Now at nine remembering a milwaukee radio icon. Its going to be a great loss that hes gone on how eric vons legacy is being honored tonight. Plus more than double the legal limit. A 30yearold woman is accused of driving drunk and killing a motorcyclist. And its not her first arrest. Conviction was overturned. But he is not yet a free man. What the states now doing to try and keep him behind bars. We start tonight with the case of brendan dassey. He might have walked out of prison a free man in just weeks. But what happened today will stop that at least for now. Fox6s Myra Sanchick joins us live in the newsroom with the latest. Supporters of dassey were rejoicing after a ruling in his favor last month. Its a different old when he confessed to sexually assaulting and murdering Teresa Halbach in 2005. Dassey said his uncle steven avery was in on it. But was that confession coerced by investigators who fed statements to the mentally challenged teen. August 12th a motion filed on behalf of
Anything, he would have died. Reporter from the moment he was this man walk on to the bus, he anyhow something was wrong. He was crashing so hard, so fast you could just see it. Reporter the bus driver called security. When paramedics arrived leech says they had to use nar canto revive him. This is a benchmark here for the Milwaukee County. Reporter over the past week 18 people have lost their suspected drug related deaths contributing to the 10 spike the medical Examiners Office has seen throughout the year. The potency is increasing. Reporter the heroin epidemic stems back to a dozen years of prescription pain killer usening. People take opioids for a limit reason and then become addicted. Some turn to heroin because its cheaper and easier to find on the street. It starts off simple enough saved and taken to the hospital, leech wants those surg from addiction to realize how close it could have been. It happened to him. I mean, it happens everywhere. The Milwaukee County Transit Syste
The pipes that come from the water mains to the homes themselves. Krystle kacner joins us with details on a possible solution we know the mayor suggests water filters. If you want to filter your Drinking Water for lead. You need a certain type of filter. First of all. And thats one with a certain label on it nsw 53. That 53 is really important. It basically means lead will be filtered out of the water. Theres also a that filter that can make a difference. Pitchers or ones that hook to your faucet can be less expensive but have a shorter life span. They need to be changed out every 3 to 6 months. Otherwise they wont filter out the contaminants like lead. A longer Term Solution an under the sink filtration system. Which is a little more pricy. We spoke with local water experts today who not only create some of those filters. But test them to make sure theyre doing their what levels are coming into your home so its best just to take that precaution even if you think your waters safe you j
Now at 4 30 a full slate of High School Football on tap for tonight. The friday Football Frenzy getting underway. Chopper 4 giving you a live pre stadium where rufus king and milwaukee madison will squareoff. As fans get set to head out the door, the only question is. Will the weather hold up. No pressure, jesse. Meteorologist jesse ritka joins us with the weather. A cold front is approaching from the west which will increase the cloud cover this evening and bring a few isolated showers. The best showers comes after 9pm tonight and lingers into saturday morning, leaving a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain. Morning low temperatures will be in the mid60s. In southern kansas. Roads and schools are closed after storms dumped up to ten inches of rain. Crews have spent much of the day rescuing residents and their pets from their homes. A man and woman in ohio were arrested after overdosing in their car a fouryearold boy was in the back seat. We want to caution you that the photos youre a
Convictions of youth wrote a response on behalf of brendan dassey. It says we are disappointed in the states decision to prolong brendans case by seeing and appeal. Last month Steven Averys attorney filed a motion in averys case asking to retest the evidence in his case. Stephen averys attorney Kathleen Zellner tweeted tonight, she cant wait for the wisconsin ag to face the court to defend the confession, live in the newsroom Myra Sanchick fox6 news steph thanks myra the second of two young wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill a classmate has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease. Anissa weier changed her plea this morning in court. She previously had a not guilty plea to an attempted homicide charge. 14yearold weier and Morgan Geyser are each accused of stabbing a classmate 19 times. Trying to slenderman. A judge has appointed two doctors to examine weier on her mental status and turn in a report by october sixth. A uwwhitewater students life is cut short. He was hit and