No. 1 UCLA baseball handled business over the last two innings against Michigan State to secure a 4-1 win in their series opener at Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium in East Lansing, Mi. on Friday.

The Bruins found themselves in a much more low-scoring outing than their 15-3 midweek affair against UC Santa Barbara. Against the Spartans, UCLA’s explosive lineup was held to just four hits over all nine innings, but the Bruins pitching staff fared better than Michigan State’s by only allowing two hits.

Scoreless start

Both UCLA and Michigan State had just one hit in the first three innings, as both teams attempted to find success at the plate. The result was the game being runless heading into the fourth.

Spartans strike first

Michigan State got their second hit of the game in the bottom of the fourth with a single, but it was enough to get their base runner across home plate for the first run of the game.

The Kids in Need Foundation gifted $1 million worth of school supplies to teachers in need.

Taking place at the Kids in Need Foundation’s headquarters in Little Canada, the “Thanks a Million” event brought together teachers from across the state, who were each gifted around $1,000 in school supplies to take back to their classrooms.

The group said the supplies went to teachers at higher-needs schools, districts where 50 percent or more of students would qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Rachelle Oxborough, the foundation’s director of public relations, said school supplies can make a major difference for students, some of whom do not begin classes with the materials they need.

“School supplies can be completely transformative for a child and their education, when a student can walk in on that first day of school,” Oxborough said. “A majority of students in these schools do not start the school year with school supplies, so when they can start with everything they need, they can step into their education in a totally different way.”

Sabrina Jones, a social worker at Harambee Elementary School in Maplewood, came to pick up supplies for teachers at her school on Saturday.

“But a lot of just writing materials, from the markers to the crayons to just the writing pads, which is just amazing…and also cleaning supplies, because you can’t have enough cleaning supplies for all seasons,” Jones said.

Programs like “Thanks a Million” support teachers financially by providing free classroom materials, rather than having teachers pay out of pocket for their students.

The National Education Association said teachers spend an average of $500 to $900 a year out of pocket on classroom supplies.

“I mean it’s one in a million, this really shows the support that Kids in Need have for teachers in general, school, everything…you can’t like buy this….this is just amazing,” Jones said.

A team of Missouri co-workers won the 2026 Booneanza treasure hunt Wednesday afternoon, solving a county-wide series of puzzles that led them to a hidden treasure box containing a 2.53-carat diamond valued at $10,000.

The team, named Smooth Noodles, uncovered the treasure around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. The hunt kicked off four days earlier on Saturday, April 25.

The community wide-hunt raised money for the Boone County Historical Society, drawing 62 teams and around 300 participants from across Boone County. The competition blended local history, trivia, riddles, codes and problem-solving challenges.

“It was a lot of hard thinking, but also a lot of fun,” team member Chris Barnett said in the news release. “We have a really great team that works well together, and every Smooth Noodle contributed in a big way. We all learned something new about Boone County.”

The final clue led the team to Booneanza creator David Wilson and staff from the Boone County Historical Society, who verified the team’s completion of the hunt.

The event raised nearly $13,000 to support the Boone County History & Culture Center’s mission of preserving and sharing local history, according to the release.

While the grand prize has been claimed, organizers are continuing to offer a lower-cost version of the hunt for community members still interested in participating, according to the release.