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Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales confirmed the names of the suspect and the five victims of Wednesday’s deadly mass shooting at the Molson Coors brewery, revealing that the gunman, Anthony Ferrill, was an electrician at the plant. According to the Milwaukee Police Department, the five victims were Jesus Valle Jr., a 33-year-old from Milwaukee; Gennady Levshetz, a 51-year-old from Mequon; Trevor Wetselaar, a 33-year-old from […]

Conversations about potential employment filled the Wisconsin Room at UW-Milwaukee between employers and potential employees at the Diversity Career Fair Thursday morning to late afternoon. Hair: clean cut. Dress code: on point. Attitude: confident and full of initiative. Vanaro Thorn is a senior at DePaul University in Chicago and sophomore at UWM. He is father […]

Hmong advocates and leaders in Wisconsin and throughout the nation are concerned over the Trump’s administration deportation plan of 4,500 Hmong, Lao, Khmu, Mien, Lahu, Thai Lue and Thai Dam residents who served their full sentences in American courts.   Advocates learned that the U.S. Agency of International Development is funding an integration program in […]

Sean Baek, an insulin dependent UW-Milwaukee student who went missing from Cambridge Commons Friday morning, was under the influence of LSD when he fled the dorms and is believed to still be in the Milwaukee area, but foul play is not suspected, UWM Police Chief Joseph LeMire said in a Monday press conference. LeMire also […]

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant was first reported dead by TMZ at 1:24 p.m. CT on Sunday.  Nearly an hour after police received reports of the crash, TMZ released the story before authorities could notify family members, CNN reported. In the hours following the TMZ report, the media released countless updates on the tragedy, many of […]

Since his fatal helicopter crash, players across the NBA, including LeBron James, Isaiah Thomas, Jamal Crawford and many others, have talked about the impact that Kobe Bryant had on and off the court through interviews and social media. Crawford tweeted an idea that has gotten some immediate fan support: Making Kobe the new NBA logo. […]

As of 2019, Milwaukee has been named one of the worst cities for African Americans to live in. After witnessing the impact racial adversity has had on the city, childhood friends Alyssa Neff and Joshua Morris came together and created The Space as a way for black creatives to come together and work in a comfortable environment.  […]

While walking across campus her freshman year, Tanasia Shaw said she didn’t see a lot of students who looked like her and saw even fewer black professors on UWM’s campus. It was clear to her that UWM lacks black students and black academic faculty members. After seeking out other black students and guidance at the […]

The season of giving is upon us and when word got out that the Rescue Gang dog shelter was having a holiday open house, dozens of people filed into the shelter with donations. The shelter, which is usually closed to public, opened its doors to invite the public to bring in the holiday season with […]

The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission reappointed Police Chief Alfonso Morales for another term late Wednesday night, after a last minute decision to hold the meeting. Morales is the current Milwaukee police chief, who took over after Edward Flynn retired in the middle of his four-year term in February 2018. Morales’ interim term was set […]

In 2019, the U.S. was plagued by an outbreak of vaping-related illnesses responsible for the deaths and lung conditions of young users in particular. As of mid-Dec., the CDC had confirmed 52 deaths in 26 states including the District of Colombia and 2,409 hospitalized cases across all 50 states and two U.S. territories. Researchers at […]