Legal public nudity; cattle rustling; sheriff pays tax

ALBERT LEA, Minn. — A Minnesota volunteer firefighter was suspended Sunday for flying a Confederate flag from an engine that he drove in a hol…

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — After 50 years of marriage, an Iowa woman found the perfect gift for her husband: one of her kidneys.

BENTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities allege that a 70-year-old southeast Missouri injured his brother in a hammer attack.

WICHITA, Kan. — The Wichita school district is again opting out of a program that gives schools in high-poverty areas the option to serve free…

CHICAGO — Love is in the air for bison on an Illinois prairie.

MADISON, Wis. — Documents show that a Wisconsin prison guard was ordered to serve a one-day suspension for a joke he posted on Facebook about …

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — It was 1946 and a pregnant 17-year-old named Joyce Wood found herself in a bad situation.

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Topeka man who likes to walk a local trail without clothing isn't breaking any local laws.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Homicides are in the rise in St. Louis, and city officials are increasingly turning to the federal government for help.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Woman and minorities are failing Missouri exams to enter teaching programs and to gain certification at higher rates, raising…

OMAHA, Neb. — It may no longer be the wild frontier it once was, but the region encompassing eastern Nebraska and western Iowa still sees the …

RAPID CITY, S.D. — A Rapid City woman robbed of her mail is being credited with helping to catch a United States Postal Service employee who a…

FALLS CITY, Neb. — A former Richardson County sheriff's deputy who accidentally shot himself last year and then lied about it now faces child …

BEULAH, Mich. — A sheriff in northern Michigan has paid $42 in sales tax for new tires after officials learned that he was given a tax-exempt …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The number of Ohioans receiving their GED plummeted after the testing service tripled the price of taking the test, chan…