The search is continuing for the man who shot killed three men at the Great Lakes Dragaway Sunday night. At a news conference Monday afternoon, Kenosha County Sheriff Dave Beth says the three victims were gang members from Illinois, and that family members are refusing to cooperate with investigators. The suspect is described as a black man in his mid 20's who wore either a black hoodie or a white t-shirt and had the hair on the side of his head shaved and grown out at the top. He was last seen fleeing through the crowd and may have driven off in a black vehicle.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan is planning on holding a town hall meeting that'll be televised live on CNN Aug. 21st. It'll be held at the Racine Theatre Guild and hosted by CNN's Jake Tapper. The network says it's in charge of handpicking the audience. Applications are being accepted. Republican and Democratic opponents have criticized Ryan for not holding a public town hall sicne October of 2015. Ryan has defended himself by saying he doesn't want opponents from outside his district bussed in to disrupt any such meeting. Ryan has instead opted to hold invite-only town halls at businesses in his district and over the telephone.
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A vigil titled "Stand with Charlottesville for Peace" will be held Tuesday night in Kenosha's Civic Center Park beginning at 5:30. It's so-sponsored by the Kenosha Branch of the NAACP, Congregations United to Serve Humanity, Forward Kenosha and Our Wisconsin Revolution. The event is open to the public and participants are encouraged to bring a candle or a sign.
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Grabbing this shoplifter wasn't easy: Mt. Pleasant Police and store security chased a suspected Walmart shoplifter out a back door and through residential backyards and farm fields before he was finally caught. The 27 year-old man from Waukegan is now facing numerous charges.
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