A shade tree for Brandon Slattery next to a bench for Amy Damon is the goal of a memorial fund through Madison College. Slattery, 24, and Damon, 21, were found dead in a burning vehicle in McFarland...

The last of a breed and a hero in journalism died earlier this year after a two-year battle with liver cancer. At 72, John Ross had seen more, done more and ruffled more feathers than most journalists...