on who's really in charge of milwaukee county parks. this morning... the fence is still up.. but it's expected ann sterling joins us live from sherman park with the next steps following the judge's ruling. if you were out here at sherman park yesterday then you saw the fence come down only to have it put back up hours later.the real question here is who has jurisdiction over sherman park?the issue became so heated it went court last night. this stemmed from the incident on sunday morning ---- when milwaukee county executive chris abele insted surrounding the park -- be removed. the park had been closing at 6 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. following the riots in the neighborhood after the shooting death of sylville smith.abe-le said the fence was a barrier standing in the way of healing. hours later -- milwaukee county sheriff's deputies could be seen putting the temporary fence back up. milwaukee county sheriff david clarke said -- the county executive has no authority to overrule the sheriff.the chief judge in milwaukee county called a specia

on who's really in charge of the milwaukee county parks. right now... the fence is still up.. but it's expected to be taken down this morning. ann sterling is live at sherman with what's next. this really turned into a yesterday -- the fence come down ... only to have it put back up hours later.the real question here is who has jurisdiction over sherman park? the issue became so heated it went court last night. this stemmed from the incident on sunday morning when milwaukee county executive chris abele instructed the temporary orange fence -- surrounding the park -- be removed. the park had been closing at 6 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. following the riots in the neighborhood after the shooting death of sylville smith.abe-le said the fence was a barrier standing in the way of milwaukee county sheriff's deputies could be seen putting the temporary fence back up. milwaukee county sheriff david clarke said the county executive has no authority to overrule the sheriff.the chief judge in milwaukee county called a special session about this issue in t

milwaukee county residents. he says it is the county's only abele says this will generate 27-million dollars a year for milwaukee county. he says its enough to fund all the countys transportation infrastructure costs, annual bus replacements, county highway and bridge repairs. it will also help preserve the 'go pass' program, allowing seniors and the disabled to ride the bus for free - or at a significantly reduced but county supervisor michael mayo doesn't support the increase. he and the rest of the county board will take their first official look at abele's 2017 proposed budget next week. "the funding that we get from the state for transit stil in 2009, as the state paying less the county has paid more. in fact the county has backfilled millions of dollars to make up for that cut in state funding" 'cmon! i know that we need revenue, i want transportation to keep going, but that is really a lot. abele's 2017 proposed budget will be released to the public deandra corinthios fox6 news. racine county sheriff need

3 new tonight....a troubling report about the death of an inmate at the milwaukee county . jail.cbs 58 extensively covered the death of terrill thomas, he's the man accused of firing a gun inside the potawatomi casino. since april, we have been awaiting the results of his autopsy. today we heard from the medical examiner and the cause of thomas' death raises some serious questions. questions.cbs 58's david ade is live at the county jail with the story....david? the medical examiners office is calling terrill thomas' death a homicide and says the cause is dehydration. today i spoke with thomas' family over the phone. "right now we're angry... we're very very angry."today terrill thomas' family learning more about how the 38 year old died in the milwaukee is anybody being charged? our family has been given little to know information since the date of his death."in a report released by the milwaukee county medical examiner's office it shows thomas was kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day in a cell that was "almost completely empty" because of thomas' "destructive be

ann sterling is live at the milwaukee county courthouse with a look ahead. that hearing is happening here at 2 this afternoon .on sunday --- this was a day-long back- and-forth battle over sherman park .the clash is between milwaukee county sherda clarke and county executive chris able.in the end on sunday --- the judge sided with the county execitive -- for now. sheriff clarke ordered the park to close early every night -- after the riots and unrest last month.the violence was triggered by the deadly officer-involved shooting of syville smith. he had his deputies surround the park with an orange fence. at the time -- he was vocal about his decision. fast forward to sunday -- when county executive chris abele and county employees arrived to sherman park and removed the orange fence. able says the barrier is standing in the way of healing."by that afternoon, out orders from clarke to replace the orange fence.the battle went to court that night --- the sheriff was a no show---so a county judge sided with able ... and issued a temporary restraining order agains

and some milwaukee county pools are getting ready to close for the season. fox6s deandra corinthios takes you to greenfield park -- where just a little longer. the crowd at cool waters in west allis...is thankful for the beautiful day "its the perfect way to end it i know fall is coming so one more time in the pool" families making the most of the day off.. enjoying one last dip... or one final time down the water slide... "i wanted to swim one more time, she wants to swim one more time because she had to start school and she was kind of sad" and summer...will be missed... about summer? that it is hot" most milwaukee county pools have already shut down for the season. but cool waters schulz family aquatic center and the tosa pool...are open labor day. "weve been coming here a lot because it has been really hot" we all know wisconsin weather can be unpredictable. before you know it...we could see snowflakes... "could tomorrow...you never know" but people here...hope the heat hangs on a while longer. "i am not a winter person, so i refuse to take this off yet

