OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Robert Nkemdiche got a huge thrill as he rumbled 31 yards down the sideline for his first career touchdown during No. 17 Mississippi's incredibly lopsided 76-3 victory ove…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An anchor for Fox News is suing Hasbro for more than $5 million over a toy hamster that shares her name — and possibly even her resemblance.
KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — Authorities have nabbed a man who's accused of spray-painting images of Sasquatch on public property in Kennebunk, Maine.
MYSTIC, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has found himself upstaged by a beluga whale during a tourism news conference at the Mystic Aquarium.
PHOENIX (AP) — Two online marketing companies that ceased publishing ads depicting former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer as an over-the-hill divorcee who needed a "revenge makeover" could still face …
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has pulled hundreds of bartending guides from state-run liquor stores after workers complained that the drink manuals contained sexually explicit and derogat…
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — A man who tried to sell a backpack of dirty socks as marijuana has been sentenced to at least one year in a Michigan prison.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 40 kilograms (89 pounds) of wool — the equivalent of…
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania appeals court has overturned a drug dealer's prison sentence of up to 216 years, calling it "excessive."
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say frozen meat and a chain saw were the only things taken during a break-in a home in Michigan.
BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has been indicted on burglary charges after police say he inadvertently dialed 911 and let authorities in on his plans.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Three people are claiming ownership of the small brown chicken that fouled up rush-hour traffic in the San Francisco Bay Area earlier this week.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A woman suspected of stealing an Alaska State Troopers patrol car that held her handcuffed husband in the back seat was arrested on suspicion of theft and other charges.
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A Dunkin' Donuts shop in Maine is offering free coffee for life to the federal judge who lifted New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's suspension.
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City millionaire who died this summer has bequeathed a $100,000 trust fund to care for her 32 pet cockatiels.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has dismissed five players from its football team following their arrests earlier this week.
To help prevent large-truck crashes, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Division of State Patrol will participate in the annual “Brake Safety Week” sponsored by the Commercial Vehicl…
With appetizers out of the way, it's time to move on to the main course on this first weekend of college football.
FOOTBALL
HOLMEN — A crowd of students and staff clapped and shouted in approval Friday when Holmen High School agriculture science teacher Roger King was named the Wisconsin High School Teacher of the Year.
UW-La Crosse resilence — at least for a game — and an explosive offense as it beat Luther College 26-19 before 3,886 — yes, that is correct — fans at Roger Harring Stadium. It was larger than…
WAUKON, Iowa — Ralph “Buddy” T. Dougherty, 83, of Waukon died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, w…
MONONA, Wis./GALESVILLE — Ann B. (Spagl) Schaller, 97, of Monona and formerly of Galesville died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, in Monona. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., with visitation o…
SPARTA — Chief Francis J. Vancil, 91, of Sparta died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at Mayo Clinic Health System, Sparta. Arrangements will be announced by Lanham-Schanhofer Funeral Home, Sparta.