Milwaukee WI

Great barbecue takes patience, and the best pitmasters in Wisconsin know it starts long before the doors open. All across the state, smokehouses fire up their pits early so the brisket, ribs, and pulled pork have hours to turn tender and smoky. From a gas-station counter in East Troy to...

MILWAUKEE — One month into the new school year, Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) still has 51 teaching vacancies left to fill. Over the summer, MPS expanded its recruitment efforts to Chicago, where hundreds of teachers were recently laid off. The district held a two-day recruitment fair in Wrigleyville over...

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man, who prosecutors said choked a woman and pointed a gun at her in front of two children before engaging in a two-hour standoff with police in April 2026, has been sentenced. Plea and sentencing. In court:. Court records indicate Tracy Suggs pleaded guilty to misdemeanor...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — A 7-year-old is expected to survive after being struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon in Milwaukee. According to the Milwaukee Police Department, the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. near West Lisbon Avenue and North 37th Street. A preliminary investigation found that a vehicle was making...

Routine car maintenance took an unexpected turn in Wisconsin when a four-foot boa constrictor turned up nestled in an engine compartment.

WHITEFISH BAY - The Whitefish Bay Police Department responded to two incidents of a suspicious person approaching two girls on Sunday, Sept. 20. According to the Whitefish Bay Police Department, at about 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, officers responded to two separate reports of suspicious behavior involving a male drivi

The monarch butterfly was prepped for the procedure – its body cooled and secured on a slotted tray, wings placed in protective sleeves, thorax half-covered with a glass slide – and at 2 p.m. Sept. 4 it was “go time” at the Urban Ecology Center’s Washington Park branch in Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) – Family members and friends gathered near the intersection of Layton Blvd. & Greenfield Ave. in Milwaukee on Sunday night, just a day after a 16-year-old was shot and killed in the area. According to Milwaukee police, the shooting happened shortly before 5 p.m. on Saturday,...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — In a world where words can be typed, sent, and forgotten with the tap of a screen, one Milwaukee man is taking a slower and more intentional approach to putting them on paper. John Contreras, better known as Johnny Types Ink, calls himself a community...

Some places in Milwaukee have been around so long that they feel woven into the city itself. One of them has been making its own recipes since the 1880s, and folks still travel across the country just to fill a basket there. It is part working factory, part old-world market,...