sequel to the political drama - started sunday - between milwaukee county sheriff david clark and milwaukee county executive chris abele. court proceedings...milwaukee county circuit court judge david hansher issued a temporary restraining order on the actions of the sheriff's department.earlier in the day - sheriff clark had directed deputies to re-install fencing at the park taken down by other crews that morning... ?and? he ordered a further restriction of operating hours there.sunday's decision meant all that had to come to a stop. today...judge hansher will decide whether or not to make that restraining order ?permanent?.hansher previously agreed with abele on his authority to re-open the compelling reason to keep restrictions going. 3 3 (-sot-)judge david hansher / milwaukee county circuit court 5;53;58"i understand for a short period of time the sheriff closing the park at night but again there is nothing in the record to indicate that closing the park is serving any public good. i'm familiar with that area. i've live in that area. i went to peckham high school." 3 the hearing is set

in the milwaukee county case against "michael mo" morgan."the man accused of starting a fire that killed two children took the stand yesterday. cbs 58's julie parise is live at the court house this morning to tell us what happened... and look ahead to what's next.julie? inside this courtroom

today's meeting is at 9 am at the milwaukee county courthouse. also happening at that same meeting: residents will have a chance to sound off about "pokemon go" in lake park. people living in the neighborhood have complained people playing the popular smartphone game are leaving the area a mess. carrying a loaded gun this weekend. elm grove police say they were chasing 19 year old marquis king in a stolen car when he ditched it. they say he ran through westmoore country club in brookfield, armed with a loaded gun. police say he threw it in the swimming pool before running into brookfield square mall. he was arrested outside sears and charged with several three men facing charges for ransacking a sherman park liquor store are expected in court today for a bail hearing. police say durrell broke into clark's liquor store at 48th and burleigh last month during the violence in sherman park.all three face thousands of dollars in fines and prison time if convicted. today a trial is set to begin that will decied the fate of a milwaukee tobacco shop.27th

southern part of milwaukee county. right around the airport, all the way back to the western part of kenosha county. still a lot of rain everywhere else. but this is where the heavy downpours and torrential rain is falling, showing a little bit of hail possible right along i-94 in racine county. this will be more marble-sized to penny-sized hail. and show you this whole complex, basically covering southeast wisconsin and the northeast corner of illinois, all of this should be out of the picture within the next couple of hours. the heaviest rain out of the picture in about 45 minutes. that flood watch continues for much of southeastern wisconsin now with the exception of walworth county, until about 1:00 in the morning, again, with certainly a lot of rain has fallen through the area. temperatures drop to 74 with the rain in milwaukee, 74 in racine still else in the lower 70s. that boundary hasn't made it here yet. our computer models showing when it does so it will continue to generate these storms until about midnight

eventually a milwaukee county judge stepped in..and sided with abele. judge david hanscher grew up in the sherman park area and said he understands how important the park is to people in the neighborhood. he ruled the fence was doing irreparable harm..and issued a temporary restraining order against the sheriff. he said the fence should be taken down immediately to preserve the status quo...and avoid further conflict..or protests. and the judge was upset the sheriff didn't show up for the ruling...saying it was a contemptuous act. didn't show up for the " as of now there has been no good reason given by the sheriff for closing the park except by doing it by fiat and he isnt the law in milwaukee county. the law is what the court decides" fiat and he isnt the law in milwaukee county. the law is what the court decides" a group of about 40 people gathered in the park last night pas sheriff's deputies... later they were told the sheriff had changed his mind...and that they could stay until 10. the next hearing is wednesday at 2 pm reporting live in milwaukee

milwaukee county executive chris abele is criticizing the milwaukee common council's new safety plan. he says the recommendations in the report will cost the city and county hundreds of millions of dollars.abele says he doesn't know where the money would come from without raising taxes or cutting services somewhere else.milwaukee county d-a john chisholm told us, he questions the recommendation of bootcamps. 00-23abele"the implication of all the recommendations in the would result in more african americans being incarcerated. and that's not something i support at all i think it's asinine."chisholm"i think what people were really hoping for were much more thoughtful longer-term analysis of how you address both issues related to economics and to public safety as well." well." alderman bob donovan, who was in charge of the safety plan, told us he has no comment. an in-depth look at the violence in milwaukee.tomorrow night.. local families share their personal stie and grief. grief. my daughter was at a playground, that's where kids go play. that's where kids release, that's where they do

