Top stories for Feb. 16, 2026 in the Wisconsin State Journal.

Statesman charity program's nonprofit partners will be able to help hundreds of families throughout Central Texas with ...

An impending shutdown is expected to wreck a slate of federal agencies beginning Saturday as Democrats refuse to get behind ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a contract to Davie Defense for the construction of five Arctic security cutters, bringing the total number of icebreakers currently on order to 11. The award marks ...

The Coast Guard has a new leader. Admiral Kevin Lunday officially assumed command of the service on Thursday during a ceremony at Coast Guard headquarters. The Senate confirmed Lunday last month after ...

The Little Rock School District's suspension of a career education partnership blindsided the Academies of Central Arkansas, according to the leader of the foundation behind the program. "We've had ...

Shortly after Captain Rhianna Macon arrived in Milwaukee to take command of the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan last June, she toured the lighthouses around the lake. For Macon, the lighthouses ...

SouthCoast Community Foundation has named Samia Walker as its new director of programs, effective Jan. 5, 2026. Walker will oversee the foundation’s grantmaking strategy, program design, and nonprofit ...

The U.S. Coast Guard said it suspended a search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard on a Holland America Line cruise ship near Cuba on New Year’s Day. The passenger, who has not been publicly ...

Alexandria Currier, a Coast Guard Foundation Scholarship recipient and recent college graduate, speaks to the encouragement and financial aid provided to her through the program as a child of two ...