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On Tuesday, the board of visitors holds a special meeting to take up a proposal to increase its spending on intercollegiate athletics with a plan that would ratchet up the sports budget to $212.1 ...

The smartest observers are able to notice more about you aside from the things you actually say. In fact, it's the moments where you're silent that they're able to see more about you than ever. From ...

You know what they say: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Starting this week, Sept. 3, Free Times is relaunching as a standalone print product. That means you’ll see a return of a ...

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A co-worker told me a very long time ago that our economy depends on people buying things they don’t need. I thought at the time it was a pretty cynical view, but I couldn’t say he was wrong. As the ...

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Monday is Labor Day, a holiday set aside to celebrate workers everywhere that have strived to build a better world while providing for their families. It means many things to many people. For people ...

Each Monday we’ll look back at some of the highlights from the week that was in high school football. Because of the Labor Day holiday this week’s column is in the Tuesday edition. Kick returns are ...

C.C. Hutchinson, the city's founder, played a key role in establishing Hutchinson, Kansas, by convincing the Santa Fe Railroad to alter its planned route. Hutchinson's first city ordinances focused on ...

Underworld don turned politician Arun Gawli was released from Nagpur Central Jail in Maharashtra on Wednesday, following the Supreme Court's order to grant him bail in a 2007 murder case. Gawli had ...

The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did. Mourners made a wreath for Charlie Kirk at the US Embassy in Pretoria on September ...