'Abusers count on isolation:' 'Safer at Home' not always the case for domestic violence victims

MILWAUKEE -- With families quarantining at home due to the coronavirus, domestic violence advocates worry victims who found relief at school might be stuck at home with an abuser.

Wisconsin receives $4.3M grant to provide meals for older adults amid pandemic

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday, March 24 $250 million in grants from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to help communities provide meals for older adults.

'It is not going good:' Boy roasts mom in hilarious journal entry on 1st day of homeschooling

VERONA, Ky. -- Leave it to kids to be brutally honest about their experiences-- especially if it's about their parents.Eight-year-old Ben from Verona, Kentucky wrote a savage journal entry about his first day of homeschooling with his mom.In a viral Facebook post by Candice Hunter Kennedy, she shared a snapshot of her son’s entry with the caption:“Y’all I’m dying!!!

Thank you signs popping up for first responders, essential services: 'I cannot imagine the stress'

FRANKLIN -- What started off as a small gesture of thanks has gone viral within communities across southeastern Wisconsin.Maybe you've seen them, small signs or big banners with little messages of tremendous.

Garth Brooks brought to tears during at-home concert on Facebook Live

DALLAS (NEXSTAR) — Country power couple Garth Brooks and wife Trisha Yearwood performed for more than three million people during an at-home concert Monday evening, March 23 on Facebook Live.In fact, so many people tuned in that the stream crashed the site, according to USA Today.It looks like the Facebook Live concert wasn’t posted in full — likely due to the technical issues.

Public celebrations for Holy Week, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter are canceled

MILWAUKEE -- The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has canceled all public celebrations for Holy Week, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter -- in all parishes.Archbishop Jerome Listecki issued the following statement on the Archdiocese website:

Milwaukee health officials target 'mainly the African American community' to stop COVID-19

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee health officials on Monday, March 23 said a majority of the positive COVID-19 cases live on Milwaukee's north side, and that they planned on sending outreach teams into neighborhoods to ask people to go home in an effort to stop the spread."I wanna make sure that our residents, particularly on the northern part of the city, are listening to what I'm saying," said Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. "Please, please, please do everything you can to keep your distance, literally, from other individuals.