Europe Scoreboard: May 22, 2025

Finals results from the first day of the DODEA-Europe track and field championships.

It’s Stuttgart against Ramstein in the finals again

The Panthers and Royals have played each other in the season’s final contest every year since play resumed following the Coronavirus pandemic.

German-French Garden in Saarbrücken symbolizes friendship forged by former foes

The German-French Garden, a sprawling public park on the outskirts of Saarbrücken, is a lovely place to meander and reflect on the hard-won peace between the two countries that exists today.

GAO warns of gaps in suicide prevention, mental health care staffing at DOD schools

Counselors and psychologists at Defense Department schools say they are overwhelmed by a surge in student mental health concerns — especially suicidal behavior — due to staffing shortages, administrative burdens and unclear guidance, a federal watchdog agency report says.

Elderly woman killed crossing train tracks with bike

An 80-year-old woman was hit and killed by a regional train Monday afternoon while pushing her bike over a rail crossing near Sambach, according to Kaiserslautern police.

ACLU asks court to reinstate DODEA books and curriculum pulled after Pentagon order

A group of military families is seeking a court order forcing the immediate reinstatement of more than 200 books and other curricular materials removed from Defense Department schools as part of a Pentagon mandate.

Theft at future military hospital near Ramstein is seventh at construction site this year

German police are investigating a string of recent thefts from the construction site of the future U.S. military hospital being built near Ramstein Air Base.

Spangdahlem airman in custody for fatal collision after driving wrong way on autobahn

A U.S. airman who drove the wrong way on the autobahn near Spangdahlem Air Base collided with another car, killing its driver and seriously wounding two passengers, the Air Force and German police said.

LVIS gate on Ramstein, and much more, closed Thursday

The Large Vehicle Inspection Site, also known as the LVIS gate, will be closed Thursday for the German May Day holiday, according to a sign posted at the gate.

Widow of airman killed in on-base crash asks high court for review in Feres doctrine fight

The widow of an airman is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review a wrongful death claim she filed against the federal government.