Kenosha---The man whose burned body was found on Simmons Island early Wednesday morning has been identified as Steven Kortright, a 39 year-old city resident. Kortright's body was discovered after firefighters were summoned to put out a brush fire. An autopsy was performed Thursday morning. No other information was immediately released.
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Racine---Three men in their 20's have been charged with attempted robbery and endangering safety for trying to rob another man in the 200 blk. of Virginia Street on Monday. With the suspects in pursuit, the victim fled in a vehicle. The chase, which may have involved at least one gunshot, was interrupted by police. It all ended at a home on 6th Street, where $22,000 in cash was recovered and the arrests made.
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Pleasant Prairie---A newly-improved hiking path in Prairie Springs Park now has a name: The Donald Hackbarth Trail. The trail will be dedicated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for Friday evening at 5. The nearly two mile-long trail begins near the beach pavilion and runs northwest through woods, wetlands and fields to River Road. Additional feet of board walk were recently installed, according to John Steinbrink, Jr., the village's public works director. Hackbarth, a long-time pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, also served on the village's plan and parks commissions.
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