Morning. Partly sunny, windy and bitter cold on wednesday with a high around 12 and wind chills between 5 and 15 all day. Getting even colder on thursday with morning wind chills in the 25 range. High temperatures will only reach the Single Digits. Snow returns to the forecast friday and saturday. Significant accumulation possible, but too early for specific amounts. Stay tuned. Wednesday partly sunny, windy and bitter cold. High 12 wind nw 1525 mph a drop in the temperature means a need for help sky rockets. Shelters are adding hours to keep up with demand. Fox 6s ashley sears explains. Is out in it 14 19 it was miserable. Especiallyif that is one of your only options. 14 21 i didnt have anywhere to go, just walking around. Brian brown knows the pain of the bone chilling cold. He used to be homeless. Brown eventually found help at repairers of the breach. Hes now a cook here and helps others in need. 16 57 when they come here i make them feel warm welcomed and loved. Hes now working d
Traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays bitter cold temperatures mean efforts are underway to keep the homeless safe in milwaukee county. Some shelters have extending their hours. Deandra corinthios is live near repairers of the breach, near 14th and vliet. Efforts are underway to make sure those in need are safe. When temperatures hit 10 or below, the shelter opens back up overnight the demand for help spikes this time of year. Repairers of the breach has been busy. On monday night12 people passed through, tuesday afternoon more than 100. That number is expected to grow as the cold air sticks around. Staff are working extra hours. Putting out food, scarves and hats. We greet them, offer them a hot shower, a hot cup of coffee, a hot meal, pillow and a place to sit. , sometimes they put the chairs together and lay down. At about 11 oclock things settle down and we might even put a movie in and go through the night in warmth if you are in
To know surprise to anyone, this past weekend lengthy storm made driving conditions slick. And road deicings with a major priority for the milwaukee region. A timely 20,000 ton shipment of deicing salt came into the port of milwaukee this morning. Always good to have enough salt. Wayne johnson says the shipment comes from canada. He says 500 trucks a to be filled with assault to help keep the roads clear. We shipped salt out to municipalities in a 0 mile radius. They have to restock supplies. A portion will be bagged and sold for families and businesses to use. Now the port of milwaukee they expect 3 to 4 more shipments before the end of the year. Okay. Thank you. Greenfield fire and rescue responds to a scary crash involving a plow and a woman driving the wrong way on the interstate. Theyre. Alix 43. Officials on scene say both drivers are extremely lucky no one was seriously hurt t driver the car is charged with d. U. I. And reckless endangering safety. 55yearold man snow on the nort
Morning is partly cloudy with lows near 10 along the lake, and Single Digits inland. The wind is light, but wind chills are slightly below zero. Today will be mostly sunny, breezy and cold with highs in the low to mid teens, and wind chills near 0. Under a clear sky tonight, lows will be in the single zero, with wi cto 15. Were following developing news out of milwaukees northwest side. Where a 15yearold girl was shot and killed. Family and friends are grieving Melanie Johnson as they wait for answers. Police say shots were fired from Silver Spring drive. Theyre investigating if a car was involved. Johnsons big sister has this plea. 19 43 03 put the guns down. Put the guns down theres too many kids losing their life by nonsense violence. Put the guns down please. 11police are investigating whether someone was targeting the 15 year old. Happening today a former Kenosha County sheriffs captain accused of Sexual Assault heads to court for his arraignment. The victim home in pleasant prair
Near 0. Under a clear sky tonight, lows will be in the Single Digits, above and below zero, with wind chills to 15. Incident 94 south at drexel out of traffic drive times on timetraffic is light speeds at or above posted it will at a Milwaukee High School today. A bullet flew into a home on the citys north side killing a 15 year old classmate. Right now Milwaukee Police are trying to figure out if the teenager was the intended target. Ann sterling is live with more. Were here live at John Marshall high school. Melanie johnsons family says the teen was on track to graduate from the 15 year old was killed yesterday evening shot inside her home. And right now police are trying to figure out who did this,the shooting happened just before 6 p. M. At 35th and Silver Spring drive. Police say shots were fired from outside the family home and right now they dont know if the teen was at the wrong place at the wrong time. But they are investigating if there was a car involved and if someone was t