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The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities' Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -Back to school means more than just books and backpacks—for some kids, it’s a major mental health challenge. First day nerves are common, and students should know they’re not alone in having those anxious feelings in any time of big change. Dr. Megan Yanny,...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning while kayaking and left his wife and three children to meet a woman in the country of Georgia was convicted Tuesday of obstructing an officer and sentenced to 89 days in jail, which was the amount of time he successfully misled law enforcement about his...

MIDDLETON, Wis. -- The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District (MCPASD) is adding an electric school bus this year.

MADISON, Wis. — Two new Automated External Defibrillator (AED) SaveStations have been installed in downtown Madison to make getting to an AED more accessible. Two new Automated External Defibrillator (AED) SaveStations have been installed in downtown Madison. Leaders with Cardiac on Campus, the Madison Fire...

At Marquette Middle School in the 1980s, Menkhu Ara Meri Maat sat alone in the lunchroom. He’d just moved to Madison from Chicago. “A kid came up to me,” Maat recalled. “He was like, ‘Why are you sitting by yourself?’ Come sit with me and my friends.”

For 8 years, Dr. Martha Stacker has served as the division administrator of the Children, Youth, and Families department at the Dane County Human Services Department. It has been a tough job at times, she says, but one that she enjoys. “Every day, when I finish this job, I always...

MADISON, Wis. — Madison police are seeking the public's help to identify the suspects after a man was taken to a hospital after a battery on Madison's southwest side on Aug. 13.

MADISON, Wis. — Around 6 million gallons of untreated wastewater was released into the environment in Madison as a result of a crack in a sewer pipe, according to the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District. MMSD officials estimated that the overflow from the cracked pipe started Aug. 13. The crack...

WORT Rocks the Willy Street Fair on Sunday, September 21 with our Underground Stage on the 800 Block. Join us for the last hurrah of Summer!. The Willy Street Fair is presented by Common Wealth Development and the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great,...