Articles by Liam O'Donnell

After facing months of delays, UWM’s new basketball practice facility is finally open for student-athlete use and is nearing full completion. Though the facility has yet to “officially” open, UWM Panther athletes can use the new facility to get shots up and use the weight room. UWM expects to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony this summer. […]

After back-to-back blowout losses and struggling through a half against an experienced team, the Milwaukee Panthers finally had enough.   “At one point we said, ‘Hey, if we’re gonna be the villains, let’s embrace it.’”  Those were the words spoken by Coach Bart Lundy in response to the adversity his team faced after the Milwaukee Panthers […]

Amanda Connelly has voted in one election in her life. After years of general disinterest towards the world of politics, the 21-year-old Milwaukee School of Engineering student arrived at the polls for the 2020 presidential election with the goal of removing Donald Trump from office. “I felt like I needed to do my part,” said […]

A suspect, identified by authorities as Darrell E. Brooks, 39, sped through barricades and mowed people down in a maroon Ford Escape SUV during a Waukesha Christmas parade Sunday, killing five and wounding at least 48, according to Waukesha police.   In a news conference Monday, Waukesha Police Chief Daniel Thompson confirmed the names of the five victims: Virginia Sorenson, 79, Leanna Owen, 71, Tamara […]

Waukesha is learning to cope after a Christmas tradition was tragically tarnished.

Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old charged with first-degree intentional homicide after fatally shooting two men in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer, made an unexpected move by taking the stand in his own defense Wednesday.   Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, all of whom were in the thick of a protest against the shooting of Jacob Blake.   The defense is […]

The City of Milwaukee’s Public Health and Safety Committee held a meeting Thursday in which they unanimously voted to approve an agreement that will unite Milwaukee with the Gun Safety Consortium, a group committed to the development and testing of gun safety technology.   The agreement is largely a product of Milwaukee’s ongoing four-year partnership with Common Ground, a Wisconsin-based affiliate of the IAF […]

Fourteen people are wounded and a mother of three is dead after a shooting at the Kroger store in Collierville, Tennessee, police said Friday.  The shooter, UK Thang, 29, shot 10 employees and five customers before taking his own life as police arrived at the scene, said Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane in a press conference Friday. Lane would not name the shooter during the press […]

Liya Mintz shares a happy song that will always remind her of her friends, no matter how far apart they might be one day.

UW-Milwaukee journalism major and UWM Post editor in chief Brianna Schubert had an unforgettable three-week journalism program experience in New York City.