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A Dane County Jail inmate couldn't get out of her cell Tuesday morning after the door malfunctioned, the third such incident in two years at the old jail in the City-County Building.

The Attorney General made the announcement at a time when he is seeking a second term overseeing the Department of Justice and is being accused by his Democratic challenger of moving too slowly to test the kits.

Hamilton, a Prescott native, comes to UW from Northern Illinois. But forward Malik Osborne, a transfer from Rice, picks Florida State over the Badgers.

A 31-year-old man was slashed on his leg Sunday afternoon during a fight on the city's South Side, with the man who allegedly cut the victim arrested at the scene.

A gunfight Friday afternoon at an East Side park resulted in no injuries or property damage.

A van full of paintball enthusiasts had an afternoon of target practice on area residents Sunday afternoon, hitting at least 11 people in various parts of town.

Shots rang out on Madison's West Side early Tuesday morning, with a house getting hit but nobody reportedly injured.

Satya Rhodes-Conway, who represented parts of the North and East sides from 2007 to 2013, announced her mayoral candidacy Tuesday for the spring 2019 election.

A Cross Plains man involved in a fight Sunday in Green County allegedly pressed a shotgun into the chest of a person before the fight broke up and he was arrested.