on the heels of a loss and rallied late to end the regular season with 6-5 victory as well as completing a series sweep against the Bears.

  May 18, 2013

• BEARKAT BASEBALL — Kats repeat as outright conference champs
• BEARKAT BASEBALL — Kats one step closer to repeating as outright conference champs

Opinion

• Grady Easley: The fable — truth in government

  May 20, 2013

• Our View: Seizure of AP phone records an insult to press
• Letters: Knotts

Obituaries

• Heidi Lowrimore Sumter

  May 20, 2013

• Ira Dean Simmons III
• Nellie Lee Jones

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