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Sentences Passed in Assisted Living Death

Nov. 6, 2025 8p

(WGTD)---Separate sentencing hearings were held Thursday for a mother-daughter duo who were charged in connection with a case three years ago in which a dementia patient wandered outside and froze to death. 

Former Pick 'n' Save to Become a Charter School

Nov. 5, 2025 4p

(WGTD)---A new use has been found for a long-vacant grocery store in Kenosha's Uptown neighborhood. And a Kenosha charter school has found a permanent home. 

KTEC Schools of Innovation has purchased the former Pick 'n Save

Apartments, Single-Family Homes, Up For Consideration at Kenosha Plan

Nov. 5, 2025 11:15a

(WGTD)---Several housing proposals are to go before the Kenosha Plan Commission Thursday. 

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.