Topeka native and Texas Tech star softball pitcher NiJa Canady represents the university as the female Big 12 Athlete of the Year nominee.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Texas Tech softball pitcher NiJa Canady’s list of honors continues to grow. According to the Big 12 Conference, Canady has been named the Female Athlete of the Year, while ...

Karla is survived by her child Matthew Kube-McDowell, daughter-in-law Nija Phelps, and granddaughter Alexandria, all of Milford CT; her first husband Michael P. McDowell, of Okemos MI; her sister ...

Eddie Lee Brown, Jr., 70, of Gosnell, passed away July 19, 2025. Funeral services will be held August 2 at Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Blytheville, with interment at Memory Gardens Cemetery.