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Powerball jackpot flashback: Three record-breaking drawings worth remembering in 2025
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Since no one claimed a Powerball win on Saturday, Oct. 11, the next Powerball drawing rolled over to Monday evening.
The estimated jackpot for the Monday night drawing was $258 million — with a cash value (lump sum) of $120.8 million.
And now, with no winners of that, per the Powerball website, the next drawing will be held on Wednesday, with an estimated jackpot of $273 million (cash value $127.8 million).
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This year has seen record-breaking wins across the country — with some standout stories as well. Here are three remarkable Powerball wins from 2025 so far.
$1.787 billion September jackpot
A massive $1.787 billion jackpot was claimed and split between two ticket-holders in September.
One of two unnamed lottery winners purchased the winning ticket, valued at $893.5 million, from a QuikTrip gas station in St. Louis, Missouri, as The Associated Press and lottery officials reported.
A giant lottery advertising sign is seen along Highway 101 when the U.S. Powerball jackpot climbed to $1.70 billion in Belmont, San Mateo County, California, on Sept. 4, 2025. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61 and 62, with a Powerball number of 17.
The Missouri ticket-holder split the earnings with another winner who bought a ticket from a Fredericksburg, Texas, convenience store and gas station.
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This prize was reportedly the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot in history, as it carried on for 41 consecutive drawings without any matches.
$526.5 million jackpot in California
In March, Powerball announced a jackpot winner in California.
The ticket was worth $526.5 million, with a cash value of $243.8 million.
Powerball said that final ticket sales raised the jackpot from its earlier estimate of $515 million.
A customer is shown holding a number slip for Powerball lottery tickets for a $750 million grand prize jackpot inside the Bluebird Liquor Store, which has sold winning tickets in past large lottery jackpots, in Hawthorne, California, on Aug. 25, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
The California Lottery confirmed that the winning ticket was purchased at an Orange County 7-Eleven in Anaheim.
The winning numbers for the Saturday, March 29, drawing were white balls 7, 11, 21, 53, 61 and red Powerball 2. The Power Play multiplier was 3X.
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This same drawing also included five winning tickets valued at $1 million each.
The winning million-dollar tickets were sold in Ohio, Oregon, Texas and two in Georgia.
$328.5 million jackpot to start off the year
A Powerball player in Oregon claimed the first jackpot of 2025 on Jan. 18.
The winner claimed $328.5 million after matching all six numbers in the Saturday-night drawing. The jackpot’s cash value was $146.4 million.
The winning numbers were white balls 14, 31, 35, 64 and 69, plus red Powerball 23. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.
A newsstand in Manhattan is shown advertising the latest Powerball jackpot on Sept. 5, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The same drawing also matched a ticket in Michigan valued at $2 million.
The jackpot winner, identified as Abbas Shafi, was a 79-year-old man from Beaverton, Oregon, according to a report from The Guardian.
He purchased the ticket from a local Fred Meyer convenience store.
The winner of the third-largest prize in Oregon’s history said he plans to spend his winnings traveling, making investments and donating to nonprofit organizations that are “close to [his] heart.”
Bonus tale: ‘Needed to give it all away’
Donation was also close to another winner’s heart, as Fox News Digital previously reported.
A Virginia grandmother who used ChatGPT to help pick her Powerball numbers struck it big and donated it all to charity. Carrie Edwards of Midlothian matched four of the first five numbers, plus the Powerball, in the Sept. 8 drawing, winning $50,000. But because she purchased the Power Play option, her prize tripled to $150,000, according to the Virginia Lottery.
Edwards said she knew instantly what she wanted to do with the unexpected windfall.
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“I knew I needed to give it all away because I’ve been so blessed, and I want this to be an example of how other people, when they’re blessed, can bless other people,” she said at a press conference.
Deirdre Bardolf of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.
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BATON ROUGE — LSU baseball’s path to a repeat College World Series championship officially begins Friday, Feb. 13.
Opening Day for the 2026 season has arrived and coach Jay Johnson and his preseason No. 1-ranked Tigers will kick things off against Milwaukee at Alex Bos Stadium. First pitch is schedule for 2 p.m.
LSU opens up the season with a barrage of games, playing nine over the first 12 days of the campaign.
The Daily Advertiser is providing live updates during LSU baseball’s season opener against Milwaukee. Follow along.
LSU baseball vs Milwaukee probable pitchers
- LSU – RHP Casan Evans (5-1, 2.05 ERA)
- Milwaukee – LHP Matthew Mueller (1-2, 5.23 ERA)
Evans will start Opening Day for LSU. The righthanded sophomore has just three starts under his belt coming into 2026 but is expected to be among the top pitchers on the Tigers’ staff. For Milwaukee, Mueller will get the ball. He is one of the most experienced starters on the Panthers’ club with six starts a season ago.
What time does LSU baseball vs Milwaukee start?
- Date: Friday, Feb. 13
- Time: 2 p.m. CT
- Where: Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge
What TV channel is LSU baseball vs Milwaukee on today?
