Beautiful weather drew a huge crowd to Downtown Racine Friday night for the "First Fridays" event on Main and Sixth streets. Park...

The Downtown Trolley begins its 19th year of summer service the day after Memorial Day, making continuous loops along the lakefront from the...

Artist Sherri Shaver, right, turns over her two clocks to Terry Leopold; Dragonfly design at right is called Time is flying Racine's ...

There was an air of melancholy at Porters of Racine today, the final day of the fine furniture emporium's going-out-of-business sale, t...

Is this the future home of Walden III School? A group of Walden III School parents are exploring ways to save or move the alternative ...

Surely, my memory is playing tricks, but I distinctly remember my first visit to Porters soon after I moved to Racine in 1995. My wife and...

If you saw an ad in the newspaper that said: " Just 48 hours left.. ." would you believe it? Well, just such an ad is in today...

Wanna buy a Post Office? Although there's no "For Sale" sign in front of Racine's Main Street Post Office, it appears ...

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

You may have heard: Friday is something of a major shopping day. While Best Buy, Walmart and other major stores are inundating us with deals...

"The Three Constructioneers" - Cautious Clay, Gorge Foreman and Monument Ali - are standing watch as construction work winds down ...

Update: We talked with Tanya Canady, of the local Weed and Seed program, Tuesday morning about the phone survey. It was conducted by a UW-M...

Alderman Jeff Coe took the unusual step last month of making a statement during the City Council's public comment period criticizing h...

314 Sixth St., built in 1886 It's clear where Downtown business owners stand on the Housing Authority of Racine County's proposal to...

An "ultra lounge," like this one in Birmingham, Mich., is coming to Downtown Racine Doug Nicholson, owner of the Ivanhoe Pub and G...

Curt Pruitt, manager of Regency Mall, wrote us with an interesting response to the brewing controversy over whether kids will be able to co...

This summer's "Spheres" is just one event Downtown Racine Corp organizes throughout the year. By Bill Griffiths In my travels,...

Bidders compete for their favorite spheres After a summer dispersed throughout downtown Racine, the 74 art spheres that made up Sphere Madne...