The Racine Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve 5Kevents LLC as the new management for Racine Civic Centre, starting Jan. 1, 2024.
it s going now at about 80 to 85 miles an hour as it approaches land. to the left of your screen you re seeing brownsville, texas, certainly getting inundated with winds and rain right there. not nearly as badly, though, as things are in south padre island. we actually tried to establish a picture there and could not get it linked up for you. lots of winds, look at those trees and people are driving on slick streets as hurricane alex approaches. we re keeping a very close eye on this. land fall expected sometime tonight or the early hours of tomorrow morning. developing right now, we re waiting for president obama to speak in racine, wisconsin. the president is holding a town hall meeting at the economy in racine memorial hall. the president is trying to reassure the american people that the economy is indeed headed in the right direction. as we wait for the president, let s bring in mike viqueira.