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A 17-year-old Madison boy suffered an apparent broken leg Thursday when he started running across a street and was struck by a car.

Bernie Sanders’ promises are like music or candy to liberal Democrats. Free tuition for all. High-quality health care provided by the government as a matter of right, not charity. Help for the poor that would simultaneously reduce income inequality and…

A man stabbed in the chest on Thursday night in Downtown Madison is expected to live while his alleged attacker was taken to jail.

Two people suffered minor injuries Thursday night when their SUV was struck by a Metro Transit bus in Downtown Madison, the driver of the SUV ticketed for running a red light.

I have wanted to make this soup forever, and I have no idea what’s been stopping me.

Last week, 53 public school districts asked their local citizens for additional financial support through 71 referendum questions. Of those ballot issues, voters approved 55, or more than 77 percent.

The weather can't get much better for Madison than what we are experiencing in mid-April, and forecasts show the great weather continuing for the upcoming week.

Verona's City Council unanimously selected Troy Rost, who restored Middleton's famed Stamm House, to purchase and rehabilitate the city's oldest home.

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We all know that chronic back pain is a #%*@). It can keep you from working, ruin your quality of life and destroy social relationships.

Orchestrate a night out for the UW-Madison Varsity Concert Band’s year-end show at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights at the Kohl Center, 601 W. Dayton St. Director of Bands Michael Leckrone initiated the annual extravaganza in 1975. This year’s…

Kerry Washington knows her way around a media spectacle.

When it comes to equestrian interests, the annual Midwest Horse Fair doesn’t, well, horse around. One of the nation’s largest three-day horse fairs, it is back for its 37th year, Friday through Sunday at the Alliant Energy Center.

Troy Fumagalli caught a team-high seven passes during team and 7-on-7 drills Thursday.

The Bucks finished 33-49, an eight-game slide from the 2014-15 season. Still, optimism abounds, especially around the team's franchise cornerstones: Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jabari Parker.

The addition of Noel Cutright of West Bend and LeRoy Lintereur of Marinette increases the Hall of Fame’s membership to 88 leaders since its creation in 1985.

The Madison School District and a group of community partners have been awarded a $400,000 private grant for a new effort to better prepare high school students for college and careers.

Baseball

Sauk Prairie’s Jenna Johnson hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third inning Thursday, and that proved to be just enough to carry the host Eagles to a 4-3 victory over Waunakee in a Badger North Conference softball…

Following racist comments from the crowd in a game at Elkhorn, players from Evansville and Janesville Craig show their support