Milwaukee News

Shemikia Spencer was killed early Sunday when the 2005 Pontiac Aztek she was a passenger in crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a Ford Escort at N. 32nd and W. Burleigh streets, according to police and the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office.

Saturday: 1:30 p.m., "Samantha: An American Girl Holiday"; 3:30 p.m., "Arthur Christmas"; 7 p.m. "White Christmas" Sunday: 1:30 p.m., "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"; 3:30 p.m., "Rise of the Guardians"; 7 p.m., "It's a Wonderful Life" Except where noted, tickets are $3.50.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater continues its 2013/14 Season with a celebrated production of Peter Quilter 's End of the Rainbow, a new play with music.

Let a mai-tai or other rum drink transport you to the islands. Foundation Tiki Bar, with bartender Don Nelson, is one good option.

Milwaukee-area native John Ridley Jr. has received a Golden Globe nomination for his screenplay for "12 Years a Slave."

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WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. MILWAUKEE POLICE DODGE GUNFIRE IN THE EXTREME COLD.

SHOULD RETURN IN THE MORNING. WISN 12 NEWS HAS LEARNED MILWAUKEE MAYOR TOM BARRETT UNDERWENT A HEART PROCEDURE WHILE HE WAS HOSPITALIZED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

A new report finds Milwaukee and Madison near the top of the list of 100 U.S. cities where people are driving less.

Gawlitta leaves behind a family that county officials want to help. The Greenfield Fire Department, Milwaukee Fire Department, and Milwaukee County Sheriff's department are asking for donations to help make it a special Christmas for Gawlitta's children, who are now without a mother.

A Wisconsin con man who has agreed several times to stop selling ads he never delivers is at it again in neighboring states, officials say.

In just four years of practice, Milwaukee bankruptcy lawyer Sean D. Cooper, wracked up so many ethics violations that the state Supreme Court disbarred him on Tuesday.

The video from a WisDOT traffic camera shows the crash on Highway 41/45 in Germantown.

Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others.

Pavilions inspired by Milwaukee's historic bridge wars and off-kilter city grid and giant webs of brightly colored bungee cord that will accent architecture and cross spans of Wisconsin Ave. were the two projects that won out during a public art showdown at City Hall on Tuesday evening.

You ask, we investigate. A Milwaukee grandmother is trying to figure out how she can buy Christmas presents after she was scammed out of $1500.

Kurt Chandler said Tuesday he even had a meeting scheduled with Quadracci, who was the magazine's president, on his calendar for this afternoon.

This time of year the stress of finding that perfect gift for your loved one, person or pet, can be overwhelming.

Dec. 09--A four-story building with 40 apartments and street-level commercial space is being proposed for the Bronzeville redevelopment district on Milwaukee's north side.

The state will be offering $250,000 in matching grants to help businesses get access to supercomputers in Milwaukee.