Schiffer wins handily; Patton takes Republican slot to replace Iekel

By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER
Star-Tribune staff writer
with wire reports

Legislative veteran John Schiffer, R-Kaycee, appears to have hung on to the Senate District 22 seat for another term.

Two-county semi chase ends in arrest

By JOSHUA WOLFSON
Star-Tribune staff writer

A man driving a reportedly stolen semitrailer led police on a two-county chase Tuesday that ended in Kaycee after authorities spiked his tires several times.

By TIM PARADIS

NEW YORK - Wall Street scored a moderate gain after a volatile session Wednesday that saw the major indexes ratchet up and down on the seesawing price of oil and mixed feelings about the financial sector.

US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage

By M.R. KROPKO

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after a brain hemorrhage, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Fiery plane crash at Madrid airport kills 153

By HAROLD HECKLE

MADRID, Spain - A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a hellish scene of charred bodies and smoldering wreckage. Some 153 were believed dead _ Spain's worst air disaster in nearly 25 years.

Putting it all together

By AUSTIN WARD
Star-Tribune staff writer

By PATRICK SCHMIEDT
Star-Tribune staff writer

If 2007 was a rivalry enhanced for Casper high school volleyball, 2008 might be rivalry intense.

Walsh, May-Treanor win 2nd beach volleyball gold

By JIMMY GOLEN

BEIJING - The Chinese and the wretched Beijing weather were no match for Misty May-Treanor and "Six Feet of Sunshine." May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball Thursday, playing through a steady and sometimes driving rain to beat China in straight sets and extend their winning streak to 108 matches in a row.

By ERIC SCHMOLDT
Star-Tribune staff writer

Never mind that the Casper Ghosts lost.