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Proof and Hearsay
"Crime, courts and legal issues in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin."
Author: All are reporters for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. John Diedrich is the federal courts reporter, Mike Johnson is the suburban courts reporter, Marie Rohde and Linda Spice are Milwaukee County suburbs reporters, and Jacqui Seibel is the police, crime trends and juvenile justice reporter.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • States • Wisconsin • Legal News Publication
Recent Posts from Proof and Hearsay
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Support for Waukesha's bilingual school
Georgia Pabst blogs about parents concerned about the possible closure of White Rock Elementary School in Waukesha. The school is a magnet for many of the district's Spanish-speaking students, with about 70% of the students…
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White Rock parents protest
Many White Rock Elementary School parents have voiced objections to the proposed closing of the Waukesha school that's largely Latino and offers a bilingual program. Diamantina Gutierrez, secretary of the school's PTO and the parent…
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Police-chief stories and the race to be gov
The Ed Flynn-Jessica McBride affair is back in the news, and so is the race for governor. Both subjects are on the agenda for "Sunday Insight with Charlie Sykes," and I'm honored to be on…
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Groups ask Obama to ban Fort Hood gun
More than two dozen anti-gun violence groups have asked President Barack Obaman to ban further importation of the type of handgun used in the Fort Hood massacre. In a Thursday letter to the president, the…
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Milwaukee's Own Oprah hangs it up.
Oprah is ending her syndicated network show in 2011 and moving to cable. As the date grows closer, most of the media will likely pay tribute to her spectacular career as a ground-breaking female African-American…
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Suspect in custody in fatal shooting
A 22-year-old man suspected of killing another man Thursday night in a shootout inside an apartment building on Milwaukee's west side is in custody, a Milwaukee police spokesman said Friday. The suspect was arrested about…
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Lending a hand for Thanksgiving
For the 40th year in a row, the Council for the Spanish Speaking Inc., will pack up and distribute Thanksgiving food boxes to an estimated 1,800 low-income families. This afternoon beginning at 3 p.m., volunteers…
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What about clean dishes?
All I want for Christmas is Cascade. I understand the state's decision to effectively ban phosphorus in detergents beginning in July. It’s not that I am a fan of the stinky algae that it apparently…
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Proof and Hearsay
Crime, courts and legal issues in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin
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Raising Kane
Columnist Eugene Kane offers perspectives on the news, social issues and anything else that captures his interest