eventually a milwaukee county judge stepped in..and sided with abele. judge david hanscher grew up in the sherman park area and said is to people in the neighborhood. he ruled the fence was doing irreparable harm..and issued a temporary restraining order against the sheriff. he said the fence should be taken down immediately to preserve the status quo...and avoid further conflict..or protests. and the judge was upset the sheriff didn't show up for the ruling...saying it was a contemptuous act. " as of now there has been no good reason given by the sheriff for closing the park except by doing it by fiat and he isnt the law in milwaukee county. the law is what the court decides" gathered in the park last night past 6 pm were asked to leave by sheriff's deputies... later they were told the sheriff had changed his mind...and that they could stay until 10. the next hearing is wednesday at 2 pm reporting live in milwaukee dc fox6 it's been a deadly weekend in milwaukee after many suspected drug overdoses. the medical examiner's office says they are now invest

milwaukee county residents. he says it is the county's only option...to keep bus fares down and routes accessible. abele says this will generate 27-million dollars a year for milwaukee county. he says its enough to fund all the countys transportation infrastructure costs, annual bus replacements, county highway and pass' program, allowing seniors and the disabled to ride the bus for free - or at a significantly reduced but county supervisor michael mayo doesn't support the increase. he and the rest of the county board will take their first official look at abele's 2017 proposed budget next week. "the funding that we get from the state for transit still remains lower than it was even in 2009, as the state paying less the county has paid more. in fact the county has backfilled millions of dollars to make up for that cut in state funding" revenue, i want transportation to keep going, but that is really a lot. abele's 2017 proposed budget will be released to the public transportation to keep going, but that is reall

today milwaukee county executive chris abele explained his criticism of the milwaukee common council's new saftey plan...to cbs 58's david ade. ade.he joins us now live from downtown..david. it's pretty clear abele doesn't like what alderman bob donovan's committee came up with i spoke with abele about this today out at labor fest. first he says the recommendations in the report will cost couple hundred million dollars between the city and the county.and abele says he doesn't know where that money would come from without raising taxes or cutting services somewhere else.abele says the most report is that it implies the solution to crime is locking more people up and says that's not acceptable when wisconsin has the highest percentage of african americans behind bars in the united states. "the implication of all the recommendations in the public safety committee report would result in more african americans being incarcerated. and that's not something i support at all i think it's asinine." 3 i called alderman bob donovan this afternoon to see if he wanted to respond to what abele sa has

fox six's bret lemoine is outside the milwaukee county courthouse with more. police say the driver shouldnt have been behind the wheel. they say he was drunk... and had a suspended license. it started as a birthday party saturday night... and ended ina wreck early sunday morning. now, two milwaukee police officers... injured tonight while trying to take a 13-year-old-student into custody at benajmin franklin school. police say the teen brought a soft shot, plasti school. madeline anderson is live outside milwaukee police district five headquarters at 4th and locust with the latest. police say while the officers were attempting to talk to the student... he became physically combative toward them. a spokeswoman with milwaukee public schools says fortunately the incident didnt' involve any other students and was contained to the school office. mps says the gun was a toy pellet gun. afternoon. the 13-year-old student was taken into custody after resisting their attempts to control him. the officers were hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries. people who li

milwaukee county executive chris abele was at the park as crews and also milwaukee county different attorney john chisholm was there. chris abele telling our wisn 12 news crew the park will resume normal operating hours starting today. that means staying open from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. milwaukee county sheriff david clark had ordered the park to close at 6:00 p.m. and orange fencing to stay up around sherman park. after unrest broke out after the deadly officer-involed shooting of sylville smith. the sheriff's update -- shares office for updates. a health alert for expecting mothers -- having ultrasounds in the first trimester may increase the severity of autism in children. a new study from the university of washington looked at children already diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. the researchers found children with certain types of the condition can have lower non-verbal i.q.'s and increased first trimester. the study looked at the variability of symptoms, but not what causes the condition. the food and drug administration recommends only using ultrasounds for medical purposes. some

milwaukee county, waukesha county, jefferson, not under that watch. it runs till 1:00 in the morning for dodge, washington, fond du lac counties, towards green bay, it extends in that direction, and out towards the wisconsin dells. let's check that radar now. let's get in close with the radar. you can see that we had a cluster of pretty big thunderstorms move out over the lake. now a couple isolated showers around dane, columbia, dodge county. these are moving to the east/northeast. more showers redeveloping right here over sheboygan county. and as we stop the radar, you'll see that these are spotty right now. the bigger storms out over lake michigan, as we pull out, show you the whole state, this is the boundary line of the strong to severe storms right now. you see severe thunderstorm warnings just southwest of green bay, and extending back all the way to lacrosse, where big thunderstorms are moving in, out of minnesota into part of the state. and not only do we have a severe thunderstorm watch, we have a flood watch for all of our counties for tomo

