PORTALES, N.M. - University officials say a New Mexico college graduate, apparently feeling guilty over a student prank years ago, has sent a box of toilet paper to repay the school for loot taken from a dormitory. Eastern New Mexico University says it received the yuletide gift box this week... more »
The name of an admitted member of the KKK who advocated violent behavior against African Americans sparked controversy at the University of Texas at Austin. William Simkins, a popular law professor at the school, was a Confederate soldier and early organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in Florida and bragged... more »
PORT ALLEN - West Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies say an Addis man accused of fatally shooting a 36-year-old Plaquemine man during an alleged drug... more »
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - Gov. Jay Inslee says work has already started to design detours after a partial bridge collapse in Washington state. State Transportation... more »
LIVINGSTON - The Livingston Parish Council has unanimously approved a master plan. The 112-page plan calls for zoning along a corridor that includes Interstate 12... more »