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Milwaukee, Racine Ranked 2nd And 3rd Worst Cities In America For Blacks

Disproportionate Income Levels, Incarceration Rates Identified In Both Cities

(WPR)---Black Americans living in Milwaukee and Racine are making half of the median income of their white counterparts and are nearly 12 times more likely to be

Mt. Pleasant Backtracks on Highway 11 Land Purchase

(WGTD)---The Mt. Pleasant Village Board voted Monday to abandon the forced purchase of a piece of property for Highway 11 expansion and Foxconn purposes, admitting that it lacked the authority.

The vote gave a small victory to those who say the village has been

Downtown Racine Day Shelter Seeks Permission to Expand Services

Updated 11-30

(WGTD)---Any disagreement that existed between a downtown Racine homeless shelter, its neighbors and the city appears to have been resolved.

Evers: Foxconn's Wisconsin Plans Likely The Same, Despite Expense Cuts

Bloomberg Reported That Foxconn Would Cut $2.9B In Expenses In 2019

(WPR)---Gov.-elect Tony Evers says he does not believe Foxconn's plans to cut costs in 2019 will affect the company's project in Wisconsin.

Shooting Victim Had Armed Himself Over a Fear of Being Robbed Again

(Updated 11-22 to more clearly reflect a possible motive.)  

The Salem Lakes man who died after returning fire in a robbery attempt at his home last week had a gun handy because he'd been robbed two weeks earlier, according to a friend who spoke

Michael Bell Requests a Special Prosecutor...Again

Michael Bell has filed a petition---Tuesday---with the Kenosha Circuit Court asking for a John Doe investigation into the fatal shooting of his son, also named Michael, by Kenosha police in 2004.  He has also requested a special prosecutor be appointed in order to

Fundraising Campaign Established For Woman Shot in Wheatland

(WGTD)---A GoFundMe campaign has been established for the woman who was shot seven times in an attempted robbery in the Town of Wheatland.

State Senator Bob Wirch (D-Kenosha): Budget Tops List of State Issues

State Senator Bob Wirch says he’s skeptical that Gov.-elect Tony Evers will be able to keep all of his campaign promises.  Both Wirch and Evers are Democrats.

Two More Arrests In Connection With the Shooting Death of a Wheatland Man

Updated 11-19

Bonds of $1 million each were set Monday for the four males who've been implicated in the shooting death of a Wheatland man and the wounding of a woman during what authorities now say appeared to be a robbery gone bad.

Kenosha Police Investigate Early-Morning Homicide

Updated 1:10p; 11-19

Kenosha police have identified a man whose body was found in an alley early Sunday morning as 27 year-old Deonte C. White of Zion.

Police had been called to the area of 25th Ave. and 67th St. at about 4 a.m. on a report of