a judge appointed former milwaukee county assistant district attorney norman gahn to the case. he's replacing the manitowoc county d-a.... jaclyn labre... who stepped down of interest. avery says he was framed for the 2005 murder of teresa halbach, his attorney filed a motion asking for more forensic testing on evidence in the case. the main suspect in the berit beck murder case will be back in court today. prosecutors are planning to retry dennis brantner for 19-90 murder of berit beckthe 62 year old was charged with 1st degree intentional homicide for the crime... but a two week trial back in june ended with a hung prison for drug charges. the milwaukee man accused of leading police on an interesting pursuit this weekend... is behind bars this morning. elm grove police say they were chasing 19 year old marquis king in a stolen car when he ditched it. they say he ran through westmoor country club in brookfield, armed with a loaded gun. police say he threw it in the swimming pool before running into brookfield square. he was arrested outside sears and charged with several crime

place out of milwaukee county the next ten to 15 minutes. off to the west come i mentioned, and about nine or 10:00 o'clock tonight, most of this activity will we can after that is why not expecting severe weather in the forecast the rest of the night. we have certainly cool down with the rain 71 degrees with dewpoint 66, the winds out of the north/northwest. the good news rest easy severe thunderstorm watch canceled but we still have a chance for a new -- a few more showers and thunderstorms before the cold front moves through. a complete look at the forecast coming up in the next fewin minutes. dade countyy area it looks like snow, some report the hill is they ping-pong ball.. ill is available for apple and android devices. looking at the hale. unbelievable. big story tonight, to uphold the law bute milwaukee police officer arrested for allegedly driving drunk anda crashing into an empy squad car. . williams and more. embarrassed. and upset it herself pretty much. already says her neighbor and family and friends,r 48-year-old milwaukee pol

and where to best place milwaukee county's juvenile offenders... both issues under colon's position. moms and dad's want to keep their kids happy, healthy and safe. for those with babies and toddlers - sometimes that's tough...especially when they're learning to navigate the world. in tonight's contact 6 report jenna sachs is helping you protect your little ones. "vrooooo" babies and toddlers are energetic.... "giggles" active and growing up quickly. "stacks rings dad claps" as most parents know - that means there's going to be bumps and bruises along the way. but - it's lisa klindt simpson's mission to make sure it's nothing worse. lisa works for safe kids. the national group partners locally with children's hospital of wisconsin to educate the community on how to avoid injuries. lisa says starts in the home. "with babies, they're in the home more often. so, the falls are more frequently going to happen in the home. " one safety must-have for parents: baby gates "i think baby gates are key to keeping our sanity." choosing the right one is importan

an autopsy reveals a milwaukee county inmate...died of dehydration. the medical examiners office rules the april death of terrill thomas a homicide. the familys lawyer tells our a.j. bayatpour...their own uncov jail knew thomas was dying from thirst... terrill thomas death in april comes less than two weeks after his arrest. the medical examiners report, released thursday, calls the death a homicide, noting tests revealed 'profound dehydration.' thomas family declines to comment, referring us to their seattle-based attorney, erik heipt. from what we understand, and we are still looking into this, the water in terrill thomas water was shut off and he was deprived of a life source. acting erratically in jail...winding up in solitary confinement, in his cell 23 hours a day. it also notes water had been cut off to his toilet...something heipt says another inmate told them. there was at least one other inmate, if not two, that became aware that mr. thomas water had been shut off and was repeatedly urging jail guards to turn the water back on. the 38-year-o

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milwaukee county's 2017 park budget. . all this after the county board asked that the abele administrati reports on their proposals to regulate pokemon go sites in milwaukee county parks and to create new fees for parking along the lakefront the parks, energy, and environment committee chairman feel milwaukee's parks were created to boost the lives of all residents and officials must strive to ensure free use and access by all. the committee also wants residents to weigh in on the 2017 budget request submitted by the parks department and the administrations along lincoln memorial drive, and at lots at mckinley marina, veterans park, north point, bradford beach and lake park. again a public hearing is set for this morning at 9 a-m dw fox6 news the man accused of setting a house fire that killed two children is back in court this morning. opening statements were yesterday. prosecutors say the fire was morgan in milwaukee last october. morgan's trial had been suspended since last week-- after a witness for the prosecution nev

the latest tax proposed by the milwaukee county executive. for suspects. authorities ask for your help after an attempted robbery in racine county. rob joins us now with more on the weather. rob's weather anchor adlibs traffic red on yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays and officials investigating an overnight crash involving a semi. this happened on 894 eastbound just before midnight. we're working to get more information but from the video you can see a car ended up under a quad graphics semi. two lanes were closed on they have since reopened. police say a 36-year-old man is fighting for his life after being shot multiple times. the shooting happened just before 10 near 37th and townsend. officials say its unclear what led up to the shooting...and the victim is in "very critical condition." police continue to search for a suspect. two teen girls are in serious condition, but recovering after they were attacked by pit bulls. it happened in brown deer yesterday afternoon. west dean road. authorities say the dogs lived in the

