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  • Milwaukee-area freeway shuts down after rollover crash

    MEQUON - The Ozaukee Co. Sheriff's Office has shut down I-43 northbound after a rollover crash. Flight for Life was headed to the scene of the crash, which happened just before 9:00 p.m. Monday night. TODAY'S TMJ4 reports that a vehicle struck a center barricade at the Milwaukee-Ozaukee Co. line. At least one person may have been injured. Check back for more details on this ...

  • Jobs program gives Milwaukee teens real-world experience

    With youth unemployment hitting 24.5% nationally in May, several Milwaukee teenagers are getting real-world work experience this summer, thanks to the St. Charles Youth and Family Services Youth Employment Services program, ...

  • How can Potawatomi keep you safer after shooting on casino floor

    Shooting at Potawatomi Casino MILWAUKEE – Questions are swirling about the way security officers handled a shooting at Potawatomi Bingo Casino. Never before has a shooting taken place on the casino floor, according to a spokesman. Patrons describe the scene as chaotic. "All of a sudden, people started stampeding--that’s all I can say," said Linda Schmit, who was at ...

  • Homeowners see pine trees withering away and dying

    WAUKESHA - People living in Waukesha have a mystery on their hands. Dozens of homeowners say they've watched their pine trees wither away and die. Scott Barrowclift is one of the residents who's had to cut down several pine trees on his property because they are sick. He said trees on his property aren't the only one's that have turned brown. "On Sunset I've ...

  • Water rescue in Kenosha

    KENOSHA - A dive and rescue team has been called out to a location in Kenosha to assist two people there who went into water. TODAY'S TMJ4 has learned it happened at Lake Michigan near 51st Place. Initial reports say a man went into the water to help out a woman there. The Coast Guard has been called to the scene, and police and fire crews also came to ...

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The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) [DVD]

The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) [DVD]

Henri-Georges Clouzots existential suspense classic The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) opens in Las Piedres, a village in a poor, unnamed country somewhere in the heart of South America. It is a lost, dilapidated place of nearly suffocating heat where naked chi ... ...

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  • Testimony as 14-year-old accused of killing friends great-grandmother

    SHEBOYGAN - Nathan Paape is on trial for murder as an adult at just 14 years old. Prosecutors say Paape and his friend killed that friend's great-grandmother with a hatchet and hammer for money. However, defense attorneys aim to persuade the jury that friend Antonio Barbeau was the primary planner and attacker. "What Nate never told agent Wilson is that he ever intended to kill ...

  • Milwaukee police officer accidentally shoots wounds car theft suspect 2nd suspect escapes

    MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police say an officer accidentally shot and wounded a car theft suspect while arresting him. A second suspect escaped Monday. WTMJ-TV (http://bit.ly/19e2ePY) reports the suspects robbed two people of their car and money. Police found the stolen vehicle with the suspects inside, but the men started running. Police caught one of the suspects. During the arrest, police say ...

  • Civil War hero from Delafield may get Medal of Honor

    One hundred and fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, efforts to award a Medal of Honor to a Civil War hero from Delafield who died on the Gettysburg battlefield have moved a step forward. An amendment to award Lt. Alonzo Cushing the nation's highest honor passed last week in the House of Representatives as part of the National Defense Authorization Act and now requires U.S. Senate ...

  • Potawatomi shooting suspect has long criminal history

    Shooting at Potawatomi Casino MILWAUKEE - TODAY'S TMJ4 has learned that Milwaukee Police arrested a 27-year-old man at the scene of the shooting at Potawatomi Casino in the Menomonee Valley. His arrest for recklessly endangering safety and carrying a concealed weapon this weekend is not the first time he's been in trouble. Court records show he's been found guilty of ...

  • Madeline Island plane crash victims from W Wis.

    are related and from the La Crosse area. Sheriff Mick Brennan says autopsies are being done Monday after the victims' bodies were recovered from the crash wreckage on Sunday. The Piper Comanche went down south of a runway on the island in northwestern Wisconsin Saturday evening and became engulfed in flames. Brennan says the two men were the only occupants. They have not been identified ...

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