- TV: N/A
- Streaming: SEC Network+
- How to watch online: ESPN app
LSU baseball 2026 schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| Feb. 13 | Milwaukee |
| Feb. 14 | Milwaukee |
| Feb. 15 | Milwaukee |
| Feb. 16 | Kent State |
| Feb. 18 | Nicholls State |
| Feb. 20 | Indiana (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| Feb. 21 | Notre Dame (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| Feb. 22 | UCF (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| Feb. 24 | McNeese State |
| Feb. 27 | Dartmouth |
| Feb. 28 | Northeastern |
| March 1 | Dartmouth |
| March 2 | Northeastern |
| March 4 | at Louisiana |
| March 6 | Sacramento State |
| March 7 | Sacramento State |
| March 8 | Sacramento State |
| March 10 | Creighton |
| March 13 | Vanderbilt* |
| March 14 | at Vanderbilt* |
| March 15 | at Vanderbilt* |
| March 17 | at Grambling State |
| March 19 | Oklahoma* |
| March 20 | Oklahoma* |
| March 21 | Oklahoma* |
| March 24 | Louisiana Tech |
| March 27 | Kentucky* |
| March 28 | Kentucky* |
| March 29 | Kentucky* |
| March 31 | Southern |
| April 3 | at Tennessee* |
| April 4 | at Tennessee* |
| April 5 | at Tennessee* |
| April 7 | Bethune-Cookman |
| April 10 | at Ole Miss* |
| April 11 | at Ole Miss* |
| April 12 | at Ole Miss* |
| April 14 | Northwestern State |
| April 17 | Texas A&M* |
| April 18 | Texas A&M* |
| April 19 | Texas A&M* |
| April 21 | New Orleans |
| April 24 | at Mississippi State* |
| April 25 | at Mississippi State* |
| April 26 | at Mississippi State* |
| April 28 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| May 1 | South Carolina* |
| May 2 | South Carolina* |
| May 3 | South Carolina* |
| May 5 | Tulane |
| May 8 | at Georgia* |
| May 9 | at Georgia* |
| May 10 | at Georgia* |
| May 14 | Florida* |
| May 15 | Florida* |
| May 16 | Florida* |
Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Hennepin County sheriff says her office has not entered into any new deals with the federal government, “despite what some influential leaders have conveyed.”
This comes after White House Border Czar Tom Homan announced a major drawdown of federal immigration agents.
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What they’re saying:
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said in a news conference Friday that even though Operation Metro Surge is winding down, trust in law enforcement has been “eroded.”
Witt defended how her deputies handled Operation Metro Surge, calling the immigration operation “unprecedented” and said her deputies didn’t have a “template.”
She continued to thank her deputies for doing their job, but said her office will be addressing “all issues” and seeing what can be improved.
The sheriff did reiterate her office has not “entered into any new agreements with the federal government, despite what some influential leaders conveyed.”
“Communication and relationships will be critical as we move forward. I’ve always said that leaders at the local, state and federal level must come to the table together,” Witt said. “A real leader, a real leader prioritizes understanding, communication, reflection, and conveying truthful information responsibly, not just based off of your limited views.”
Witt went on to say that if anyone is “confused” about policies her office has adopted, they should “ask.”
Hennepin Co. board told sheriff to not alter ICE policy
The backstory:
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution urging the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office not to change its policy on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.
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The board passed the resolution Thursday afternoon, stating they support the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office’s current policy regarding cooperating with ICE, which is not honoring detainer requests from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
According to the resolution, the board is telling the sheriff to not make “substantive changes to the policy to voluntarily increase cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.”
The board goes on to ask the sheriff to notify the public and the board if there are any changes to the policy that would increase cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
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After more than two months of an increased immigration enforcement presence in Minnesota, Border Czar Tom Homan announced on Thursday that Operation Metro Surge would be drawing to a close, with most federal agents leaving by next week. FOX 9’s Soyoung Kim is live at the Alex Pretti shooting memorial site with reactions from Minnesotans.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man convicted in the 1993 cold case murder of an Indianapolis woman has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Dana Shepherd, 53, was convicted of one count of murder Friday morning. Other charges of rape and an additional count of murder were dismissed.
News 8 previously reported on Shepherd following his arrest in September 2024.
Carmen Van Huss was found dead in her apartment on March 24, 1993. She’d been found by her father, who came to check on her after she’d missed several phone calls.
Following some time of investigation, her case ran cold. Through genetic testing and advanced analytics, IMPD announced they’d identified Shepherd as a suspect 31 years later.
Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears on Friday said his hope is Shepherd’s sentence will provide justice to Van Huss’s family.
“While no passage of time can ever heal the unimaginable loss Carmen’s family has endured, we are grateful to secure a Murder conviction more than 30 years after this heinous crime,” he said. “Our hope is that this resolution brings a measure of justice and peace to her loved ones, after three decades of waiting for answers.”
Shepherd will serve his sentence in the Indiana Department of Correction. Court records did not indicate if or when he’d be eligible for parole.
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