milwaukee county's 2017 park budget. . all this after the county board asked that the abele administration present informational reports on their proposals to fees for parking along the lakefront the parks, energy, and environment committee chairman feel milwaukee's parks were created to boost the lives of all residents and officials must strive to ensure free use and access by all. the committee also wants residents to weigh in on the 2017 budget request submitted by the parks department and the administrations recommendation to charge for parking along lincoln memorial drive, and at lots at mckinle veterans park, north point, bradford beach and lake park. again a public hearing is set for this morning at 9 a-m dw fox6 news coming up - the special request made by tamir rice's mother to a city councilman. "i want to know every sibling that i have. i don't think that is ever going to be a using his own sperm to help his patients become pregnant. how many times he's accused of doing that... coming up. plus - new video now be

if they don't institutional settings like nursing homes or the milwaukee county mental health complex so i think it's a smart investment."the transportation , public works and transit committee will meet this morning to further discuss the proposal we are working to find out what caused a conduit to snap over i-43 in ozaukee county. chopper 4 was over the scene yesterday evening officials say the dispatch center received a call of a drain pipe down over all four lanes of the interstate.an electrical conduit snapped under the bridge.the conduit was removed and lanes were reopened after about an hour and a half. the milwaukee county district attorney is considering charges against three teens and a 12-year old accused of trying to break into cars on the east side.those break-ins happened in the parking lot of the riverview apartments just before 1 tuesday morning. a neighbor yelled at the group and called 911. the alleged thieves ran off when police arrived, but officers caught - i woke up to my neighbors calling me to let me know someone is messing with my car i look outside and i saw

a milwaukee county judge steps in...after disagreements over sherman park. the sheriff wants the orange fence up...the county executive wants corinthios has how it all played out.. there was a hearing last night. and another hearing is set for wednesday to settle the issue. the disagreement between the milwaukee county sheriff...and county executive...revolved around the orange fence that had been up around sherman park since the unrest. county executive chris abele felt the fence was doing more harm than preventing the neighborhood from healing. he ordered the fence be taken down sunday morning. but the sheriff ordered it back up later in the day. eventually a milwaukee county judge stepped in..and sided with abele. judge david hanscher grew up in the sherman park area and said he understands how important the park is to people in the neighborhood. he ruled the fence was doing irreparable harm..and issued a temporary restraining order against the sheriff. he said te immediately to preserve the status quo...and avoid further conflict..or protests. and the ju

a public hearing this morning-- regarding milwaukee county's 2017 park budget. today's meeting will include a public input session regarding pokemon-go in milwaukee's lake park. milwaukee county parks officials aren't fans of the game -- saying many park patrons and neighbors are complaining of parking, litter and congestion issues since the debut of the popular augmented public will also get to weigh in on the proposed parking meters on the lakefront. the meeting starts at 9 a-m at the county courthouse. and then tonight --the first of nine county-wide public workshops as part of the department of parks, recreation and cultures 'parks with purpose' planning campaign. we'll have the latest on today's meetings coming up in a live report at five on wake up. a judge has appointed a special prosecutor to the steven avery case. former milwaukee county assistant district attorney "norman gahn" will request for extensive d-n-a testing in his homicide case. he's replacing the manitowoc county d-a ... who cited a conflict of interest. avery contends manitowoc county offi

milwaukee county's 2017 park budget. . all this after the county board asked that the abele administration regulate pokemon go sites in milwaukee county parks and to create new fees for parking along the lakefront the parks, energy, and environment committee chairman feel milwaukee's parks were created to boost the lives of all residents and officials must strive to ensure free use and access by all. the committee also wants residents to weigh in on the 2017 budget request submitted by the parks department and the administrations recommendation to charge for parking along lic and at lots at mckinley marina, veterans park, north point, bradford beach and lake park. again a public hearing is set for this morning at 9 a-m dw fox6 news later today ---- the trial continues for the man accused opening statements were yesterday. prosecutors say the fire was intentionally set by michael morgan in milwaukee last october. morgan's trial had been suspended since last week-- after a witness for the prosecution never showed up. the wit

and this weekend, milwaukee county saw another spike in heroin overdoses. the milwaukee county medical examiner's office says it's investigating 12 deaths in a 72 hour span-- all are likely drug overdoses. according to the medical examiner's office-- 161 people have died of overdoses through july of this year. that's up 10 percent since last year. the national weather service issues a warning for beach-goers in ozaukee and sheboygan counties today. it's warning swimmers to stay out of lake michigan-- out of caution for currents that could pull them under water or carry them away from shore. the warning will remain in effect until 11 o'clock tonight. weather warm and muggy this evening with the temperature slowly falling into the low 70s. staying hot and humid indices will likely reach into the middle 90s. there is the slight chance for t-storms, especially in the afternoon, but a better chance arrives overnight into wednesday. a few storms may be strong to severe. the chance for storms will linger into saturday morning then the sunshine returns sunday along

