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The growing criminal use of untraceable ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers that are made from kits, has generated a political showdown in Congress and in the Nevada Legislature. Gun control advocates want the guns to have serial numbers or to be eliminated. Second Amendment supporters say the guns should be protected by the amendment. There is a bill before the Nevada Legislature that would require gun kits to have serial numbers or be banned entirely, and in Congress, they’re holding a hearing on the relative danger of ghost guns. State of Nevada contributor John L. Smith has been...

This Was Brainerd - May 7 A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1921. Written By: Terry McCollough | × 20 years ago (2001) Fourteen children were injured after their school bus was rear-ended by a truck. The bus was stopped on Hwy 210 just north of Anderson Bros. Construction when a pickup pulling a fifth-wheel trailer hit it at an estimated 50 mph. The trailer separated and hit the cab of the pickup, pinning the driver inside. 30 years ago (1991) Officials...

Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It has been 496 days since Brian Lewerke last took a snap under center for the Michigan State Spartans. It has been even longer, 2,099 days, since he started his first fall camp as a freshman in East Lansing, though he would redshirt that season and play on the scout team while the Spartans went on to their third Big Ten title under then head coach Mark Dantonio, and earned a spot in the College Football Playoff. In between those dates, when he was in East Lansing, Lewerke had a five-year career that saw him become the program’s all-time...

The sudden resignation of Joshua Wolf Shenk as director of UNLV’s prestigious Black Mountain Institute literary program set off a buzz of speculation in the local creative community.  The Los Angeles Times has reported that Shenk left his position after accidentally exposing himself during a Zoom meeting with colleagues.  Through a public relations representative, Shenk said he regretted taking a bath to relieve nerve pain—this, during a virtual meeting with some BMI staff - and did not think the camera was on. Support comes from Contributor John L. Smith said there had been a...