CONWAY, Ark. - Former University of Central Arkansas outfielder Forrestt Allday earned first-team Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association All-America honors on Wednesday.

Allday, who was drafted by the Boston Red Sox and is now playing for the Lowell Spinners in the New York-Penn League, was one of five first-team outfielders. The others are Hunter Renfroe of Mississippi State, Michael Conforto of Oregon State, Mike Papi of Virginia and Mike Tauchman of Bradley.

Allday, from Friendswood, Texas, was the Southland Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player and was named a third-team All-American by Baseball America earlier in the week. He led the Bears in hitting (.365) and ranked in the top 5 in the SLC in nearly every offensive category. He was first in runs scored (59), on-base percentage (.503) and walks (53). He was second in hits (85), third in average and total bases (101) and fifth in steals (15).

FAULKNER COUNTY, Ark. (KTHV) - A truck overturned near El Paso on Monday.

Public information officer Bill Sadler said the truck, which was carrying an unknown amount of oil-based cutting mud, overturned on Highway 5 north of El Paso around 7:30 p.m. He added that a small amount of diesel from the truck fuel tank also spilled across the highway.

Sadler said Charles McCoy, of Malvern, lost control of the vehicle just prior to the crash, and sludge spilled into the ditch where the truck turned over. Whether or not McCoy was injured in the accident is unknown.

Clean-up operations were coordinated by the White County OES representative, Tamara Jenkins, and the truck is operated by Minute Man Environmental Services based in Milton, Penn.

The Office of Emergency Management said that the truck was not carrying material from the cleanup at Mayflower.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (American Red Cross) - While Independence Day will surely ignite many fireworks extravaganzas, the American Red Cross is counting on volunteer donors to spark the nation's blood supply. The need for blood is constant, especially around the summer holidays, when eligible donors have even less time in their busy schedules to give.

As part of the Red Cross Summer of Stories campaign to increase donations when they historically drop, all presenting donors between July 1 and 15 could win one of five $3,000 American Express gift cards. Donors are also encouraged to visit redcrossblood.org/summer to share their summer blood donation stories and watch videos of patients whose lives were touched by donors.

To learn more and make an appointment to donate blood, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS.

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