Pre-policing days
Art Howell's nickname when he worked at McDonald's at 2100 Lathrop Avenue from 1978 to 1983 was literally "Chief," an omen for the official role he would later hold with the Racine Police Department. He's shown posing in this photo, at far-left, in his McDonald's uniform next to his sisters Sindy Howell-Stewart and Vanessa Oliver.
Submitted photo
April 1987: Investigating
Sporting a short afro typical of the times, Art Howell works with partner Dean Stanton in the early days of the Racine Police Department's gang-diversion unit.
MARK HERTZBERG, The Journal Times
October 1995: Community
Late landlord George Goodwater, right, tried to order police officers, including then-Sgt. Art Howell, left, from his property at 1111 Geneva St. during a walking tour Friday that involved trying to improve Racine's neighborhoods and housing conditions.