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Prep scoreboard: Area results from Tuesday, May 3

Wed, 05/04/2016 - 12:30am
Baseball

Prep roundup: Emma Kleinsek's homer lifts Verona softball team into tie for first

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 11:30pm
Her three-run shot helps Verona beat Janesville Craig 4-0, leaving the two teams in a tie for the Big Eight Conference lead.

USHL draft: Capitols add 17 more players, including three local skaters, Sagissor brothers

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 11:00pm
Madison rounds out its roster with Phase II selections.

City Council supports more Downtown activities with $64,000

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 10:17pm
The money will help the Madison Central Business Improvement District bring more events, performances and concerts to the Capitol Square and State Street areas.

Brewers: Newcomer Junior Guerra earns first major league win

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 10:15pm
It was a game to remember for Junior Guerra, the 31-year-old journeyman right-hander, who pitched in Italy in 2014 before catching on with the White Sox organization last season.

Report: Minority city employees express differences in treatment, compared to whites

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 10:00pm
A survey found that black and Latino employees are usually less likely to see the workplace as inviting and inclusive.

Prep track and field: Madison West's Vivian Hacker keeps up with brothers' footsteps

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 9:45pm
The Regents sophomore wins the 1,600 at the City Outdoor meet.

Tom Oates: Packers' Ted Thompson missed big opportunity in draft

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 7:30pm
The general manager should have departed from his play-it-safe philosophy and drafted UCLA linebacker Myles Jack.

Madison man charged with painting hate graffiti

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:15pm
Competency hearing ordered for Timothy A. Arnold, who police say drew Swastika-like symbols on 3 buildings.

Bring baseball back to UW-Madison -- Bob Hunt

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:00pm
One way for baseball to return to UW-Madison is with the help of big-time alumni such as Bud Selig, the former commissioner of Major League Baseball and former Milwaukee Brewers owner.

Tuition hikes are attack on working families -- Jerald Kaminski

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:00pm
A lot has been written about the $250 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System.

Downtown campus can serve students' needs -- Amanda Love

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:00pm
The MATC District Board will vote Wednesday on a proposal to lease the Downtown Education Center site, and temporarily expand the Madison Area Technical College facility at Villager on Park mall while searching for a long-term site on the South…

Trump nomination could restore sanity -- Walter Gray

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:00pm
I was pleased to see more so-called “establishment” Republicans hastening to accept Donald Trump as their candidate. His nomination will almost surely guarantee our next president will be Hillary Clinton, who has the necessary intellect, experience and well-considered policy positions…

Sen. Ron Johnson is serving state well -- Richard Wood

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:00pm
Recent letters to the editor have asked a fair question: What has Sen. Johnson done in his six-year term?. Here's what he has done. He has:

Voter ID is better than Chicago-style corruption -- Paul Hinds

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:00pm
Saturday's letter "Voter ID has been tough on older people" seemed to imply that the current voter law has impaired voting for rural people.

Don't associate terrorism with religion -- Masood Akhtar

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:00pm
Muslims will continue to fight ISIL -- our common enemy -- in cooperation with our law enforcement officers, elected officials, neighbors, coworkers and friends. The media should join this effort.

Lawmakers voted 'no confidence' in faculty -- Stephen Kantrowitz

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:00pm
By their actions, the governor, Republicans in the Legislature, the UW Board of Regents, and the University of Wisconsin System administration have shown "no confidence" in the UW faculty and in the long-term reputation of the university in recent years.

Madison man accused of child-abuse death of 2-year-old girl pleads not guilty

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 5:30pm
A Madison man accused by police of causing the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter under his care last month had a not guilty plea entered in his behalf to a charge of first-degree reckless homicide Tuesday afternoon.

Wisconsin man at center of Iwo Jima photo controversy

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 5:21pm
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Marine Corps says it has begun investigating whether it mistakenly identified one of the men shown raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in one of the iconic images of World War II after two…

Packers: Bears linebacker Lamarr Houston says Aaron Rodgers is a 'little too arrogant'

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 5:09pm
The Packers host the Bears in Week 7 on Thursday night at Lambeau Field.

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