Wisconsin Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold , both Democrats, expressed disappointment today with the Senate's rejection Thursday of ...

UPDATE: Registration extended; see first comment below. Girls Inc. is a program run by the YWCA to inspire elementary and middle school gir...

Vinnie Scacco, of Racine, writes to tell us about the Racine Gladiators, a youth football organization that had success this fall. The Gladi...

By Bill Griffiths Imagine a busload of active, boisterous 4 th graders heading for a five-hour workshop that transformed them…for a signifi...

Catherine Powell, campaign chair, accepts congratulations from Dave Maurer For the second year in a row, the United Way of Racine County rai...

Screenshot from the ABC World News broadcast Julia Burney-Witherspoon is no longer "just" one of ABC-TV's Persons of the Week....

More bad news for Festival Hall: Another long-time event has left the building. Last summer, it was HarborFest that deserted the grounds, t...

Update: The Nativity Scene is up. Here are a couple of photos: And, I just talked with Al Sorenson, who built last year's atheist pyram...

On Wednesday night, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 7321, “The Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act” by a vote of 2...

Another solid press release from a candidate running for public office. This time it's Sturtevant's Chris Larsen, who is making a bi...

If you haven't been to the Racine Public Library lately, you may have missed some improvements in library service. Easier to find materi...

A Mount Pleasant neighborhood is buzzing about a wild coyote spotted Tuesday -- dragging a trap and chain attached to a front paw. It's ...

Chris Larsen has announced his candidacy for the Sturtevant Village Board, in the April 7, 2009 election. Larson, 40, is a warehouse coordin...

Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., a Canadian company that makes Evinrude outboard engines at a plant in Sturtevant, said Tuesday that i...

Here come the spring elections ... Caledonia resident Curt Woodward announced today he's running for Village Board. (Potential candidate...

Was it really just last Friday that the following comment appeared on our blog: RhymesWithClergy wrote: By Christmas, I expect the cost of ...

State Rep. Robert Turner, D-Racine, has been appointed chairman of the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice. "Despite a lack of mone...

David Sanchez Here's an impressive program from a Racine teenager ... vote daily to help him out! Hello, my name is David Sanchez. I am ...

Flowers and still lifes at the 2008 Watercolor Wisconsin exhibit (Photos by Julie A. Jacob) By Julie A. Jacob The outside palette in winter ...

Books everywhere, as far as the eye could see -- piled on the floor, in boxes, tightly clutched in the hands of hundreds -- thousands, actua...