Michael Tackett

In the late 1960s at a time when many young American men were faced with being drafted and sent to serve in Vietnam, Dan Quayle received help from the former...

It was to have been the perfect photo opportunity at the world dog sled trials here Friday. Missouri congressman Richard Gephardt, abandoning his pin stripes, donning blue jeans and a...

The hogs have been held, the cows have been milked and the corn has been shucked. Beyond those quadrennial photo opportunities, presidential contenders in this agriculturally dominant state now will...

Vice President George Bush pre-empted an attack from his opponents Friday night by launching his own first strike, not at them but at the newspaper sponsoring a debate of the...

Candidates, news organizations and special interest groups have spent thousands of dollars on polls trying to determine which men Iowa caucus-goers will anoint as front-runners for the 1988 presidential nominations....

If Paul Simon is the flavor of the month in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination here, then aides say he must be vanilla. This ice-cream characterization is designed...

The man without arms deftly strummed his guitar with his feet and serenaded the Pope John Paul II with a song of hope and courage. When he was finished, the...

Just a few paces from the Swine Barn where they judge the prize hogs and the Cattle Barn where they pick the best beef, there was another livestock show Sunday...

Since this town was founded 104 years ago, its economy has been based on what could be produced on the fertile farmland around it. At this time of year, farmers...

In an unusual legal maneuver, the special Senate committee investigating the Iran arms sale voted Thursday to seek a court order to force retired Maj. Gen. Richard Secord to allow...