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Brennen Machacek, seen leaving the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, on Monday became the fifth Arkansan arrested for violating the law during the attack on the Capitol. (Video screen grab from FBI affidavit)

Fifth Arkansan charged in connection with Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack

BY: - December 20, 2022

A 32-year-old Madison County man was arrested Monday on federal charges connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Brennen Machacek of Hindsville is named in a criminal complaint filed under seal last week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The case was unsealed Monday after his arrest […]

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School and community libraries in Kansas have faced challenges to the content of books. But libraries do more for their communities than archive dusty volumes, writes Clay Wirestone. (Getty Images)

Libraries serve communities, not aggrieved parents.

BY: - December 19, 2022

Libraries hold a conflicted place our collective imagination. To many of us — to me personally — they’re magical. We were first exposed to worlds of imagination and ideas on the shelves of our local libraries. To others, these buildings serve as indispensable community gathering spots, places to learn and meet and share. But to […]

Ohio State employed a serial sex abuser. Its fight with his victims lives on

BY: - September 6, 2022

As Ohio State University came to publicly acknowledge that a physician it employed abused hundreds of students over two decades, it also waged several high-stakes legal and political fights against some of his victims to narrow their path to financial damages, an Ohio Capital Journal investigation has found. In state and federal courtrooms and behind […]