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Racine School Board Fills a Vacancy

Sept. 14, 2026 9:30p

(WGTD)---A member of the Racine City Council has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Racine School Board.

Marlo Harmon will replace Scott Coey who moved out of the district. Harmon had run for the seat in the April election but lost to Coey. 

Harmon was one of two applicants...

Law License of Kenosha County DA Xavier Solis is Suspended

Sept. 14, 2026 noon; Updated 12:30p; Updated at 2:25 with Delgado's statement and additional details; Updated at 2:50p with comment from governor's office

(WGTD)---The law license of Kenosha County District Attorney Xavier Solis has been suspended.

According to a memo from the Office of Lawyer...

Racine Council to Vote on Loan Payment Extension

Sept. 13, 2026 1p; Edited at 8p

(WGTD)---The Racine City Council is expected to vote Tuesday to extend the terms of a delinquent $5 million city loan to the developers of Belle City Square, the multi-use development that sprung up from the vacant, historic buildings of the former Horlick Malted Milk...

Officers to be Honored for Their Work in Two Cases

Sept. 13, 2026 11:15a; Edited 8p

(WGTD)---Nearly a dozen law enforcement officers are expected to be honored by the Kenosha Police and Fire Commission Tuesday for their work in two separate cases. 

Retired police lieutenant John Demario, detectives Timothy Cepress and Eric Kukowski and state Justice...

More on Kenosha Pedestrian Fatality

Sept. 13, 2026 11a; Edited at 8p; Updated 9-14

(WGTD)---The woman who was struck and killed by a pickup Friday afternoon at a north side Kenosha intersection was identified Monday as 56 year-old Darcy Sanchez of Kenosha.

The driver, a 70 year-old man, was in the process of making a "legal" turn at...

Brawl Follows a Racine Soccer Match

Sept. 11, 2026 4:45p

(WGTD)---An incident at a Racine soccer match Thursday evening that began with a disruptive spectator who'd been drinking led to a full-scale brawl involving several dozen people.

The game--between St. Catherine's and Milwaukee Pius--was being played at Pritchard Park.

According to...

25th Anniversary of 911 to be Remembered in a Variety of Ways

Sept. 10, 2026 9:30p

(WGTD)---Several events commemorating the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11th will be held in the WGTD listening area Friday

Among them is a ceremony that'll take place at Gateway Technical College's HERO Center in Burlington which hosts a monument that...

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