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New Racine County Budget is Set Minus Some Requested Positions

Nov. 5, 2025 11a

(WGTD)---The Racine County Board put the finishing touches on next year’s budget Monday night.

The budget includes a 2.8% increase in the county’s tax levy, which aligns with the rate of inflation. 

Chicken Palace Owner Recounts Fatal Shooting; RPD Confirms a Third Weekend Shooting Injured 2

Nov. 3, 2025 5p

(WGTD)---The owner of an Uptown neighborhood chicken restaurant was behind the counter when a gunman walked in late Sunday afternoon and started shooting. 

Racine Police Probe Two Homicides

Nov. 2, 2025 10:45p

(WGTD)---The City of Racine has recorded its second homicide in as many days.

At about 5:30 Sunday evening, police responded to the Chicken Palace in the 1100 blk. of Washington Ave. on a shots fired report.

They came

Charges Filed in Police Chase in Which Several Students Were Injured

Oct. 28, 2025 4:30p

(WGTD)---Charges have been filed against the driver of a vehicle who'd been running from police when he rear-ended a Jeep carrying five high school girls on their way to homecoming festivities.

39-year-old Gil Melendez, who was

Pressured From Both Ends, Racine County Exec Amends Budget Proposal

Oct. 28, 2025 3p

(WGTD)---Feeling pressure from both ends of the political spectrum, Racine County Executive Ralph Malicki has made some 11th hour changes to his budget proposal for next year as supervisors are beginning to wrap up work on the plan.

Project Chronicles Kenosha History Through Interview Series

Oct. 27, 2025 10:15a

(WGTD)---As Kenosha celebrates its 175th anniversary as a city, the work continues to expand a collection of oral histories.

Former Kenosha News editor Carl Frederick spearheads the project that began several years ago out of

Carthage Admissions Process Explored

Oct. 26, 2025 9:45a

(WGTD)--On The Morning Show, a rare look at the back-room admissions process at Carthage College. 

Gateway Keeps Pace With Community Needs as Microsoft, Eli Lilly, Establish Local Footprints

Oct. 26, 2025 9:30a

(WGTD)---Gateway Technical College may expand a program that’s designed to lead to employment at data centers like the one Microsoft is developing in Mt. Pleasant. 

Cemetery Suit Going to Trial

Oct. 23, 2025 9:15p

(WGTD)---A trial has been scheduled in a lawsuit stemming from a 2022 burial service in Kenosha that went awry.

According to the suit, funeral workers placed a casket containing the body of Nancy Eisen in a burial vault then

Beam-Signing Ceremony For the New Lincoln-King Center

Oct. 23, 2025 8:40p

(WGTD)---Progress in the construction in Racine of the new Lincoln-King Community center going up next to Julian Thomas Elementary was noted this week. 

Officials and workers who have a connection of some sort to the