Handcuffed Gary Becker being led off to jail Gary Becker's mind-numbing stupidity got him arrested, and then it got him sentenced to pri...

Think Gary Becker will get a long prison sentence? Think again. He may not go to prison at all. That's the finding of the Journal Times...

(Photo - above) Gary Becker waits for Tuesday's plea hearing to start in the (ironically?) Juvenile Court Room. He was there to plead gu...

A fairly empty courtroom for a high-profile hearing Former Racine Mayor Gary Becker could receive 45 years in prison after pleading guilty T...

Update: Today's the day. Two big questions will be answered at today's hearing. 1.) What is Becker pleading guilty to? 2.) How much...

Pat Cafferty and Gary Becker at today's hearing Gary Becker's defense attorney, Pat Cafferty , carried the day Tuesday morning, as R...

UPDATE: The court on Tuesday morning, after a half-hour hearing, gave Gary Becker approval to attend in-patient treatment at the KeyStone C...

Gary Becker's silence told the story in court today. The disgraced former mayor stood mute on eight charges filed against him following ...

Tom Friedel tries out the mayor's seat for the first time By a unanimous vote, the Racine City Council elected Alderman Tom Friedel as ...

Alderman Tom Friedel at Thursday night's Committee of the Whole meeting. See more photos from the meeting here . Respected Alderman Tom ...

After days of quiet questioning from various aldermen and city employees, former mayor Jim Smith has made clear his position on another term...

State Representative Cory Mason, D-Racine, announced today that he will not run for Mayor of Racine in the special election this Spring. ...

Who wants to be mayor? OK, it seems like just about everyone . (RacinePost would like to formally announce it is not running for the office....

And then there were five... Five officially announced candidates for mayor of Racine, that is. Jim Spangenberg , 13 th District Alderman, j...

Here's a few loose ends on the end of the Gary Becker era at City Hall. City officials (mainly City Administrator Ben Hughes) are taking...

The Racine City Council voted tonight to hold a special mayoral election on June 2, with a primary, if needed, on May 5. The election will d...

Amid all the already-announced candidates for Mayor, the "seriously considering" candidates, the others quietly mulling ... well,...

Bad news comes in threes, the old saying goes. For Gary Becker, who until yesterday at 5 p.m. was Mayor of Racine: -- Arrested, Jan. 13 -- R...

Pete Karas was first to file a declaration of candidaacy for Mayor, but he won't be the last. Already this afternoon, Jody Harding and...

Gary Becker is Racine Mayor for another three hours as I write this, his resignation not taking effect until 5 p.m. tonight, and the City Co...