Charles Starkweather was born on November 24, 1938 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Starkweather, although poor, grew up in a loving home. But at school, Starkweather had problems. Teased by his classmates, he developed his physical strength through gymnastics....

By Mike Larson, Editor Starkweather Creek meanders under Madison's busy East Washington Ave., a six-lane racing river of commuters flowing into and out of the state's capital every day. Most of the drivers who travel this busy thoroughfare are probably too...

In late 1957 and early 1958, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, Elvis Presley was king and the United States was gearing up for a space race with the Soviet Union, which had just sent Sputnik into orbit. But out in Nebraska, two teenagers,...

Less than an hour before he killed eight people and himself in a mall shooting spree, a troubled teenage gunman called the woman who had taken him in to tell her about a suicide note — but she said Thursday she never thought he would...

The teenage gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a department store, killing eight people, may have smuggled an assault rifle into the mall underneath clothing, police said Thursday.Police Chief Thomas Warren said the young man "appeared to be concealing something balled up in...