Evan Casey

2 days ago | wpr.org | Evan Casey

Eddie Edwards was getting ready for work Sunday morning when he heard the sound of glass shattering. "All I could hear was glass breaking, nothing but glass breaking," Edwards said. "Then I just hear people screaming, 'You got to get out of the building.'" After smoke billowed into his apartment when he opened his front door, he told his 16-year-old daughter and his girlfriend that they would have to climb down the back balcony. "I said, 'We got to go out the balcony way,'" he said.

3 days ago | apg-wi.com | Evan Casey

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5 days ago | wpr.org | Evan Casey

Milwaukee's top election official is planning to order one ballot per registered voter for future spring elections after some polling sites in the city ran short during the April election. Nine polling sites in Milwaukee ran out of ballots before polls closed on April 1, while 69 of the city's 180 polling sites experienced ballot shortages. Milwaukee Alder Milele Coggs said she and other alders were getting calls from voters on election day about problems they were facing at the polls.

6 days ago | wpr.org | Evan Casey

Bishop David Ricken of the Diocese of Green Bay watched on with excitement as Cardinal Robert Prevost was named the new pope from a balcony at the Vatican on Thursday. "American, he's American," Ricken exclaimed. "Oh my gosh, I can't believe this." "I don't think anybody expected that," he added. The Diocese of Green Bay organized a watch party shortly after white smoke could be seen from the Sistine Chapel, indicating a new pope had been selected Thursday.

6 days ago | wpr.org | Evan Casey

Mental health advocates in Wisconsin are worried about the impact of proposed cuts to trained counselors who support LGBTQ+ people when they contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Currently, anyone under the age of 25 can choose to speak with an LGBTQ+ trained crisis counselor through the 988 Lifeline. All they have to do is call 988 and then dial 3. They can also text the word PRIDE to 988, .