19-year-old visiting from Mississippi drowned helping 2 children at McKinley Beach
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The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office and family on Sunday, July 19 identified a 19-year-old man who drowned in Lake Michigan Saturday night while trying to save two children. Family said Jvarius Bankhead was in town from Mississippi to visit his father, and a trip to the beach turned tragic.

Dive team crews pulled man out of water near McKinley Beach
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A dramatic scene unfolded Saturday night, July 18 along Milwaukee's lakefront. FOX6's cameras captured dive team crews pulling a man from the water near McKinley Beach -- just outside of McKinley Marina.

MCSO: 19-year-old man drowns helping 2 children to shore near McKinley Beach

MILWAUKEE -- A 19-year-old man died after he was pulled from Lake Michigan Saturday night, July 18 -- after sheriff's officials said he helped two children to safety.Officials were called out to the lakefront near McKinley Marina shortly before 9 p.m.MCSO officials said three family members were wading in the water of McKinley Beach — two of them children.

Milwaukee man charged in fatal stabbing of 48-year-old woman near 29th and Highland

MILWAUKEE -- A 35-year-old Milwaukee man is charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 48-year-old woman near 29th and Highland on Sunday, July 12.