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Vinson Found Guilty On All Counts For Somers House Shootings

Vinson will serve life in prison for the April 2021 Somers House Shooting

Saxony Manor Fire Update: 3 Dead

Jan. 18, 2022 2a; Updated at 8:10 with photo; Updated at 11:30a

(WGTD)---Three people are now reported dead following an overnight fire at a housing complex for older adults on Kenosha's north side.

Somers House Trial Winds Down Without Defense Attorney, Or Defendant

Update--1-14 1:25

Vinson has rehired Don Bielski and now wants to testify on his own behalf. The defense is in the process of cross-examining several witnesses from Thursday.

Jan. 13, 2022 10p

Zoom screen shots: Judge Schroeder, defense attorney Don Bielski, court reporter and Rakayo Vinson.

Bizarre Morning in Kenosha Court Trial of Suspected Somers Bar Shooter

Vinson: "I have a right to an attorney." Judge Schroeder: "That's right. He's sitting right there," pointing to seasoned defense attorney Don Bielski who was sitting at Vinson's side. .

Body Recovered From Model Market Ruins; More KUSD Schools Go Virtual; Somers House Murder Trial Begins

Jan. 11, 2022 6p

From WGTD News:

Trial in Kenosha County Mass Shooting Begins

Emotions run high; Defendant asks for a new attorney; Sister of one of those shot disrupts the proceeding and is fined.

8 Kenosha Unified Schools Have Been Ordered to go Virtual

Jan. 8, 2022 11:15a

(WGTD)---Kenosha Unified students at a total of eight schools are in virtual learning mode after their buildings hit a 3% COVID positivity threshold in recent days.

Six KUSD Schools Switch to Virtual; Testing Extended at Festival Hall in Racine

Jan. 7, 2022 3:30p

(WGTD)---A half-dozen Kenosha Unified schools either have gone virtual or will go virtual as the result of high COVID positivity rates.

Search is on for Missing Model Market Tenant; Fire Cause

Jan. 7, 2022 2:45p

(WGTD)---Arson hasn't been ruled out as a possible cause of Wednesday night's fire that destroyed a century-old corner grocery store near Kenosha's Uptown area. In addition, the Fire Department confirms that an apartment tenant of the

Tommy Thompson Resigning as Interim President of UW System

Thompson took on role July 1, 2020; his resignation is effective March 18, 2022