Boxes are unpacked, classrooms are full, and college campuses are alive again as Arkansas Tech University kicked off its first day of classes Wednesday.

The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery announced that the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday night is up to $643 million, with tickets costing $2 and the drawing taking place at 9:59 p.m.

Former Hot Spring County Sheriff Derrick Scott Finkbeiner has been sentenced to two years in prison for lying to federal agents and attempting to tamper with a witness.