Compiled by CORRYNE DRAKESpecial to the Star-Tribune

More than 1.5 billion pairs of shoes lie unused in closets around the country. And more than 300 million children around the world are without a single pair of shoes.

Two Wyoming schools recently had restructuring plans approved in attempt to help the schools make Adequate Yearly Progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Changes to several zoning ordinances will be considered by city council members at their next meeting, after members heard about the changes during a Thursday work session.

Monsters, princesses or possibly a cat in a hat might be popping in the Wyoming Medical Center's emergency room soon.

With another day of triple-digit heat predicted for much of Northern California, more heat related problems are popping up. At least one lane of Interstate 5 in downtown Sacramento was closed for emergency repairs after the heat caused the roadway

The triple digit temperatures knocked out some Light Rail train service in downtown Sacramento over the weekend.

A troubled morning on the tracks in San Joaquin County this morning after a freight train hit a car and then blocked the track for all trains including passengers trains for several hours.

Homeowners in south Sacramento are being allowed back home after a tanker truck carrying propane caught fire.

Firefighters are letting a large fire burn itself out in Herald. The fire is burning at a ranch at Twin Cities Road and Clay Station Road near Herald.

With the threat of IOUs just days away, Democratic and Republican lawmakers show no sign of compromise in their efforts to close California's $24.3 billion deficit.

When California's economy is sick, so is the rest of the United States. California accounts for 12 percent of the nation's gross domestic product and the largest share of retail sales of any state. It also sends far more in

California will step up its campaign against bad diets, bulging waistlines and clogged arteries when three new laws dealing with restaurant and school food take effect July 1.

Starting next week, finding a bathroom to use at a Sacramento park will be a lot tougher. Budget cuts are forcing city leaders to close the restrooms at all Sacramento parks except for those at McKinley Park and William Land

Sacramento police have a arrested a man they caught performing lewd acts near a playground filled with children.

Parts of Manitoba's cottage country remain without power following a weekend storm that whipped through the area, ripping down hydro lines and toppling trees.

The Manitoba government is putting $1.4 million into upgrading its aging fleet of water bombers.

A weekend motorcycle crash in Winnipeg claimed the life of a man in the Fort Richmond neighbourhood.

A fire has effectively cut off communication for more than 1,000 people in northern Manitoba.

An accused white supremacist fighting for custody of his children in a Winnipeg courtroom says he's a good parent.