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It looks like the Milwaukee Bucks have a huge job opening. The team confirmed Thursday night that it “parted ways” with head coach Mike Budenholzer, the 53-year-old Arizona native who has held the position for the past five seasons. The decision came about a week after the top-seeded Bucks’ fell to the eighth-seeded Miami Heat in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. […]
A 12-year-old is being charged as an adult after being accused of killing a Milwaukee man to steal his guns. The Wisconsin boy, whose name was not revealed because of his age, allegedly carried out the murder of 34-year-old Brandon Felton inside his home. According to police, the motive was because Felton wouldn’t sell weapons […]
A Wisconsin woman has been charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide after she poisoned her veterinarian husband with animal euthanasia drugs. Fox 6 reports Amanda Chapin, 50, of Monroe, was charged Dec. 28 for allegedly poisoning her 70-year-old husband Gary Chapin by putting barbiturates in his coffee. Chapin attempted to poison her husband three times […]
A Patti LaBelle concert in Milwaukee was cut short on Saturday after the singer was rushed off stage due to a bomb threat, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Footage of the incident shows the 78-year-old senior being taken off stage mid-performance as LaBelle shouts, “Hold up” and “Wait!” In a statement posted to Twitter, concert […]
Two families are suing TikTok after their daughters died last year while attempting the viral “Blackout Challenge.” ABC News reports the parents of Arriani Jaileen Arroyo, 9, of Wisconsin, and Lalani Walton, 8, of Texas, have joined forces with the Social Media Victims Law Center to file a lawsuit against TikTok. Arroyo and Walton died of suffocation last year after […]
A Wisconsin man has been charged with the murders of six people at a Milwaukee duplex after a selfie he took allegedly showed the basement of the home where the bodies were found. As CBS News reports, 34-year-old Travis Lamar Birkley has been charged with six counts of felony murder over the deaths of six people who were found on Jan. […]
A former Wisconsin judge was shot and killed in what is believed to be a “targeted act against the judicial system.” According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, local officers responded to reports of gunfire early Friday at a home in New Lisbon, located about 80 miles outside of Madison. Authorities say the Juneau County Special Tactics […]
At least five people were reportedly shot during the funeral of Da’Shontay King—a 37-year-old Wisconsin man who was shot and killed by police late last month. According to WTMJ, gunfire erupted at around 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Graceland Cemetery in Racine. Authorities have not identified the victims; however, an employee of the funeral home told the outlet Kings’ family […]
A fire at a Wisconsin anti-abortion group’s headquarters is being investigated as an arson, according to the Wisconsin Star Journal. The fire, which took place early Sunday morning at the Wisconsin Family Action office in Madison, was spotted by police around 6 a.m. The building itself was spray painted with the phrase “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t […]
A Wisconsin man is facing federal charges over a series of racist incidents directed at his Black neighbors. According to legal documents obtained by the Daily Beast, 54-year-old William McDonald is accused of using force and threats of force to interfere with the housing rights of multiple people because of their race, color, or national origin. Authorities […]
