Patrick Kelly (c. 1954-1990) began designing and sewing clothing when he was a teenager in Mississippi. Although he had some formal fashion training, many of his skills were self-taught. While in his twenties Kelly moved to Paris, started his own...

Patrick Kelly, 40, whose witty designs earned him a following in his adopted home of Paris, died at a hospital there Jan. 1. His companion and business partner, Bjorn Amelan, attributed Mr. Kelly's death to a bone marrow disease. The designer, who routinely...

The way Patrick Kelly figures it, he started in the couture business. "I used to make one-of-a-kind dresses for models and out-of-work actresses long before I had a ready-to-wear business." So it's no surprise that Kelly has done a small couture collection that...

Bus drivers in a suburban Los Angeles county went on strike early Saturday after the union representing them and the bus agency failed to agree on a new contract.The strike means about 50 of more than 80 Orange County Transportation Authority bus routes will not...

R. Hendrix ChandlerTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — R. Hendrix Chandler, who reported on state government in Florida for The Associated Press and then served two decades as a key official for the state university system, has died. He was 94.Culley's Funeral Home confirmed Chandler died Friday...