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For the third year in a row, Make Music Madison is offering music-lovers a free day of concerts Sunday.

Last summer, the first season of HBO’s “True Detective” got TV audiences familiar with Matthew McConaughey’s dramatic chops while he and Woody Harrelson tracked a serial killer and philosophiz…

"I look at it right now as I've got a big task ahead of me and that's the only thing that I'm thinking of right now," the former Green Bay Packers quarterback said.

"Oh, The Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss tops this week's fiction list.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Madison Mallards overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Kalamazoo Growlers 7-4 in a Northwoods League amateur baseball game Thursday night at Homer Stryker Field.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Brewers shortstop Alcides Escobar sure does like to face his former team.

GRAND CHUTE — One hit was all it took.

MILWAUKEE — Anna Tristani scored two goals in the final five minutes of the first half Thursday, and that was all the Green Bay Notre Dame girls soccer team needed.

MILWAUKEE — Once again, a familiar foe stood between the Mount Horeb girls soccer team and its state championship dreams.

A pedestrian crossing Stoughton Road at East Washington Avenue was hit by a vehicle Thursday evening

The stately building was designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, and constructed in 1926-1928.

WASHINGTON — It’s time for a new strategy in Iraq and Syria. It begins by admitting that the old borders are gone, that a unified Syria or Iraq will never be reconstituted, that the Sykes-Pico…

The Dane County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered in a silo Thursday.

Andrew Meshnick’s teammates on the Madison Radicals — and even a popular player on the opposing team — thought his circus catch during an American Ultimate Disc League game in mid-May was wort…

Whenever politicians tell you they want to make government more efficient, you should remember that the most efficient form of government is an absolute dictatorship.

I read with some amusement the list of “protected classes” that now includes the homeless in Madison. I have a suggestion for the Madison City Council: Maybe you could just say something like …

Regarding the debate about mascots on clothing, perhaps if people remembered how poorly the American Indians have been treated they may see the concern about using American Indian names for sp…

It’s a Republican tactic that dates back to at least Karl Rove -- distract everyone from your real position by attacking your opponent's for the same thing.

I'm so glad the FBI and the Justice Department are investigating the St. Louis Cardinals for hacking into the Houston Astros' database to uncover secret player information. It's comforting to …

I am baffled with the pending decision to build a new Bucks arena and how it will ultimately save taxpayers money.