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The three owners of The Weary Traveler Freehouse plan to sell the business Tuesday to a longtime bartender and his business partner.

Here are five things to know about White, his versatility in the offensive backfield at Rufus King International High School in Milwaukee, and more.

Madison police have identified three men arrested following a shooting between vehicles and a car crash witnessed by an officer on the South Side early Saturday morning.

Three utility projects with a combined capacity of 574 megawatts have been delayed and face potential cost overruns largely stemming from difficulty securing solar panels and other key parts.

A Beloit man was arrested for soliciting a girl for sex at Palmer Park in Janesville on Monday, Janesville police reported.

A masked man fled on foot after robbing a Janesville hotel on Monday night, Janesville police reported.

Abortion opponents want lawmakers to completely ban surgical abortions and to block medication abortions, a technology that wasn't around when the 1849 law was written.

President Joe Biden’s call for a three-month suspension of the 18-cent federal gas tax in response to soaring gas prices has, thankfully, landed with a bipartisan thud in Congress. The idea, an old fallback for politicians when pump prices rise,…

It’s 2022 and American women must still fight for gender equality.

This is not an "all Republicans are bad" letter to the editor. This is a plea for the sane Republicans to instill back into their party a love of country over love of extremists.

Rebecca Kleefisch, Timothy Ramthun and Kevin Nicholson all highlighted the absence of the Trump-endorsed candidate.

After eight months of disagreement over the condition of the 12-story Downtown building that houses Paisan's restaurant, the Madison Plan Commission Monday evening unanimously approved a demolition permit for the structure.

Board members Chris Gomez Schmidt, Nichelle Nichols, Savion Castro and Laura Simkin, board vice president Maia Pearson and board president Ali Muldrow voted to adopt the budget and board member Nicki Vander Meulen voted against.

“I know it’s across the country but that’s what I’m looking most forward to,” the setter said, “being surrounded by new people and learning about a different state that I’ve not lived in yet. And then being part of a…

Dozens of shots were fired early Friday night at Demetral Park on the East Side, Madison police said.

Johnson's comment came as the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection reveals a wide-ranging scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which appears to involve the attorney Johnson referred to on Friday.

The shots were fired just after midnight on Saturday on the 7200 block of Mid Town Road, police said.

The Jefferson mayor faces a farmer who accepts that Joe Biden won the 2020 election. The winner faces Rep. Don Vruwink, D-Milton, who was redrawn into a new district.

The signing of former Minnesota recruit Cruz Lucius, who's expected to be drafted in July, brings the Badgers men's hockey roster for the 2022-23 season into better focus. Here's more on player movement.