A man armed with a shotgun was shot and killed by police on Monday night after he threatened officers at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center.
Author: Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
50 years after Apollo 13, Commander James Lovell sees the mission’s failure as a triumph
Aboard Apollo 13, James Lovell was supposed to be the fifth person to walk on the moon. It was not to be.
Hamilton’s witty, fast-paced lyrics flow through fingers of sign language interpreters
When Hamilton’s touring production came to Milwaukee, three sign language interpreters tackled the challenge of translating the show.
Wisconsin brothers charged with operating counterfeit vaping cartridge operation
Tyler and Jacob Huffhines ran an operation that cranked out 3,000 to 5,000 counterfeit vaping cartridges each day, authorities say.
20 years after deadly crane crash at Brewers’ Miller Park, it’s still ‘an emotional roller coaster’
In the two decades since the Big Blue crane collapse at Miller Park, construction sites have become safer for workers.
Groundbreaking World War II unit of black women honored decades after their service
A documentary by a Wisconsin filmmaker shines a spotlight on a little-known groundbreaking all-female African American World War II postal unit.
Here’s your chance to become part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s oral history
Marquette University, which has a huge J.R.R. Tolkien collection, wants to hear from fanboys and girls for an oral history project about the author.
Milwaukee airport runway reopens a day after pothole discovered
One of Mitchell International Airport’s two runways was shut down over the weekend because of a pothole caused by freezing and thawing temperatures.
Jake Patterson, suspect in Closs case, was discharged early from Marines because of character issues
Jake Patterson served only five weeks in the Marines before washing out of boot camp.
Oprah Winfrey remembers her mother, Vernita Lee: ‘She lived a good life’
Vernita Lee, Oprah Winfrey’s mother, died on Thanksgiving at her home in Milwaukee, her family announced Monday.She was 83.