now to a "developing" story--- the milwaukee county medical examiner is investigating a ?dozen? suspected drug overdose deaths in 72 hours. hours.the m-e tweeted about the alarming number... with the hashtag "dose of reality." that's the name of the state's ?heroin and opioid? prevention campaign.this comes just weeks after the governor signed an order that allows ?all pharmacies in the state? to dispense "naloxone" without a prescription.that's a drug that ?reverses? an overdose. bill walmsley, paramedic member of al oved one that you suspect has overdosed and you have the drug readily available, it can be the difference between life and death. 3 the milwaukee county medical examiner's office saw 161 overdose deaths in the first seven months of this year. 3 milwaukee county executive chris abele is criticizing the milwaukee common council's new safety plan.he says the recommendations in the report will cost the city and county hundreds of millions of dollars. abele says he doesn't know where the money would come from.. without raising taxes or cutting services milwaukee county

cbs 58's kyle aevermann has more from the milwaukee county courthouse. facing charges of felony murder and bail jumping gregory rounds was in court for about 10 minutes for his plea hearing this morning. how do you plead? guilty. guilty. as you heard rounds pleaded guilty. and could face a maximum sentence of 55 years police say gregory rounds and burt johnson were behind an armed robbery and officer-involved shooting at an o-reilly auto parts back in may. it happenened at the store on 76th and mill road. burt johnson, rounds' accomplice, was killed by police during the robbery after he fired his gun at the officers.johnson's girlfriend, la toya james, was the one who purchased the gun used during the robbery.johnson told james which guns to buy.a week after purchasing the guns she gave them to her boyfriend. boyfriend.rounds will be sentencing 3 cbs 58 is re-airing our special presentation about gun violence in milwaukee.hear from families who have lost children in gun violence and lawmakers trying to find a fix for the problem. "milwaukee at a crossroa

place out of milwaukee county the next ten to 15 minutes. off to the west come i mentioned, and about nine or 10:00 o'clock tonight, most of this activity will we can after

a milwaukee county judge will sherman park. right now...there is a restraining order against the sheriff...and the judge ordered the fence be taken down. deandra corinthios is live from the milwaukee county courthouse with more. county executive chris abele wanted the fence down...sheriff david clarke wanted to keep it up. the judge sided with abele in a special session on sunday on monday...parks employees and inmates from the house of fence...while families enjoyed labor day at sherman park. but there was a lot of controversy leading up tot this. the orange fence was put up following the unrest in sherman park...to help close the park early, at 6 pm instead of 10 pm. sunday morning abele ordered it down... then the sheriff ordered it back up... the issue eventually ended up in front of milwaukee county judge david hanscher...who ruled the fence should come down immediately and upholding a restraining order before all of this occured --county executive chris abele says for two weeks he sent requests to the sheriffs office ...

milwaukee county pools are now closed for the season. fox6s deandra corinthios takes you to greenfield park -- where people tried to hang on to the warm weather just a little longer. the crowd at cool waters in west allis...is thankful for the beautiful day "its the perfect way to end it i know fall is coming so one more time in the pool" families making the most of the day off.. enjoying one last dip... slide... "i wanted to swim one more time, she wants to swim one more time because she had to start school and she was kind of sad" and summer...will be missed... "what is your favorite thing about summer? that it is hot" most milwaukee county pools have already shut down for the season. but cool waters schulz family aquatic center and the tosa pool...are open labor day. "weve been coming here a lot because it has been really hot" we all know wisconsin weather can be un before you know it...we could see snowflakes... "could tomorrow...you never know" but people here...hope the heat hangs on a while longer. "i am not a winter person, so i

milwaukee police say they will turn over this case to the milwaukee county district attorneys office for potential charges in the coming days. the man accused of killing berit beck will be tried again. jurors failed to reach a verdict against 62-year-old dennis prosecutors say they'll try again. brantner is accused of killing beck back in 19-90. he's already in prison-- serving a 6- year drug-related sentence. bill cosby's sex assault case is heading to trial. and new information on the search for an escaped murder suspect in last vegas. angelica is here with the details. a homicide suspect who has been on the loose since he escaped from a las vegas-area police station last friday has been recaptured. clark county detention center last night -- after a standoff with police. he's suspected of killing another male outside a local mcdonald's restaurant following a dispute on august 27th. a pennsylvania judge sets bill cosby's sexual assault trial for next june. cosby's attorney's were hoping to get the judge to throw out days of testimony cosby gave decades ago...during a civil lawsuit

