Category: WRITING
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Sherman Park Boys & Girls Club gets major overhaul
Following a months-long renovation, The Mary Ryan Boys & Girls Club in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood reopened Wednesday with a reinvigorated goal of providing a safe space to kids and an aim to help revitalize the surrounding community. With a snip of some over-sized scissors, the 57,000 square foot safe space welcomed visitors for the […]
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Oops: Trump’s new Twitter account briefly uses photo of 2009 Obama inauguration
Social media accounts and the White House website were transitioned to reflect a new administration almost immediately after President Donald Trump took the oath of office on Friday.
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Milwaukee man accuses Sheriff Clarke of abuse of power after airport detention
A Milwaukee man alleges that sheriff’s deputies interrogated him and treated him “like a criminal” at Mitchell International Airport following a simple interaction with Sheriff David Clarke on board a flight from Dallas, according to a formal complaint he filed with the county.
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Milwaukee officer who shot Sylville Smith suspended, charged in sex assaults
The Milwaukee officer who fatally shot a man in August, sparking two days of unrest in the city’s Sherman Park neighborhood, sexually assaulted a man after they drank shots together at a bar while watching the second night of protests on television, a criminal complaint released Thursday said.
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Sobelmans Marquette business license on hold after gun incident
A Milwaukee restaurant owner said he’ll likely continue to serve customers despite not having a license until city officials show up and close him down, and he took aim at an alderman he called a “little mayor” who did nothing to help a small business in need.
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DA: Deadly shooting was case of suicide-by-cop
An officer-involved shooting earlier this month at a Sheboygan tavern was a case of suicide-by-cop by a U.S. veteran who’d dreamed of killing police officers, the district attorney said Friday.
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Speaker doesn’t expect long-term economic peril with Brexit move
House Speaker Paul Ryan says he expects some “consternation” with the United Kingdom’s move to withdraw from the European Union, but said he doesn’t think the move will throw the U.S. and world economies into turmoil.
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Teacher’s aide was lured into attack caught on video, court motion says
A teacher’s aide who was seen on video attacking a student in a classroom was lured into the confrontation by the student and his friends in an effort to “get rid of” the aide, according to a court document filed Friday.
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Custard shop owner says English-only rule isn’t about racism
The owner of Leon’s Frozen Custard, a favorite treat location on Milwaukee’s south side, acknowledged Wednesday that he has a rule in place that prevents his employees from speaking to customers in Spanish, but he said it doesn’t come from a place of discrimination or racism.
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Mayor on violent night: ‘Snitching stuff is a bunch of crap’
Mayor Tom Barrett on Friday morning said the street code against “snitching” is a “bunch of crap,” and he implored residents who have information about a Thursday night shootout that critically injured a little girl and left more than 40 shell casings in the street to come forward.
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