AKRON -- The Summit County Salvation Army held the county's first Project Homeless Connect today at its Akron facility. Project Homeless Connect is a collaborative community effort to bring service agencies from across Summit County to one location to de

FIRS AID/CHOKING CLASS 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. April 28 at the American Red Cross - South Central Wisconsin Chapter Office, 318 State St., Beloit. Cost is $40. Information, call (608)365-8839 or (608)754-4497.

(The Associated Press) U.S. first lady Laura Bush is touring a region of Peru struck by an earthquake last year. Bush visited a health center in the town of Pisco on Friday while she accompanies her husband to a summit of Pacific Rim nations. Two women wh

Back in 1994, Carolyn "Biddy" Martin was part of a Cornell University committee that was in charge of drafting a policy to make health insurance and other benefits available to same-sex partners. At the time, Cornell was joining a growing number of univ

The Corzine administration has awarded the lion's share of $153 million in so-called distressed cities aid to six financially struggling cities - including two in Hudson County - as part of the 2007-08 state budget that closed Monday.