MINNEAPOLIS — I keep my New Year’s resolutions simple. Stay out of jail at Christmas. And trust dogs to do the right thing.

Some years ago, in Tennessee, early on Christmas Eve, I was coming off the East Coast in a White Freightliner, loaded for Tulsa.

Which was when, rising over a hill, with another 18-wheeler passing me, I whisked ...Read more

WICHITA, Kan. — Deer carcasses and aluminum containers with the remnants of baked beans were found illegally dumped in a public ditch Friday, the McPherson County Sheriff’s Office said.

“With little info at this time, it appears the deer may have been taken lawfully, however, their disposal at this location is both illegal and tacky,” ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Imagine pulling up to a fishing spot. You hook a fish, a beautiful snook. As you reel it in, the water boils, a shark’s tail smacks the surface. The fish stops struggling. All that’s left of the snook is a bloody stump.

On the next cast the same thing happens. There’s no reason to continue fishing in this spot, ...Read more