Racine Metro News

Barbara Ferrell-Welch and Ida Watson-Freeman first met and became friends while both were living in Racine and working at InSinkErator.

After three years of sober living in a dying body worn by the ravages of alcoholic liver disease, Jon Sustachek,64, has been given a second chance.

The Racine Unified School District received two bomb threats today and police have arrested one juvenile in connection to one of the threats, police said.

A local pharmacist who once lost his license over a substance abuse problem has been charged with stealing more than $80,000 from his employer over the past year.

RACINE Only 300 of about 2,200 Horlick High School students showed up to school today after the school received a threat indicating that something would happen, said Racine Unified School District ...

The Racine Public Library Board of Trustees has voted to change the hours the library is open each week, from 56 to 57, for more efficiency and to better serve the public.

Modine Manufacturing Co. will cut 20 people from its headquarters here, at least 15 of them management jobs.

A 17-year-old girl allegedly being held in a hotel room against her will was rescued by police Monday after she called 911 from her cell phone.

The public is invited to an open house to honor Jack Parker, Unified's interim superintendent, and his service to the Racine Unified School District during the past year.

Racine firefighters spent about five minutes putting out a car fire in the parking lot of Infusino's Banquet Hall, 3201 Rapids Dr., Saturday night.

Among comparable cities throughout the state, the Oshkosh Police Department has the lowest police spending per capita.

From the oldest remaining church building in Racine to a 1960 North Bay home, Preservation Racine's 33rd annual Tour of Historic Places will cover a lot of territory, both historically and geographically, when ...

The American Red Cross has begun a restructuring that will move the local organization part of the way back toward the days before it merged with the Milwaukee office.

State Department of Workforce Development Sec. Roberta Gassman came to the Racine Public Library on Thursday to tout the state's new job connection Internet site to job seekers.

Someone broke into McKinley Middle School sometime Wednesday night and stole 30 computers, according to a Racine Unified School District spokeswoman.

Friday, September 19, 2008 9:00 PM CDT What happened to the Racine Yellow Cab? Nobody answers the phone.

A Racine man is charged with lying to the FBI while agents investigated corruption in Kenosha politics.

Hazards for drivers change with the seasons and it's best to be careful now that fall has arrived, according to police.

South-side arson fires kept firefighters here running to a series of fires for most of the early hours of Sunday.

Police are calling a toddler's death Monday morning suspicious, but they are awaiting a medical examiner's determination before it could be ruled a homicide.