milwaukee police say they will turn over this case to the milwaukee county district attorneys office for potential charges in the coming days. within the next year. angelica joins us from the newsroom with the latest from the courtroom. a pennsylvania judge says he wants bill cosby's case to go to trial by june fifth. cosby's attorney's were hoping to get the judge to throw out testimony cosby gave decades ago...during a civil lawsuit filed by his accuser. that testimony is when cosby reportedly acknowledged he gave andrea constand several pills before what he called a consensual also hopes to suppress a secretly recorded 2005 phone call cosby had with her mother gianna constand, when he described his encounter with her daughter. so far the judge has not made a ruling on the defense team's motions. cosby faces three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault. meantime - it was also revealed bill cosby is blind and might need special accommodations at his upcoming trial. kim and jessob. back to you. putting team preference aside. some l-s-u fans saved a man who fell into , john dunl

he's one of 71 probable overdose deaths in the last seven weeks in milwaukee county alone. clouds will increase tonight and temperatures will fall into the low 60s. mostly cloudy with periods clouds. low: 62 dewpoint: 61 wind: se 5-10 mph a police officer had to dive out of the way... to avoid being hit by a passing vehicle. the near-miss happened in mount pleasant. fox six's justin williams has says a member of the force is lucky to have escaped injury, or worse, today, after a close call with a suspect car. i drive by, everyday ... after 20-some-odd years, theyre not doin no 30! theyre doin double that. leroy petersen says hes aware of dangers on this stretch of 16th street. i got a license, and i dont even wanna drive my pick- up! and, even if he wanted to drive mount pleasant man says he cannot be comfortable doing so, here. as long as they stay on the road, im fine! im fine when im on the sidewalk. wednesday night, leroys concern is confirmed, when a mount pleasant police officer narrowly escapes injury following a hit-and-run crash. were seeking the vehicle, and the d

milwaukee county executive chris abele is criticizing the milwaukee common council's new safety plan.he says the recommendations in the report will cost the city and county hundreds of millions of dollars. abele says he doesn't know where the money would come from.. without raising taxes or cutting services somewhere else.meanwhile- milwaukee county district attorney john chisholm tells cbs 58.. he specifically questions the recommendation of bootcamps for at-risk youth. chisholm"i think what people were really hoping for were much more thoughtful longer-term analysiof you address both issues related to economics and to public safety as well."abele "the implication of all the recommendations in the public safety committee report would result in more african americans being incarcerated. and that's not something i support at all i think it's asi" asinine." 3 alderman bob donovan- who was in charge of the safety plan- had no comment. 3 cbs 58 is airing a special report on violence in the city of milwaukee.you'll hear from local leaders -- and also amanda: 02:15:37 when the media, when the

deandra corinthios is live from the milwaukee county courthouse with more. county executive chris abele wanted the fence down...sheriff david clarke wanted to keep it up. the judge sided with abele in a special session on sunday on monday...parks employees and inmates from the house of fence...while families enjoyed labor day at sherman park. but there was a lot of controversy leading up tot this. the orange fence was put up following the unrest in sherman park...to help close the park early, at 6 pm instead of 10 pm. sunday morning abele ordered it down... then the sheriff ordered it back up... the issue eventually ended up in front of milwaukee county judge david hanscher...who ruled the fence should come down immediately and upholding a restraining order filed against the sheriff. before all of this occured --county executive chris abele requests to the sheriffs office ... to discuss removing the fence ... but didnt get a response. we sent him a legal opinion from corporation counsel which are the same lawyers who service the sheriffs department both had

the announcement is set for milwaukee county courthouse. four county supervisors will introduce a proposal to raise the floor on milwaukee county's living wage ordinance to 15 dollars an hour. for the last two years... the living wage ordinance has used a formula to set the minimum wage for county workers... and any private employers contracted with county. this year - that comes to $11.68 per hour. the proposal supervisors will announce today would slowly raise that minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour by 2022. again - the ordinance would on apply to county workers... and employers who are contracted to do work with the county. if this proposal is adopted... the minimum wage would increase at the rate of inflation following 2022. live...pz... tmj4 tonight is your chance to sound off on mayor barrett's coggs will host a town hall meeting with the city's budget director.coggs will also anounce the winners of the 6th district landscape awards. tonight's meeting is at 5-30 at siloah luthern school. the south milwaukee fire department is investig

