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Prenatal care alarm sounds
Aug. 20
By Denise Lockwood
With access to Medicaid programs expanding and more providers opting not to accept pregnant women as patients, the county could be headed for a health care disaster, said Jack Waters, executive director of the Kenosha Community Health Center.
Block scheduling may bring grievances
Aug. 20
GARY J. KUNICH
Kenosha Unified School District's teacher's union may file grievances with the district and the Wisconsin Employee Relations Commission over block scheduling in elementary schools.
Tip leads deputies to hit-run vehicle
Aug. 20
PAUL HUSET
Sheriff's deputies have recovered the vehicle believed to have hit two bicyclists, killing one, during a Saturday hit-and-run crash near Wilmot, though the driver remains at large.
Club 47 offers support
Aug. 20
GARY J. KUNICH
Three-year-old Duncan is "blissfully unaware" that he might look different from others.
Virginia Towers misses deadline for final occupancy permit
Aug. 20
MATTHEW OLSON
Kenosha officials are considering their response to the Lakeview Virginia Towers project not being fully completed by last week's deadline.
Police, fire briefs
Aug. 20
Fire displaces nine from southside home
Industrial park could bring money, 1,000 jobs to Somers
Aug. 19
By Denise Lockwood
SOMERS - A proposed industrial park called First Park Somers could bring millions of dollars in tax revenue and 1,000 jobs to the area as early as next year.
Police seek Jeep in fatal hit-and-run
Aug. 19
PAUL HUSET
Police have pinpointed the type of vehicle that hit two bicyclists, killing one, during a Saturday hit-and-run crash near Wilmot.
Illegal left turns pose threat
Aug. 19
By Denise Lockwood
When a woman started to turn left in her SUV from Roosevelt Road onto 39th Avenue last week, Mike Kovach, who stood on a nearby median, tried to get her attention to tell her she was making an illegal left hand turn.
Police have few leads in shooting
Aug. 19
By Paul Huset
Police have only limited new leads and a preliminary description of a suspect in connection with the shooting of a teenager Sunday night.
Mom guilty in child's drug death
Aug. 19
JESSICA HANSEN
A jury considered a Kenosha mother's own words and the instructions she followed in her methadone handbook before deciding that she was guilty of child neglect in her 2-year-old son's death.
Police briefs
Aug. 19
Police: Man meant to kill dog with truck
Airplane crashes, burns and breaks into pieces while attempting takeoff in Madrid, killing 149
Rice, Polish foreign minister sign missile defense deal despite Russian outrage
Musharraf unwinds after ouster, but foes could pursue him through the courts
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AP Top News at 4:00 p.m. EDT
Airplane crashes, burns and breaks into pieces while attempting takeoff in Madrid, killing 149
MADRID, Spain (AP) - A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 149 people on board, officials said. There were only 26 survivors in the mid-afternoon crash, said Spanish Development Minister Magdalena Alvarez, whose department is in charge of civil aviation. It was Spain's deadliest air disaster in more than 20 years.
Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland that has sparked Russian fury
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite. Rice dismissed blustery comments from Russian leaders who say Warsaw's hosting of 10 U.S. interceptor missiles just 115 miles from Russia's westernmost frontier opens the country up to attack.
Official says US has approved draft agreement to reduce Military presence in IraqWASHINGTON (AP) - A senior U.S. military official says the U.S. government has approved a draft agreement on reducing the American military presence in Iraq. The official said the deal is not final and is subject to acceptance by Iraqi leaders. The official said that barring any Iraqi objections that would require a reopening of negotiations, the agreement meets U.S. objectives.
McCain says he questions Obama's judgment, not his patriotism, on how to deal with Iraq war
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain told voters on Wednesday he is not challenging Barack Obama's patriotism in criticizing his call to pull out of Iraq, only the judgment of his Democratic rival. "He's making these decisions not because he doesn't love America, but because he doesn't think it matters whether America wins or loses," McCain said.
Doctor: Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio critical condition after brain hemorrhage
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, had a brain hemorrhage and was in critical condition with limited brain function, a doctor said Wednesday. Tubbs Jones, 58, suffered the hemorrhage while driving her car in Cleveland Heights on Tuesday, said Dr. Gus Kious, president of Huron Hospital in East Cleveland. The congresswoman had been driving erratically and her vehicle crossed lanes of traffic before coming to a stop, police said.
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