Jan. 24, 2024 4p
From WGTD News:
Pleasant Prairie police are investigating a homicide that occurred in the parking lot of a Highway 50 strip mall. The victim was identified as 46-year-old Anton Lemarr Space of Kenosha. Space was shot late Tuesday afternoon in an area west of Target. Police said Wednesday morning they were investigating and that the motive was unknown. Space was pronounced dead at the nearby Froedtert South Hospital. Police said Space leaves behind a wife and four children.
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Two Racine residents are facing charges of human trafficking. 38-year-old Patricia Oliver appeared in court Wednesday afternoon while 47-year-old Tyrone Smith made his first court appearance late last year. According to the criminal complaint, a girl came to Racine to live with a friend after breaking up with a boyfriend. She was introduced to Smith and started living with him in July a series of motels. The girl said Smith and Oliver forced her to have sex on a near daily basis and beat her for the next several months. The victim said she was able to break free while visiting a plasma center and getting a ride to a Milwaukee hospital where she received treatment and wound up talking to police. Both Oliver and Smith are in jail awaiting trial.
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The Kenosha City Council is scheduled to meet in special session Thursday evening to consider selling land to a developer who wants to build 72 apartments. The proposal--involving a former factory site on 14th Ave.--first surfaced two years ago. But the design has changed since then. And now the developer--Impact Seven--is back. The complex would feature a mix of affordable and market-rate units.
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A proposal to resurrect the dormant Kenosha County Racial andEthnic Equity Commission was to have been discussed Thursday evening by a county board committee. However, the meeting of the Executive Committee has been canceled due to potential quorum problems. It has not yet been rescheduled. Late last year, County Executive Samantha Kerkman recommended that the commission be disbanded after some people questioned its usefulness. No meetings have been held since then.
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Gateway Technical College President Ritu Raju is scheduled to present a State of the College address Thursday morning--an event she hopes will become an annual tradition. It'll be held beginning at 9 a.m. in the Conference Center. It'll be streamed live. Also participating in the event will be students, staff and members of the school's Board of Trustees.
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Unemployment levels in the tri-county area are remaining low. The December unemployment rate in Kenosha County was 3%, down two-tenths of a point from the month before. Racine County's rate was 3.1%, down a tenth. Walworth County reported 2.5%, unchanged from the month before.
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The American Red Cross says recent rough weather across the country has forced the cancelation of blood drives in nearly every state. As a result, the non-profit is facing a shortage of blood. They're asking potential donors to be mindful of that and search out opportunities to donate.
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