A 5-year-old child is in life-threatening condition after a vehicle struck a tree near 24th and Fond du Lac late Thursday. Police suspect speed and the driver was arrested.

Milwaukee police released images and a vehicle description tied to a Dec. 6 North Side homicide and are asking the public to help ID suspects.

Dashcam and bodycam footage shows the July 2025 high‑speed chase and shootout that followed the Shorewood killing of Victoria Truss.

A Metro Drug Unit raid in Racine recovered large amounts of cocaine, crack and marijuana. One person was arrested and a second suspect is wanted.

A Milwaukee judge sentenced Shirley Hill to 25 years after she admitted she ran over and killed Mamadou Bamba following a January 2025 argument. The case hinged on surveillance video and a criminal complaint.

An 18-year-old was sentenced to 25 years for the 2023 shooting that killed 15-year-old Davion Patterson and wounded five others.

Milwaukee opens extra warming shelter in response to severe Arctic chill, with local agencies coordinating aid for residents during dangerous subzero temperatures.

A Northwest Side tavern will be shut for 15 days after aldermen tied a string of fights and a linked off‑premises fatal shooting to the business. The closure runs Feb. 6–20.

A Milwaukee jury convicted former gas station guard William Pinkin of first-degree intentional homicide in the 2023 shooting of Isaiah Allen. The case now moves into a mental-disease phase.

A 15-year-old pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide in the June Hampton Avenue convenience-store shooting. Sentencing is scheduled for March 27.

A former Riverside paraprofessional pleaded not guilty in Milwaukee court to battery of an 18-year-old student with disabilities; bond and a Feb. 23 hearing were set.

MPD narrowed pursuit criteria and clarified when officers can call off chases after a deadly year of pursuit-related crashes. The changes prioritize safety over speed alone.

One driver was killed and two others were hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash on County Highway BD near State Highway 11 in Brighton, authorities said.