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Twenty years ago, Alexis Patterson disappeared in Milwaukee. The seven-year-old girl was last seen walking to school on May 3, 2002, but she didn't return home. Detective Jeremiah Jacks, a detective for the Milwaukee Police Department, shares more about their efforts to solve Patterson’s case.

Late last month, the Milwaukee Police Department made headlines when a young man died in a holding cell. Just days later, they made headlines again when someone entered a police station and began shooting. Elliot Hughes, who’s been reporting on these stories for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, shares more.

An autopsy Thursday could reveal more about what caused the death of a 20-year-old Milwaukee man who was in police custody.

Police say a man fatally shot two people at an apartment complex in a Milwaukee suburb and later died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A Milwaukee police officer was shot and wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a man who was initially found slumped over the wheel of a vehicle, the third shooting of a law enforcement officer in the city in two weeks.

Sheriff’s officials say a preliminary investigation suggests that a man found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the neighborhood was responsible for shooting the Milwaukee deputy.

Authorities say a person shot and wounded a Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy while fleeing from a traffic stop early Wednesday.

The new year often prompts reflection on the past one, and one of the Wisconsin Policy Forum’s traditions is to take stock of their top five research findings of the last twelve months. Many of the 52 reports, policy briefs and data tools produced by the Forum were related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but other topics were explored as well.

The Rittenhouse trial served as yet another example of the division in this country. It’s stirred intense feelings and reactions, especially among local activists and social justice organizers in Wisconsin who are fighting against racial and systemic inequity.

Jeffrey Norman has been named to a four-year term as chief of the Milwaukee Police Department. The acting police chief was approved unanimously Thursday night by the board of the Fire & Police Commission.