A Solomon youth was struck by a train Friday night when he attempted to place an item on the tracks, according to a report from Kansas Highway Patrol.

BELLINGHAM - The Washington State Department of Transportation has announced that 24-hour lane closures to Interstate 5 in Bellingham will begin August 17 and last through mid-September. The northbound right lane of I-5 will close at 9 p.m. Sunday night, August 17, and will reopen at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, August 22.

Relief has come for motorists on the Garden Route, after a single lane of the damaged N2 was opened at Kaaiman's River pass last night.

The weather was hot and two area drivers turned up the heat on Friday night. Kent Arment and Jeremy Thorstenson, both of Aberdeen, returned to victory lane at the Brown County Speedway.

Caltrans has reopened the center lane on both decks of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. Caltrans closed the center lane near the end of September while contractors repaved it with a fresh coat of polyester asphalt. The lane reopened Saturday, a day...

One person was killed last night when his car collided with a freight train in Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, police said.

About 100 rail passengers will spend the night on the Ghan stranded in Alice Springs, after an freight train accident further south along the line.