MARQUETTE — Do you have a pair of socks with a bizarre pattern possibly not suited to the workplace? Or do you simply have “normal” socks to give away? Either way, consider getting involved in this week’s Rock the Socks! fundraiser, which runs Monday through Saturday. Participants ...

MARQUETTE — It’s never too late to teach kids about peace. Students at Father Marquette Catholic Academy again participated in this year’s Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest, which had the theme of “Kindness Matters.” The poster created by sixth-grader Kassie Pawlak ...

Esme ulland-joy, 10 EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part column by 10-year-old Esme Ulland-Joy. I have always liked science and chemistry, but until my last birthday when I turned 9 I really didn’t know how much I liked it. It started with an old Christmas catalog. I was ...

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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s beloved Batkid is cancer-free and thriving. On the five-year anniversary of the day that then-5-year-old Miles Scott captured the hearts of millions by saving the day in San Francisco as “Batkid” — his ...

By PETER SALTER Lincoln Journal Star AP Member Exchange LINCOLN, Neb. — Reagan Graham rolled into the west Lincoln warehouse in a wheelchair, but soon she was cruising in style. The 2-year-old wheeled around in her new blue Ford, the gathered crowd making room for her, music on her ...