Good morning, Racine.

Prairie School junior Joshua Utley won the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for Wisconsin’s First District with his graphite drawing Cow in the Way — it will be shown in a tunnel at the US Capitol.

SC Johnson will host a free talk on AI on May 8 — Racine has launched a new bus banking website for contactless fares while local Habitat for Humanity groups merged to build more affordable homes.

A Racine police officer shot and killed an armed man near 17th and Franklin on May 4 after the suspect crashed his vehicle while trying to flee an arrest for a violent domestic incident (investigators from DCI and state patrol are reviewing the case) (the officer is on administrative leave).

The documentary CYCLE, which premiered May 4 at the Oriental Theater in Milwaukee, shows new evidence that does not match the official story of the 2019 shooting of Ty’Rese West in Mount Pleasant—details in the officer’s deposition and a long delay in informing West’s family are now fueling community calls for accountability.

Case High School senior Kaeden Saunders was accepted to the Air Force Academy and will attend college in Colorado Springs — he earned his pilot license on his second try and leads in the Civilian Air Patrol — showing his strong work ethic as he trains to become an Air Force pilot.