The No. 3 seeded Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team is headed to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The Hogs bested Tennessee 11-4 on Sunday.

The big picture: It will be the 12th trip to the series under head Coach Dave VanHorn.

• After several NCAA regional upsets, Arkansas is the highest-seeded team going to the midwest contest, Whole Hog Sports reports.
• Vanderbilt (No. 1) and Texas (No. 2) were eliminated in home regionals and Auburn (No. 4) and North Carolina (No. 5) lost at super regionals this weekend.

State of plays: Arkansas right fielder Logan Maxwell hit a grand slam Sunday to clinch the win with a two-strike, two-out swing.

What's next: The College World Series starts Friday. Arkansas will play Louisiana State University, the only other SEC team headed to the series, on Saturday. A time has not yet been set.

• Stream the series on ESPN+ or buy tickets through NCAA.

Protestors are taking to the streets and community hubs in nine Arkansas towns on Saturday in what organizers expect will be the largest nationwide single-day anti-President Trump rally since the start of the administration.

Why it matters: The nationwide protests, called No Kings, will run on the same day as Trump's military parade in D.C.

Zoom in: Protests are planned in Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Harrison, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Mountain Home, Russellville and West Memphis.

• The event in Fayetteville is scheduled from 1:30-4pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

More than 100 advocacy groups are partnering to organize the No Kings events.

By the numbers: Millions of people are estimated to protest in more than 1,500 cities across all 50 states and commonwealths, organizers said.

Context: Trump proposed a military parade on his 79th birthday and the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary.

• The Army predicts it will spend $25 to $45 million on the plan, an estimate that doesn't include Secret Service or law enforcement.
• D.C. is not known for having military parades, but Trump has been vying for one since his first term.

Yes, but: There will be no organized protest in Washington, D.C.

• "We want to create contrast, not conflict," said Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of Indivisible, one of the partner groups.
• "The choice to hold No Kings events in every city but D.C. is a deliberate choice to keep the focus on contrast, and not give the Trump administration an opportunity to stoke and then put the focus on conflict."

Catch up quick: Earlier this year, anti-Trump activists rallied during the Hands Off!, 50501 and May Day protests.

• April's Hands Off! protest saw at least 3.5 million of people join, by organizers' count, surpassing the 500,000 RSVPs it garnered.

What they're saying: "Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday," the No Kings website said.

• "A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn't staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else."

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Here a few highlights on the docket for tonight's city council meetings.

Bentonville will discuss the public art installation "All Bike(r)s Welcome," which was installed with some panels painted differently than in the approved plan.

Springdale will vote on:

• A contract worth more than $1.8 million for APAC-Central to perform an overlay street project.
• An agreement valued at more than $2 million to relocate some Black Hills Energy distribution lines to allow for the Gene George Boulevard expansion project.

Rogers will vote on:

• Donating an obsolete fire engine to the diesel mechanic program with the Rogers Public School District.

If you go: 6pm at Bentonville City Hall and Springdale City Hall, and at 6:30pm at Rogers City Hall.