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Security managers at Milwaukee’s airport hope this isn’t a trend. TSA agents say they’ve seized 20 guns at the airport’s checkpoints so far this year. That’s up from 11 in 2020 and 16 back in 2019. Most of the people caught with a gun say they simply forgot it was in their bag. Carrying a gun into the airport usually ends with a four-thousand-dollar fine and could lose some people some of their flying privileges.

A western Wisconsin woman is looking at charges after police say she stole over 100-thousand-dollars from her local youth softball league. Whitney O’Neil, from Ellsworth, is looking at five felony counts of theft in Pierce County. Police say she stole over from the Ellsworth Baseball Softball Association between 2015 and 2019. She’s accused of spending the money on herself. Investigators say she told them ‘the greed took over’ and she couldn’t stop.

There’s a manhunt in Racine for the suspect in a deadly home invasion. Police say it happened Monday night at a home on Racine’s southwest side. The victim was found inside, and he’d been shot to death. Racine Police are looking for a suspect in the case, but they don’t have a description. There’s also no word about motive in the case.

One set of parents in Menomonie schools are lawyering-up to try and get all kids and teachers to wear masks. Parent Thomas Pearson has asked for a due process hearing with Menomonie’s superintendent that could end with a new mask mandate. Pearson says Menomonie schools’ current mask policy that only requires masks for young kids doesn’t protect his child who has down syndrome. Pearson’s child is a first grader covered by the mask rules, but he still wants more. The

An Elm Grove man who walked out of jury duty because he says no one was wearing a mask will have to serve on a jury after all. Waukesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow yesterday sentenced Charles Wilkie to jury duty instead of a fine or jail time. Wilkie walked out on jury duty back in August, and he later told the judge he didn’t feel safe. Judge Dorrow said had he waited, and said something then, he would have been

Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to take the next step to make sure there’s never a backlog of untested sexual assault kits ever again. An Assembly panel yesterday heard from lawmakers and advocates who want a new law that sets timelines for how the kits are to be handled and processed. The plan would require hospitals to notify police within 24 hours of collecting DNA and would require police to send that kit to the state crime lab within 14 days.

Wisconsin’s attorney general is on the list of those calling on Congress to open hearings into just how bad social media is for young kids. A-G Josh Kaul joined AGs from all 50 states yesterday in calling for hearings into the ‘protection and safety of kids and teens using social media.’ The call comes after reports show Facebook and Instagram are harmful to young people’s mental health, particularly teenage girls. Kaul said it’s unacceptable for social media companies to profit

Wisconsin’s governor is not saying just which businesses are in-line for the latest piece of the state’s coronavirus stimulus money. Governor Tony Evers yesterday announced 75-million-dollars for diverse businesses and an equitable recovery. His plan would make money available as part of the Diverse Business Assistance Grant program or the Diverse Business Investment Grant Program. Wisconsin’s Ethnic and Diverse Business Coalition says the help will be welcome.

Mayors in the ‘Wisconsin Five’ cities are being ordered to cooperate with the investigation into last year’s election. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman last night told Green Bay’s mayor that he is one of five mayors who will be receiving a subpoena in the case. Gableman says he’s sent subpoenas to the mayors in Milwaukee, Madison, Racine, and Kenosha as well. All five cities received help from outside election groups, most notably the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life,

Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccination count continues to fall. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported that doctors and nurses handed-out just over 38-thousand doses last week. That’s down from 48-thousand the week before, and down from 71-thousand doses in one week at the end of August. So far, DHS says a little under 57-percent of people in Wisconsin have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.