Racine
CRIME & SAFETY
Racine apartment fire; 8 units uninhabitable, cause under investigation
RACINE, Wis. - Fire broke out at a Racine apartment building on Thursday, July 18. It happened near Northwestern Avenue and Patrick Street. Crews were called to the scene around 10 p.m. for a kitchen fire in a third-floor apartment. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found an extinguished...
Racine Memorial Hall windows smashed, boys caught on video
RACINE, Wis. - Racine police said kids vandalized the historic Memorial Hall on Thursday night, and they were caught red-handed on video. The broken windows are now boarded up. Police said two brothers, ages 10 and 13, scaled the building and smashed the windows with rocks. "The floor was covered...
Kenosha woman accused of soliciting to have Somers man killed, stalking
A 31-year-old Kenosha woman is accused of planning to have a Somers man killed. Christina L. Torchia was charged in Kenosha County Circuit Court on Thursday with solicitation of first-degree intentional homicide, a Class A felony, and stalking, a Class I felony. She was also charged with misuse of a GPS device, a misdemeanor.
Firefighters in Wisconsin credited for saving young child from burning building
RACINE, Wis. (WFRV) – Firefighters in southeast Wisconsin are credited for saving a young child from a burning building on Thursday afternoon. According to a release, fire crews in Racine received a call for a bedroom fire at a residence at around 2:15 p.m. Engine 2 arrived on the scene just minutes later to discover fire and smoke coming from one of the windows.
Trevor Man Facing Two Life Sentences for 1st Degree Intentional Homicide
(WGTD)---A Kenosha County jury convicted a Trevor man as charged in the shooting deaths of two brothers outside of a Twin Lakes bar in 2017. 26 year-old Nathan Kivi showed no emotion as the verdicts were read Thursday afternoon, more than a day after the jury began deliberating the case.
Ten children & one adult hospitalized after bus carrying 51 crashes with minivan
DOVER, Wis. (WFRV) – Ten children and one adult were transported to a nearby hospital after a bus carrying 51 people crashed with a minivan on Thursday afternoon. According to a release, at around 12:15 p.m. on July 18, the Kansasville Fire & Rescue Department was sent to the intersection of County Highway N and Church Road in the town of Dover for a reported bus crash with injuries.
Infant airlifted to Milwaukee hospital dies; caregiver charged
MILWAUKEE — Racine police officers responded to a call about an unresponsive 11-month-old boy on July 11 near Villa and 9th streets. Racine Fire Department rescue personnel transported the boy to Ascension Hospital, but due to the severity of his injuries, he was later airlifted to Children's Hospital in Milwaukee. Despite medical efforts, the infant died from his injuries.
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