An innovative UW-Oshkosh project will help students who dropped out of college - but had at least 45 credits - complete an associate of arts degree, according to a university news release.

A man who allegedly sprayed a woman with pepper spray as he stole her purse Downtown last week was charged in the incident Friday in Dane County Circuit Court.

Q: Is there really a "state tournament snowstorm"?

Campus quick hits:

A Madison woman pleaded no contest Friday to causing the traffic death of a pedestrian in August.

One person suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after a shooting near the intersection of Stoughton and Pflaum roads early Friday morning, Madison police reported.

With backgrounds in everything from fashion to mechanical engineering, 18 new firefighters will graduate from the Madison Fire Department recruit academy Friday afternoon.

The case of a young Wisconsin girl who died in 2008 from untreated diabetes after her parents opted for prayer rather than medical care is likely headed to the state Supreme Court, say Constitutional experts and others, with the UW-Madison Law School representing the mother in the appellate process.

The Central Library is dead. Long live the Central Library.

A 15-year-old Madison girl reported a possible child enticement incident Thursday afternoon.

UW-Madison suspended a professor who studies Parkinson's and other brain diseases from working with animals last year, a rare move prompted by what officials called a "clear pattern" of problems with animal welfare, according to university records released this week.

Two drivers were arrested overnight for allegedly operating while intoxicated — both for their fifth offense.

A 28-year-old Madison man was sentenced this week to 15 years in federal prison, without the possibility of parole, for possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it.

Disaster brings out the best in people, they say. And the people at Kajsiab House make me think that might be true.

A proposed $37 million, six-story glass and stone library and a larger, related development are dead, but Mayor Dave Cieslewicz is now vowing to renovate the existing central library.

Spring officially starts on Saturday, but Old Man Winter isn't quite done with us.

A 4-1/2-month-old girl who died Friday after being taken to a hospital from her parents' South Side home had suffered "non-accidental" injuries, an autopsy found, according to a search warrant filed Wednesday in Dane County Circuit Court.

After being appointed to fill the remainder of longtime Mayor Helen Johnson's term in 2009 when she retired, Jim Griffin is seeking a full four-year term April 6. He is being challenged by Donna L. Olson, who was an aide to Johnson.

A former town of Madison man who, with his wife, abused and tortured the couple's teenage daughter was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison.