Justice
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Milwaukee mayor calls on schools to add cops following teen arrests
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson renewed his calls for police presence as three teens are facing felony aggravated assault charges for allegedly attacking three adults.
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Police investigating finances of Madison community center
The Madison police department is investigating the finances of the longstanding Goodman Community Center.
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Investigators say Wisconsin inmate killed his cellmate for being Black and gay
An inmate doing time at a maximum security prison in Wisconsin for trying to kill his mother strangled his cellmate for being Black and gay, investigators said.
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Records lawsuit seeking NIL contract from UW dismissed
A lawsuit aimed at determining whether private fundraising organizations for state universities should be subject to Wisconsin’s open records law has been dismissed in Dane County Circuit Court.
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3 Milwaukee Police officers injured in shooting
Three Milwaukee Police officers were shot and injured Thursday while trying to arrest a man on a felony warrant.
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Suspect in homicide of UW-Whitewater star gymnast makes first court appearance
Chad Richards, 23, was arrested for the shooting. He appeared in court Tuesday for a bond hearing.
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Cellmate is suspect in death of man incarcerated at Green Bay prison
Currently, more than 1,000 men are incarcerated at Green Bay Correctional, making it over capacity by about 300 people.
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After 3 decades, Pleasant Prairie cold case victim identified
A body found along a railroad in Pleasant Prairie belonged to Ronald Louis Dodge, born in Keshena in 1952. The homicide investigation into Dodge’s gunshot death has been reopened.
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‘A shoot can be legal. That doesn’t mean it was necessary’: Fatal police encounters rise in Wisconsin
Deadly police encounters in Wisconsin were up last year and are on track this year to exceed the modern record of 26 deaths set in 2017.
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4 years after Kenosha unrest, community still rebuilding
The 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake ignited protests and unrest in Kenosha — with several buildings burned to the ground. Four years later, the community continues to rebuild.