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Vote for your favorite standout performer from this past week of boys track and field action.

As a pilot in the 380th Bombardment Wing in 1975, I sat alert in a hydrogen bomb-armed supersonic FB-111 fighter-bomber. My targets were military installations in and around Moscow. But my mission wasn’t the USSR’s destruction, but deterrence of war…

I went to the first day of the UW-Madison Palestinian campus protest, partly in solidarity, but partly to see for myself the nature of the protest.

The use of police on campuses to deal with people protesting the ruthless Israeli attacks on Palestinians reminds me all to much of the Vietnam War protests in the 1960s.

I noticed in Friday's paper that UW-Madison leaders will meet with protester groups including Students for Justice in Palestine. Reading up on this group I learned they support a one-state solution (functionally mooting Israel's existence) and oppose all forms of…

This week, May 5-11, is Public Service Recognition Week, the annual celebration of public servants, including 300,000 of our fellow Wisconsinites who work in government.

Students have no business making any kind of demands involving foreign countries, especially when they don't know both sides of an issue.

More than 1 million marine animals die each year because of plastic waste alone. With all of the plastic waste thrown into the ocean and discarded improperly, marine animals need our help.

Adames was 0-for-3 with a walk before delivering a three-run home run in the top of the ninth as Milwaukee pulled off the comeback to avoid a fourth straight loss.

United States drug policy moved one step closer to sanity. It’s got much further to go.

The long-running event began as a protest against the Vietnam War but has morphed into an unsanctioned, pre-exam, alcohol-fueled bash for UW-Madison students and their peers.

The officer involved has been placed on paid leave and police were wearing body cameras at the time of the shooting, the agency said.

The announcement comes as Biden prepares to visit Racine on Wednesday to deliver remarks on his Investing in America agenda.

Gaffney was driving north on Highway 12 near Kickaboo Road in the town of Springfield at about 3:40 p.m. when she crashed.

New language in a pro-encampment council resolution removes references to alleged Israeli atrocities in Gaza and condemns the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

Witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial is moving forward again and all eyes are on who will be called next. Porn actor Stormy Daniels took the stand mid-morning Tuesday and testified about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump…

Names of four officers will be formally added to the memorial, bringing the total to 293.

Four new programs join the Big Ten next season, and an All-American will against return to the Kohl Center.

The civil service position was created to support and strengthen the city's outreach to the public and to better inform and engage resident, the mayor's office said.

A case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court pits the public’s right to scrutinize voter eligibility against the rights of voters to protect their own private health information. Elected officials have missed a chance to solve the underlying problem.