. ...when milwaukee county executve chris abele ordered the fence down. but sunday evening ...deputies --acting on the orders of sheriff david clarke...asked a group of about 40 people to leave the park...who were there after 6 pm. that never happened...they were allowed to stay until 10. we learned the judge ruled to uphold a restraining order against the sheriff ...on the behalf of the county executives office. a representative of abele told the judge the orange fence has been doing more harm than good. the judge agreed. " and i think the temporary to preserve the status quo. i dont want any disturbances by people who think that this has gone on too long and they think they can start protesting. i think that in this case, the county executive has the reasonable probability of success on the merits" the judge added he grew up in the sherman park area and understands people's frustration ...not being able to use the park. he was not happy theh night...saying he feels it was a quote "contemptuous act" the next hearing is set for wednesday at 2 pm reporting

slams into a barrier in milwaukee county. >> first, though we are checking on the forecast. sally, it is hot again? >> sure is, the temperatures going up to 83 today.

in the milwaukee county case against "michael mo" morgan."the man accused of starting a fire that killed two children took the stand yesterday. cbs 58's julie parise is live at the court house this morning to tell us what happened... and look ahead to what's next.julie? inside this courtroom his innoncence.now the case is the hands of the jury.they will deliberate on the nine charges he faces, including two counts of reckless homicide. things got heated in the courtroom yesterday.thursdays proceedings started with morgan on the standduring closing arguments, prosecution argued that morgan set the fire as a scare tactic against his estranged wife. defense said there was no evidence to put morgan at the scene of that fire, which killed his step son and another child. when you doused that bed, get that bad, right?i never did that that's why went to go call 911, you went to a pay phoneno sir that's why you went and talked to mr cathy, and said i need to call because kids over there need help, right?i never did that sir because you realized, you'd

this is for southern central and southern milwaukee county into up to 2 inches of rain already falling and more is on the rain from i 94 into milwaukee and points to the south be on the lookout for flash flooding will have another weather update coming up at the next couple of minutes right now let's take a break it one more news coming up the art of the pun -- taking center stage at brooklyn theater last night -- generating lots of laughs. the first topic for competitors -- fruits and vegetables. "thanks to my friends..i'm finally in the lime light." welcome to the punderdome... crowds packed the littlefield the topics before taking the stage. jokes range from corny -- to controversial. "the category was feminist literature and the guide said that you could either paddle down the river or you can swim. so basically it was a choice between roe vs wade." the goal is simple -- score as many laughs as possible. open know in such a short amount of time the rivers and the creeks that we have upstream just cant handle that amount of water." now at six. when it rains -- it pours. the rain has

krystle kacner is live in week period in milwaukee county.. that's almost two per day. we clearly saw this issue building kathy schmitz with the medical society of milwaukee says the battle against opiate use and overdoses is for years now.... and something theyre subsequently taking an active effort in trying to put a stop to to really help change legislation, policy, prescribing practices, offering c and m credits, mandatory to physicians, and really helping educate physicians on this issue one thing they are learning.... unfortunately drug addiction and specifically narcotic addiction is an equal opportunity afflictor it actually can affect anybody in any socio economic class any race sept 12th... pull quote police are called to clybourn street for an unconscious 29 yr old male... paramedics administer the drug narcan... but despite that and other life saving efforts.. he's pronounced dead... the medical examiner's called. the man turns out to be the medical examiner's son... adam peterson. the cause of death- probable overdose. no body is safe experts say they don't

new details on an inmate that died at a milwaukee county jail... the ruling on his death from the we start with breaking news out of kenosha county...where a person is dead after a truck fire. it happened around eight this morning in the town of wheatland. officials were called out to the parking lot of the best bargains store on 352nd avenue. when were told somebody was still inside the truck, which was engulfed in flames. we're told officials are investigating the fire as suspicious. few other details are being released -- including the what caused the fire and the identity of the victim. we'll continue to follow this developing story. stick with fox news online and on-air for any updates. in milwaukee...police are seeking the driver of a car involved in an overnight hit and run. our atkinson and capitol where police say a 45 year old man was injured. police received the call about a man lying in the middle of the road at 1:30 this morning. police say the victim of this hit and run is intoxicated and they are unsure if he was attempting to cross

in-line with other milwaukee county parks. sherman park hours have been shortened since the weekend of august 13th, when violence broke out involved shooting not far from the park.the sheriff ordered the park to close every night at 6 ... and as you've heard, residents in the area have been complaining about the continued restrictions, weeks after the disturbance. the sherman park fence was a symbol of the disagreement among local leaders over how to reduce violence in milwaukee.there are others, like the debate over whether milwaukee needs more police. a report over the weekend said mayor tom barrett is ready to more officers. officers.cbs 58's david ade joins us live with that story and more....david? mayor tom barrett and his office say they are not ready to talk about details for next year's budget today and that includes the report that barrett is going to put more money into the police department budget. i also spoke with i also spoke with some elected officials about the milwaukee council safety report from two weeks ag