Saturday Night Live took notice of the Racine area again this week. Unlike the last time , when the city's name actually was mentioned,...

There was a serious accident at Taylor and Washington avenues this morning. Here's the police report: Subject: Near Fatal Car vs. Pedest...

Cover illustration by Sonya Ferdinand Samir Husni, the academic world's "Dr. Magazine," who keeps track of this sort of thing,...

The nine most frightening words in the English language -- "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help. -- came unbidden to ...

The YWCA building has been sold, to Racine osteopath Dr. Kenneth Kurt. (If that name sounds familiar , it might be because we noted the poss...

Ken Lumpkin and Kaplan's attorney Michael Maistelman watch as Rosanne Kuemmel and Joan Rennert examine ballot UPDATES: Kaplan wins by o...

This week's dog up for adoption at Countryside Humane Society is a tough one. Countryside has kindly sent us before and after pictures o...

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-WI, issued the following remarks prior to delivery this afternoon during the Senate Foreign Relations Committe...

Update: It's not the first time this has happened . In February 2006, a trailer with $25,000 worth of beer was stolen from Richfield, W...

Mystery solved! But you have to give Starbucks credit for knowing how to milk free publicity across the country. In February, the chain shut...

Tell me again why you bought that big ol' truck, that gas guzzlin' sedan? "I wish I knew," the guy with the GMC pickup sai...

Pearle Vision in Regency Mall is closing on April 16, according to a store employee. The store is owned by Luxottica Group, which operates P...

Good news for Sixth Street merchants and customers: The reconstruction work is on schedule -- maybe even a bit ahead -- and construction of ...

Sen. Russ Feingold ripped his fellow Democrats today for their stance on the Iraq war. Dems leaders laid out their position in a letter to P...

Update: 19-year-old Nicholas Gorske was charged today with second-degree reckless. homicide. Original post: From the Racine Police Departm...

First Fridays is for shopping, for art, for music and for lovers. The first of Downtown Racine's special art-and-music-based shopping ev...

Soon-to-be former Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian is working for the city as a consultant. Here's an e-mail from Mayor Gary Becker to the ...

Joan Stepanski at Timothy York's Bistro Timothy York's Bistro is the story: -- Of a dream briefly realized, cut short by tragedy -- ...

The Wisconsin Legislature may be unable to make up its mind about the Great Lakes Compact, but the Racine City Council has no such problem. ...

Passage Wednesday night of the following simple resolution establishes a permanent home -- once again -- for Racine's Civil War cannons:...