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  • Most in Milwaukee-area delegation voted to end Scouts gay ban

    gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders , a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and ...

  • Teacher accused of sexually assaulting student 14 in parking lot

    A 14-year-old Milwaukee boy was sexually assaulted Thursday by a 28-year-old woman who teaches at his school, Milwaukee police said Friday. The assault reportedly took place about 6:30 p.m. Thursday inside a car parked at Destiny High School, 7210 N. 76th St. The two are not associated with Destiny High School and were there for a special event, said Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer, police spokesman. The ...

  • Messmer teacher arrested for sexual assault

    Officers said the car was parked in a lot at Destiny High School, 7210 N. 76th St., Thursday night. Police said apasserby reported a sexual assault around 6:30 ...

  • DOT suspending road construction for holiday weekend

    There will be temporary relief on the roads this holiday weekend. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is suspending road construction from noon Friday until 6:00 a.m. ...

  • Homeless tornado dogs ready for adoption

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Twenty-five four-legged companions left homeless by the devastating tornado in Moore, Okla., have arrived at a Green Bay animal shelter and are ready for adoption. It was a 16-hour trip for the dogs, mostly puppies, from the Central Oklahoma Humane Society to the Bay Area Humane Society. Dozens of displaced animals poured into the Oklahoma shelter after the tornado. ...

Movie Review

Cría cuervos [DVD]

Cría cuervos [DVD]

Set during the Franco regime and shot while the fascist general was on his deathbed, Carlos Saura's Cra cuervos is a dream-like evocation of the shifting lines between fantasy and reality, living and dying, past and present. It has many similarities to Ingmar Bergman's Cries a ... ...

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  • Local police chief warns against road rage on holiday weekend

    FILE - In this May 28, 2010 file photo, the rush hour commute starts in early afternoon and with greater intensity as traffic is jammed in both directions on Interstate 405 on the Westside of Los Angeles as commuters and Memorial Day vacationers hit the road. It (TM)s going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation (TM)s highways. During Thursday, May 23, 2013 and Monday, May 27, ...

  • Fort McCoy campground summer season set to open

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Fort McCoy's campground's summer hours will take effect this weekend. Pine View Campground's summer season will start Friday and run through the Labor Day weekend, ending on Sept. 2. The camp office will be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The campground's swimming beach will ...

  • Brewers to honor fallen Tosa officer

    MILWAUKEE - The Brewers will pause tonight to honor a police officer from our area who was killed in the line of duty on Christmas Eve. Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer Sebena's friend, Wauwatosa Police Officer Katie Gierach, will throw out the first pitch. Sebena's family will be at the game as the Brewers' honor law enforcement. Members of the law enforcement community ...

  • Sentencing for man convicted of killing mother

    FRIENDSHIP, Wis. (AP) -- A man convicted of killing his mother in 2010, hiding her body and using her checks and credit cards is due for sentencing in Adams County. Larry Clark is scheduled in circuit court Friday afternoon for a sentencing hearing. The 61-year-old Clark shot his mother, Marcella Clark, is the back in July 2010 and then took her body to some woods near their house in Big ...

  • Joe Dean stepping back at Honor Flight

    MILWAUKEE - Joe Dean is stepping back at the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. Joe has been the driving force behind the organization that has flown numerous planes full of World War II veterans to see the World War II Memorial in Washington DC. But the Honor Flight has done so much more than just that for our community. It only seems right to pause and thank Joe. "Every time I see that ...

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