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But your sewage doesn't lie, COVID-19 case rates are declining in the city. By Jeramey Jannene - May 26th, 2021 01:13 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Milwaukee County COVID-19 vaccination rollout by census tract. Data from May 15th. Darker is higher. Image from Milwaukee County COVID-19 Dashboard. When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, Milwaukee County and the City of Milwaukee aren’t the slowest in the state. That distinction belongs to Taylor County, located west of Wausau in central Wiscons...

Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day celebrations return in 2021 By Gabrielle Mays and FOX6 News Digital Team Published  Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day celebrations back in 2021 Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration is a go for 2021 – and organizers expect this year's event to be the city's biggest since the pandemic. MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration is a go for 2021 – and organizers expect this year's event to be the city's biggest since the pandemic. It's also celebrating 50 years of fun, food, Black history and culture.  "Everyone is welcome at Juneteenth. It is not just a Black h...

West Virginia to mark Juneteenth with performances May 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will mark Juneteenth for the first time as a state holiday this year with a virtual performance from Montell Jordan. The R&B singer-turned-pastor is known for his 1995 pop hit “This Is How We Do It." The holiday on June 19 celebrates the day in 1865 that all enslaved Black people learned they had been freed from bondage. West Virginia's Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs announced the programming for the day on Thursday. The live-streamed event will feature...

Tweet A retired police officer wears his badge with a mourning band across it at the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. The names of 394 fallen officers have been added to the wall in 2020 and will be read during a virtual candlelight vigil Thursday evening as part of Police Week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) In a year that has already seen 126 police officers killed nationwide in the line of duty, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, decided to take a swipe at his state troopers—a fine way to close out Police Week, which honors police officer...

To mark its 50th anniversary, Milwaukee’s Juneteenth Day Parade and Celebration is set to take place Saturday, June 19. The parade will start at 8 a.m. from 14th and Atkinson and will travel to Burleigh and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The 2021 Juneteenth Parade will be broadcast live on Milwaukee’s TMJ4. The station is also producing historical and educational pieces to run during the 8-10 a.m. broadcast on June 19.Juneteenth Day commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. The world-wide event, dating back to June 1865, began when the Union soldiers landed at Galveston,...