Milwaukee mayor Barrett back at work after being beaten while intervening in domestic dispute

September 14th, 2009 Man accused of attacking mayor pleads insanityMILWAUKEE — The man accused of attacking Milwaukee's mayor last month has pleaded insanity to four charges, including first-degree reckless injury. The lawyer for Anthony J.

September 7th, 2009 Milwaukee man arrested in connection to 9 deathsMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police have arrested a man in connection to slayings of nine women dating back to 1986. Police Chief Edward Flynn said Monday that 49-year-old Walter E.

August 27th, 2009 Milwaukee mayor doesn't rule out run for governorMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who has been hailed as a hero since he was beaten while coming to the aid of a grandmother calling for help, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he isn't ruling out a run for governor. But Barrett said he doesn't expect to make a decision for at least a month and is focusing on his health and his mayoral duties.

August 24th, 2009 Wis. teen accused in milk-dispute slaying in courtMILWAUKEE — A 14-year-old Milwaukee girl accused of fatally stabbing her step-grandfather in the neck after he poured her milk down the drain is due in court for a preliminary hearing. Labrina T. Brown has been charged in adult court with first-degree reckless homicide.

August 20th, 2009 Milwaukee man charged with attack on mayorMILWAUKEE — A criminal complaint says a 20-year-old Milwaukee man has admitted he "freaked out" when he attacked the city's mayor. Authorities charged Anthony J.

August 20th, 2009 Milwaukee rallies around its new hero _ the mayorMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee's mayor has bloody cuts on his face, smashed teeth and a fractured hand — but he's not exactly hurting politically. Ever since he confronted a metal-bar wielding man near the state fair, Tom Barrett has become a sort of urban folk hero, with T-shirts comparing him to Superman or saying "Our Mayor Ain't No Cream Puff." President Barack Obama gave him a get-well call, and some are saying the status might help, at least temporarily, if he decides to run for governor.

August 19th, 2009 Milwaukee mayor to make 1st comments since beatingMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett plans to make his first public comments since being beat up by a man after answering a grandmother's cries for help. The 55-year-old mayor was attacked by the man as he tried to help the woman and her 1-year-old granddaughter near the Wisconsin State Fair on Saturday.

August 19th, 2009 Milwaukee mayor says attack got 'ugly' quicklyMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee's mayor said Wednesday his decision to intervene in a domestic dispute got "very ugly" quickly but he did what any good citizen should do even though it left him with a bloody scab on his face and his shattered right hand bound by a bulky cast. Tom Barrett spoke for the first time Wednesday about being attacked by a man as he attempted to help a woman and her 1-year-old granddaughter near the Wisconsin State Fair on Saturday night.

August 18th, 2009 911 calls released in Milwaukee mayor attackMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's niece told a 911 operator after seeing a man beat him up while he was answering a grandmother's cries for help that her uncle was "bleeding all over the place." The 55-year-old mayor was attacked by a man as he tried to help the woman and her 1-year-old granddaughter near the Wisconsin State Fair on Saturday. "My uncle just tried to step in and the guy took a stick to him and hit him over the head and he's bleeding all over the place," Barrett's niece told a dispatcher.

August 17th, 2009 Milwaukee mayor leaves hospital after beatingMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett went home from the hospital on Monday after a man shattered his hand and knocked two of his front teeth out as the mayor tried to defend a grandmother who was screaming for someone to call 911. His office said Barrett was at home resting comfortably and looked forward to returning to work.

August 17th, 2009 Milwaukee mayor recovers from pipe attack at fairMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was recovering Monday from wounds he received after a man beat him on the head with a pipe after the mayor tried to assist a grandmother screaming for someone to call 911. A spokesman for the mayor didn't immediately have an update on his condition Monday.

August 16th, 2009 Milwaukee mayor wounded after being hit with pipeMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was hospitalized with head and hand injuries on Sunday after he tried to assist a woman crying for help and was attacked by a man with a metal pipe near the Wisconsin State Fair, police said. Barrett was in stable condition at a local hospital and was alert and talking when he arrived there on Saturday night, Milwaukee police said.

August 16th, 2009 Milwaukee mayor hospitalized after pipe attackMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett remained hospitalized Sunday after a man attacked him with a metal pipe as the mayor tried to assist a grandmother screaming for help near the Wisconsin State Fair. Barrett, 55, was in stable condition at a local hospital with a fractured hand and other head and hand wounds, official said.

August 4th, 2009 Suspended Boston officer sues mayor, commissionerBOSTON — A Boston police officer suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. claims in a federal lawsuit that his civil rights have been violated.

May 8th, 2009 Danny Gokey, 'American Idol' crews visit MilwaukeeMILWAUKEE — "American Idol" finalist Danny Gokey is back home. And Milwaukee has a full day of events for him.