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EMTs Chris McGinnis and Andrew Ridd keep one of a fleet of 14 ambulances well stocked during their shift on Monday at the Southwest ambulance service. Salt Lake City may try to end its 911 ambulance s...

PARKERSBURG - Longtime Wood County Judge Arthur N. Gustke died Sunday at his residence at the age of 80.A Parkersburg native, Gustke served on the 4th Judicial Circuit Court in Wood County for 18 year...

A Cole County court has upheld a Missouri law that supplements county sheriffs' deputies on a competitive grant basis. Judge Richard Callahan ruled to uphold a law passed by the General Assembly in 2...

Whether you need an everyday item or something for a more discriminating eye, you're sure to find it at these stores. Some are one of a kind; others are the kind you simply can't find anymore. But th...

CHARLOTTE - Having just celebrated its 75th birthday, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park finds its future threatened by wavering public support for America's green places.The problem passes from one generation to the next: a chronic lack of financial support in the past, declining visits now and a future shaped by today's children who are spending far less time in the outdoors.For decades, park advocates say, Congress has starved the national parks of enough money to keep roads, buildings and trails in adequate repair.The maintenance backlog is now $8 billion, including $230 million in the Smokies alone. Lawmakers have begun to close that gap in the past two years, however, and the Smokies park got a $64 million infusion this spring from the federal stimulus bill.Still, the Smokies' chronic financial problems have park officials speaking publicly about what up to now has been the unthinkable: an entry fee. It would raise millions but likely set off a firestorm of local opposition

A 9-year-old boy charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl sobbed in court Monday as his teacher testified that he rarely did his homework and often got into fights with other students.U...

(9/28/2009) Pittsburgh Police have arrested a suspect after a deadly stabbing overnight in East Liberty. The incident happened shortly before 11:45 p.m. Sunday at Hendon Court. Police found 21...

Pat Fitzgerald figured he didn't need to keep watching video of Saturday's loss to Minnesota.He had other options."I'd rather take a ball-peen hammer to my temple," he said Monday.Fitzgerald saw no ne...

Funeral services begin Tuesday evening for a retired circuit court judge who died over the weekend. Visitation will be Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 11 a.m. at Leavitt Funeral Home in Pa...

— Two former employees of a high-tech defense contractor in Red Bank have pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to accept kickbacks in the awarding of subcontracts.