Aside from the small matter of the mayor getting arrested, a lot of news broke in Racine in the past week. I feel many of those stories got ...

Another long-time retail stalwart at Regency Mall is closing. Waldenbooks sent an email notice to customers Saturday night saying the store...

Can Gary Becker get out of the charges filed against him? Maybe. Similar cases in Wisconsin and around the country have resulted in differen...

The rewriting of city history has already begun -- but not quite as effectively as Russian leaders made unpersons of their vanquished riva...

Two aldermen are confronting the issue of a mayoral vacancy with an eye toward making sure that no interim mayor get a leg up on potential e...

Circuit City store manager Joe Johnson Inside Circuit City late this morning, two walls of big flat-screen TVs were switching among channels...

Here's a sticky question: What's to stop Gary Becker from being mayor of Racine? Answer: Nothing. That's according to Deputy Cit...

Alright, it's Friday afternoon and I'm fried after a tough week for us all. Amidst all this gloom and doom, how about a moment of fu...

The City Council's executive committee will meet Tuesday to review procedures for possibly removing Mayor Gary Becker from office. Exec...

Becker doesn't have many cards to play, but one he does have is resignation. Despite the charges, he's still the mayor and there...

Lt James Dobbs of the Racine Police Department, a real straight-shooter on police issues, sent over an explanation of how Mayor Becker's...

If you look closely at this case, its origins are pretty weak. A city computer tech finds a handful of pictures of naked women on the mayor...

The posturing has begun. City Council President David Maack sent out an email to the City Council Thursday asking for their support if they ...

The Racine County Republican Party called on Mayor Gary Becker to resign today. Here's the statement from party chairman Bill Folk: Raci...

UPDATED: See below... Elsewhere, we've posted the full complaint presented Thursday at Mayor Gary Becker's first court appearance ....

Mayor Gary Becker and his defense attorney, Patrick Cafferty, at table left; DA Micheal Nieskes, right; presiding is Court Commissioner Alic...

All Saints told its employees Wednesday that it's eliminated 43 positions because of the declining economy. The cuts to Racine's lea...

It's not often you can adopt a dog with its own wardrobe! We're going to just assume that Max, the white Lhasa Apso pictured here, ...

Mayor Gary Becker is out of jail this evening, according to Kenosha County Jail records. The J-S is reporting that Jean Becker, a relative ...

It now costs $1 for Racine County residents to attend the Racine Zoo on Mondays. The fee replaces "Free Mondays" that had been in ...