The Mid-Eastern Council for Chemical Abuse has renewed its contract with the Iowa City School Board to provide on-site counselors and outreach services at City High and West High. MECCA has provided substance-abuse...

Author Neal Stephenson managed to link computer hacking, the Russian Maffia, video games, and terrorism all in one story. But he also managed to give Iowa a shout out in his newest novel, Reamde, as...

The University of Iowa is improving its assistance for students with special needs. The UI was recently ranked as one of the top universities in the nation for special-needs students. The rating comes...

Iowa City school district officials said a plan that would leave No Child Left Behind up to the states might help local students. Following President Obama's Sept. 23 announcement of a new plan allowing...

Andrew Havey, a 22-year-old Iowa City resident, lost everything in the fire that destroyed Bruegger's Bagel Bakery in the early morning hours of Sept. 24. While Havey admits some things cannot be replaced...

MUSCATINE — Jesse Shattuck is skeptical about Ron Paul's foreign-policy stances. "I'm sort of iffy," the 19-year-old Coal Valley, Ill., native said as he stood in line to shake the Texas congressman's...

The state may have to spend upwards of $50,000 to retry homicide suspect Charles William Curtis Thompson, according to a former head of the Public Defender's Office for Johnson County. Sixth District...