Almost a dozen brave and talented young people from the greater Racine area sang and danced for an enthusiastic crowd Saturday during the second annual Racine’s Got Talent show at the Dr. John Bryant Center. Shekaah Moore nabbed top honors, and Christina Pringle was named the first runner-up as determined by the judges: City of […]
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Boy’s Wheelchair Damaged During Attempted Theft
The family of a Racine boy is struggling to get their son’s wheelchair repaired after it was damaged during an attempted theft. Little Adolfo Espejo has cerebral palsy and needs his wheelchair to get around. Because it’s heavy, and his mother, Mary, can’t lift it up to carry it in the house, she chains it […]
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Hot Shop Glass in Super Bowl 50 Commercial
In a commercial that aired during Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7, CBS 58 Milwaukee featured Racine’s very own Hot Shop Glass. The commercial, titled “The Stories That Run Deep,” features snapshots of life throughout Southeast Wisconsin; from microbrewers to wheelchair basketball leagues to local barbershops to Hot Shop Glass here in Racine. “The stories […]
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Bitter Cold Staying Put, So Bundle Up, Check on Animals
Temperatures are dipping dangerously low, and windchills are going well below zero for at least the next couple of days. According to the meteorologists at CBS 58 News, windchills will get as low as -12 early Monday and temperatures will only rise to about 16 by 1 p.m. Windchills by that point will still be […]
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Police: Racine Men Used Heroin in Illinois Before Driving Home
Two Racine men were charged Friday in Kenosha County after police say they used heroin in Illinois Wednesday and nearly caused several accidents on their way back to Racine County. Nicholas Ortiz, 27, and Andrew Sawisky, 24, were charged Friday in Kenosha County Circuit Court. Ortiz is facing one felony charge each of possession of […]
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Faith, Hope, Love on CBS58 to Highlight Bags for Kids in Crisis
Our friend, Heather Lojeski, appeared on the CBS 58 News at 4 p.m. Wednesday to call attention to the work her Faith, Hope & Love group does for children who have been removed from their homes. FHL provides bags for these kids so they feel less alone and so they have something a little more […]
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Racine Girl Shot In Attempted Homicide
UPDATE: The Racine Police Department has determined that this case is an attempted homicide. ORIGINAL STORY: A girl has reportedly been shot just outside her home and has been taken to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, according to a story by CBS 58. The 15-year-old girl’s aunt, Mary Williams, said the girl was shot in the […]
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Police Officer Helps Teen Go for Jiu-Jitsu Gold at Pan Am Games
Kenosha teen Sebastian Rosales is headed to the Pan Am Kids World Championships next month thanks in part to Mount Pleasant police Officer Ben Mieloszyk. Rosales, 13, has been training since he was 10 in the martial art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a combination of judo, wrestling and choke holds. Mieloszyk has been coaching the […]