A 24-year-old Racine man was killed following in a one-car crash that happened at 2:49 a.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of 12th St. Investigators with the Racine Police Department learned that the man, who was driving his car eastbound on 12th St., crashed into a parked car and struck a tree. The impact of […]
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Man Critically Injured In Motorcycle Crash
A 53-year-old man is in critical condition following a motorcycle crash that happened at 4:55 p.m. Sunday in the 700 block of S. Fancher Rd. Witnesses told police the man crashed his motorcycle and sustained a head injury. Another man, who was riding a dirt bike, was not injured, according to a press release by the […]
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Woman Burned After Falling Into Firepit
A 57-year-old Mount Pleasant woman is recovering Sunday at Froedtert Hospital from burns she suffered after falling into a backyard firepit. Mount Pleasant police were called at 11:29 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 6700 block of Ptarmigan Road for a report of a woman who fell into a firepit made of landscaping bricks. When […]
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1 Person Taken By Flight For Life After Single Car Crash
A man was hospitalized after he crashed the car he was driving at about 12:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 23 in the 5100 block of Four Mile Road, said battalion chief Gene Roeder, of the Caledonia Fire Department. The extent of the man’s injuries is unknown, but rescue personnel extricated him out of the vehicle and […]
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Small Helicopter Crash Injures Pilot
A 61-year-old South Milwaukee man suffered non-life threatening injuries Sunday morning when his small helicopter crashed in a field in the Town of Norway. The man – whose name is not being released at this time – is believed to have suffered a laceration to the back of his head from one of the aircraft’s […]
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6 People Injured In Early Morning Car Crash
Six people were injured after a vehicle crashed into a tree at 2:29 a.m. Saturday, June 20 in the 3700 block of North Main St., according to a press release by the Racine Police Department. The car, which was traveling northbound on North Main St., lost control, left the roadway, and struck the tree. Two […]
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Man Severely Injured In Jeep vs. Train Crash
A Kenosha man suffered head trauma and was taken to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee at 9:26 a.m. Friday, June 12 after an Amtrak train crashed into the Jeep the man was driving, according to a press release by the Mount Pleasant Police Department. Larry Gitzlaff, 66, drove the Jeep through the rail crossing while the stop […]
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Motorcyclist In Critical Condition Following Crash
A man is in critical condition after losing control of the motorcycle he was riding at 12:46 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, according to a press release by the Caledonia Police Department. Demeater Legrone, 42, of Racine, was thrown from the motorcycle he was riding in the 6300 block of Douglas Avenue. Legrone suffered serious injuries and was not wearing […]
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Woman Charged in Hit & Run That Left Toddler in Critical Condition
Mount Pleasant police say a 46-year-old Racine woman panicked and fled the scene of an accident she caused last February that left a toddler in critical condition. Lisa Lackas will go before a judge on May 14 for her initial appearance to face a single felony charge of hit and run causing injury. If convicted, […]
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1 Critically Injured in Morning Rush Hour Accident
Two people were injured in an early morning car crash Thursday in Sturtevant. Sturtevant police and South Shore fire responded at 7:35 a.m. to the corner of Washington Avenue and Wisconsin Street for a report of a two-car accident. Rescue crews from SSFD extricated Leroy Wahlstrom, 65, of Racine, and transported him to Froedtert Hospital […]
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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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12-year-old Boy Hospitalized After Snowmobile Crash
A 12-year-old boy is in serious condition at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee after he was thrown off of the snowmobile he was driving at 5:13 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, according to the Sturtevant Police Department. Officers from the Sturtevant Police Department and rescue personnel from the South Shore Fire Department were called to the scene of the crash […]
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Terminally Ill Racine Man Keeps Positive with Help from His Friends
Terminally ill and living in a Racine motel, Kevin Cronin posts memes about wanting to be as fat as his cat Angel, that he didn’t know that in the first episode of the television show Happy Days that Arnold’s was actually called Arthur’s, and that he no longer requires his visitors to bring him cookies […]
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Police: Early Morning Crash Alcohol Related, 2 Injured
The driver and passenger in a car that ended up on its roof, on fire, and in the basement of a downtown apartment building both suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries in an overnight crash. Racine police Sgt. Jessie Metoyer confirmed in a press release that officers at 3:25 a.m. Friday observed a 2001 Monte […]
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8-Year-Old Injured in Afternoon Crash
The 1200 block of Washington Avenue was closed for several hours Thursday afternoon after an 8-year-old boy was hit by a car. A press release from Racine police Sgt. Jessie Metoyer indicates the child was attempting to cross Washington Avenue when he was struck by an eastbound SUV. The impact threw the boy into the […]
