The author and monk Thomas Merton visited Alaska from Sept. 17 to Oct. 2, 1968. He was en route to Bangkok for a conference, where he died unexpectedly on Dec. 10. Credit: Thomas Merton Center / ...

CANE. A HEARTLAND MAN IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF HIT AND RUN THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED A 64 YEAR OLD COUPLE CROSSING A STREET, PROSECUTORS SAY CHRISTOPHER WOOD STRUCK THE COUPLE TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE ...

WOULD NOT CONFIRM THAT CHILD’S IDENTITY. WAUKESHA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TRACKING DOWN THE DRIVER IN A HIT AND RUN. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRIVER OF THIS BLUE SEDAN YOU ...

Two people were seriously injured in a Merton hit-and-run on Dec. 2. The victims, a 64-year-old man and 64-year-old woman, were hospitalized. The accused driver, who turned himself in, made his ...

On Thomas Merton, by Mary Gordon. Shambhala. 160 pages. $22.95. The Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton’s account of his conversion to Catholicism in 1938 and his subsequent entry into a Trappist ...

This morning will be cloudy, windy, and wet. In the late afternoon and evening, it will turn drier with bright spells, but some scattered showers will continue to move in from the west. Mild. Tonight ...

Tonight will remain cloudy, and outbreaks of rain will spread in from the south, particularly during the early hours. Winds picking up. Wednesday Tomorrow morning will start cloudy and wet. The rain ...

The Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, but in this six-part series Dennis Potter attempted to find a contemporary relevance through his central themes ...

Sarah Parkinson, the wife of comedian Paul Merton, has died after losing her battle against breast cancer. The 41-year-old writer and producer, who married Merton in June, was diagnosed with the ...

VILLAGE OF MERTON, Wis. — The driver who allegedly struck two pedestrians with his car and fled the scene Tuesday night in Merton turned himself in, according to the Waukesha County Sheriff's ...