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Director Derrick Sanders hopes audiences will think how the play set in South Africa relates to contemporary America.

The Supreme Court hearing room in the State Capitol has had its share of tension, from disputes over the position of chief justice this year to debates about wall decor 100 years ago.

This morning as I stepped out of our farmhouse I was nearly run over by a whitetail deer trip-tropping up the sidewalk. She passed so very near that I heard her breathing, and so preoccupied w…

The biggest, fanciest skateboard park in the state is taking shape in Madison's Central Park, and skateboarders are ready to roll.

We can get stem cells to produce particular types of cells. But how to replace an organ is still largely unknown.

I am not normal.

Another day, another sickening video of another out-of-control police officer assaulting an unarmed person who posed no threat.

Verner Suomi was a professor at UW-Madison and is known as the “father of satellite meteorology.” 

MILWAUKEE — As it turned out, Taylor Jungmann had to be perfect Sunday.

Reunion: The Madison East High School Class of 1958 will meet for a luncheon on July 10. The group will meet from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Coliseum Bar, 232 Olin Ave. Cost: $15. Register by Ju…

The artificial turf field and new track will be used to hold practices for the high school programs.

GREEN BAY — The Madison Mallards mustered two hits Sunday and saw their record dip below .500 for the first time this season.

Kyle Nelsen tossed a five-hit shutout and Justin Scanlon had four hits, leading Verona to a 10-0 eight-inning victory over host Shullsburg/Benton in a Home Talent League Western Section amateu…

MILWAUKEE — Carlos Gomez’s bat split near the handle after making contact with another tough pitch from Max Scherzer.

A Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission hearing examiner is recommending that the firing of an Oakhill prison guard be upheld. 

About 60 people spent their Sunday at the arboretum learning about pollinating insects -- which include but are not restricted to bees -- and how to monitor their numbers in Madison in order t…

One woman and two men are dead after three separate crashes in south-central Wisconsin.

Oh my. What a hornet’s nest of activity we’re seeing at the state Capitol these past few weeks. Republican legislators have been as busy as a Hillary Clinton pincushion at a Scott Walker sewing bee.

I love and enjoy free speech, but I hate seeing the killing of innocent people by some misguided Muslims.

It is obvious that state legislators pushing for changes in teacher licensing have absolutely no concept of what it is to be a professional educator.