The Indiana Pacers Summer League team is ready to get things started on Friday afternoon in Las Vegas. They will face the Cleveland Cavaliers on ESPN 2 at 4:30 PM EST. This is a great opportunity for each of these players to display their talents and prove to front offices across the league why they deserve a roster spot, two-way spot, or G-League opportunity. For the Pacers, the roster is drastically different from last season, with Taelon Peter being the only returnee from last year's team.

Community members turned out in force Saturday to support Michael and Chequella Walker's annual fan drive, helping collect about 100 fans for senior citizens in Minden and the surrounding area. The July 4 event, held on Roosevelt Drive, also received monetary donations that organizers said will be used to purchase additional fans before distribution begins this week. "First of all, Chequella and I thank God for giving us the health and strength to be able to help our Minden communities," Michael Walker said.

By Stephanie Armour and KFF Health News HealthDay ReportersMONDAY, July 6, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- As beachgoers flock to water this summer, danger could be lurking in some areas. Researchers this spring discovered flesh-eating bacteria in water in several coastal locations across New York's Long Island, and town officials in the Hamptons vacation destination posted an alert about the findings.

For the past 20 years, Ashley Wimberley has seen a newspaper industry thrive, decline, transform yet struggle into the digital age, fight new legislative battles, and renew hopes for the future of print. Today, the Arkansas Press Association executive director feels pretty buoyant about the industry's ability to adapt.

Arkadelphia-based Southern Bancorp, Inc. plans to change its name to Uplift Bank, pending regulatory approval. Southern Bancorp, founded in 1986, is one of the nation's oldest Community Development Financial Institutions. In a news release Thursday, the company said its name change reflects its mission to serve under-resourced communities and ensure access to financial tools.

To escape a surge in Chicago's gang violence, Natalie Ammons and her family moved in 1979 to a home just a few hundred yards from one of the world's biggest steel mills. On some nights, when the Gary mill pounded its red-hot steel slabs into thin sheets, she'd see flames shoot up through the smokestacks. She'd go to bed to the sound of rumblings from the mill and the smell of rotten eggs.

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The broad Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index ticked higher in June despite a rising number of manufacturing job losses, higher prices, and negative impacts from Trump Administration tariff policies. The index, a leading economic indicator for a nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, was 56 in June, up from 54.4 in May. Any index rank above 50 represents growth. The June number marked the fifth consecutive month of a gain in the conditions index.

Nelson agreed to a two-way contract with Orlando on Wednesday, Paul Garcia of The Spot Up Shot reports. Nelson was selected by Washington with the No. 51 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft and subsequently traded to Orlando. He began his collegiate career at Arkansas State before spending the 2025-26 campaign at South Florida. In 34 games, which included an NCAA tournament loss to Louisville, the 22-year-old averaged 15.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.6 steals over 27.3 minutes.