National Gun Violence Awareness Day is observed on the first Friday in June. It kicks off a weekend-long observation known as Wear Orange Weekend. In the midst of multiple gun violence-related tragedies, including the recent events in Racine, people are coming together with a message that reaches into the hearts of millions nationwide. Americans want […]
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Posted inCommunity, Health
NAMI Racine Offers Various Mental Health Services
NAMI Racine County is a local organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). They seek to improve the quality of life of all individuals affected by mental illness and to promote recovery. NAMI Racine County focuses on three areas that offer reform, health and hope to our community: Advocacy, Education and Support. They […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Schools
Case Play About Suicide And LGBTQ Issues Makes It To State Competition
UPDATE: Students with the Case High School Eagle Theater group performed at a district-wide competition and have now qualified for a state-wide competition for their original play #DarkSideOfTheRainbow. They will perform the play for the public this week. Original story: After three students committed suicide at Horlick High School last two years, the Case High School […]
Posted inPolice and fire
Man Cuts Himself To Commit Suicide, Runs From Police
An 18-year-old man has been hospitalized after making suicidal statements then running from police at 4:19 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, said Lt. Gary Larsen, of the Caledonia Police Department. The man, whose father lives on Edgar Terrace, had threatened to commit suicide and his father called the police. When they arrived they found that the […]
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Depression And Mental Illness Behind Rising Number Of Teen Suicides
With more youth dying from suicide in some southeastern Wisconsin Counties, some are calling out this public health crisis as the numbers have increased, according to a story by Fox 6. From 2009 through 2014, 71 children have committed suicide in Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Waukesha counties. Some of those kids were as young as […]
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Man Crashes His Car Into Tree Trying To Commit Suicide
No one was injured in a one-car crash involving a man who told witnesses that he was trying to commit suicide in front of his girlfriend by crashing his car into a tree on Five Mile Road just east of Highway 31. The man was arguing with his girlfriend at 5:42 p.m. Saturday  when he […]
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Update: Suicidal Man Facing Gun Charges
The 51-year-old man who Mount Pleasant police say threatened to kill himself Sunday at St. Paul the Apostle is facing gun charges stemming from the incident. Ronald D. Jarvis, of Kenosha, was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with one misdemeanor charge each of disorderly conduct, use of a dangerous weapon; possession of a […]
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Armed Man Surrenders Peacefully
Mount Pleasant police say a 51-year-old Kenosha man who threatened to kill himself Sunday afternoon surrendered peacefully without harming himself or others. Friends of the man called police shortly after noon Sunday to the parking lot of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in the 6400 block of Spring Street, according to MPPD. When police arrived, […]
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Update: Suicide Victim Identified
A 60-year-old man from Winneconne found dead Wednesday morning in his truck at the Racine Marriott has been identified. Mount Pleasant Police Sgt. Eric Relich confirmed the man’s name was William J. Vanberkum. MPPD and South Shore Fire were called at about 10:30 a.m. for a report of a man in a truck in the […]