MARQUETTE Law enforcement officials, community leaders and legislators gathered Friday at the Landmark Inn to discuss how children s programs help reduce crime, and the need for investment in those programs. Prevention programs include after-school programs, early childhood learning and abuse and neglect prevention. Marquette County Sheriff Mike Loveless presented information on crime statistics, saying the highest juvenile crime rate occurs right after the school day ends, and when...

Cigarette makers should not be spared the pressure of producing a less long-lasting and environmentally harmful product. It is the apparent insignificance of a discarded cigarette butt that makes it almost as insidious in the harm it does as the smoke that enters the smoker s lungs. This poses an enduring environmental hazard, as the filter material takes up to 12 years to break down and releases traces of the 4,000 chemicals found in cigarettes. But it is worth pausing for historical...

Clark, 52, says the bulk of her tax problems are the result of being dragged into the even more sizable ones of her husband Fred's law firm in Greenwood. She said her personal tax obligations should not be confused with those of the law firm, which has, according to courthouse records, seven active federal tax liens of its own, totaling almost $900,000. Clark said that she was not responsible for making those tax payments or filing the related documentation during the six-year period...

While cigars and cigarettes burned brightly on, it's as if pipes fell off the end table and nobody ever bothered looking for them under the Life magazines. This is odd, as most of the women I know not only find pipe smoke less objectionable than cigar or cigarette smoke, some of them actually, almost, kind of like it. Mine didn't, but my uncles sure did, and so did everyone else's a generation or so ago. Note: Comments are screened, and in some cases edited, before posting. We reserve the...

Continuation of the cessation programs will be evaluated annually by the university to determine if the programs should be continued based on interest and participation. Under the new policy, the use or sale of tobacco products is prohibited on university-owned, operated or leased property or vehicles at any time. It is our goal to preserve the freedom of all members of the IUS family who choose to smoke, while protecting the rights of nonsmokers who wish to enjoy our campus without being...