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  • Racine School Board OKs Revised Handbook

    Racine---The Racine Unified School Board---facing the reality of a potential state intervention---approved a revised employee handbook last night---but---it was NOT a unanimous vote. The final vote was 7-2. Board members Julie McKenna and John Heckenlively vote no. They

  • 17-Year-Old Racine Cold Case Murder Cracked

    Racine---Leads from a double-homicide case in Milwaukee earlier this year helped crack a 17-year-old cold case murder in Racine County. At a press conference this morning---Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling announced that one suspect---in the murder of Juanita

  • A Public Forum on the Future of RUSD Held Last Night

    Racine---A crowd of about 250 people showed up at Knapp Elementary School to learn more about AND react to the state's threat to break up Racine Unified IF the employee handbook doesn't meet Act 10 provisions---and---IF the latest test scores---due in November---get

  • Music Sampler: Kenosha's Paul Douglas Band on "Noon Tunes" September 11-15

    For many years one of the most popular cover bands in southeastern Wisconsin was Kenosha's Paul Douglas Band. A number of years ago the band put out a CD with covers of some of their favorite songs ranging from the Grass Roots to the Mamas and Papas to Bon Jovi.

  • New Shalom Center Dedicated

    A couple hundred Kenosha area residents turned out Thursday to pat themselves on the back: They were among those who helped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to allow the Shalom Center to purchase a vacant office building and turn it into a soup kitchen and

  • Peter Barca Stepping Down As Assembly Minority Leader

    Barca's Announcement Comes 3 Weeks After He Voted In Favor Of Foxconn Incentives Package

    (WPR)---Assembly Democratic Minority Leader Peter Barca has announced he's stepping down from his leadership position at the end of this month.

  • Charges Filed in Cage Incident; Grandmother's Side Comes to Light

    Updated 9-8 to reflect new information contained in the criminal complaint. 

    A school social worker was aware of the child-rearing problems faced by a Wind Lake area grandmother before the woman started locking her nine year-old granddaughter in a

  • Sale of Ridgewood Care Center Finalized

    Racine County has finalized the sale of the Ridgewood Care Center to Altitude Health Services.

  • State Budget Committee Approves $3B Foxconn Incentive Package

    Package Passed Assembly Last Month, Now Moves To State Senate

    (WPR)---The state budget-writing committee has voted to advance Wisconsin’s $3 billion incentive package for tech manufacturer Foxconn.

  • Highway 142 Fatal Crash Victim Identified

    Kenosha---The driver of the Chevy Trailblazer involved in a one-vehicle fatal accident on Highway 142 last Saturday has now been identified. The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department says the operator of the vehicle was 26-year-old Deon Franklin from Kenosha. Excessive