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Senior Staff Reporter

Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, BJ, BS; Marquette University, MA

Edgar Mendez is a senior staff reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. He won a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and 2014, 2017, and 2018 Milwaukee Press Club Awards for his reporting on taverns, marijuana law enforcement, and lead in water service lines.

In 2008, he won a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism. His writing has been published by the Associated Press, Reuters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and other media.

Honors & Awards:

2008 Society of Professional Journalists’ Regional Award
2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award
2014, 2017, and 2018 Milwaukee Press Club Awards

Milwaukee County sees progress in reducing the number of inmates in youth prisons

February 23, 2021 by Edgar Mendez Leave a Comment

Milwaukee County officials continue to make strides to drastically reduce the number of residents incarcerated in youth prisons.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

Groups, lawmakers push to ease expungement of low-level criminal convictions

February 17, 2021 by Edgar Mendez 2 Comments

A bipartisan group of legislators is launching a new effort to reform Wisconsin’s tougher-than-average expungement laws.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

‘The workload is through the roof’: How the closing of South Side station is affecting the Milwaukee Fire Department

February 5, 2021 by Edgar Mendez 5 Comments

Station 17 on the city’s far South Side is the seventh fire station to close in Milwaukee since 2018. Acting Chief Aaron Lipski says while resources have declined, demands for his department’s services have not.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

‘I watched her take on so many battles’: Community leaders reflect on the life of Maria Monreal-Cameron

January 20, 2021 by Edgar Mendez 1 Comment

Community members say Maria Monreal-Cameron, longtime CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin, was an outspoken leader and trailblazer. She died Monday.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News

How one project is helping women in the sex trade get off the streets and into stable housing

January 13, 2021 by Edgar Mendez 1 Comment

Not having access to stable housing inhibits women involved in the street-based sex trade from succeeding. The MPOWER project aims to help them overcome those obstacles.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Housing, Neighborhoods, News

Memorable stories of 2020: Basketball coach demands his students score on and off the court

January 1, 2021 by Edgar Mendez Leave a Comment

Pulaski/Carmen Southeast High School varsity basketball coach Melvin White demands his team excel in the classroom and on the court.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News

‘We’re still here, and that’s the great thing’: Lopez Bakery owner reflects on tumultuous 2020

December 22, 2020 by Edgar Mendez 1 Comment

Lopez Bakery, like many other small businesses, has struggled during the pandemic. But owner Cindy Lopez said she sees light at the end of the tunnel.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News Tagged With: coronavirus, covid-features

Despite reduced traffic, crash fatalities are up sharply in Milwaukee County this year

December 15, 2020 by Edgar Mendez 1 Comment

Milwaukee County has experienced 95 crash-related deaths so far this year, compared to 74 in all of 2019. Speed was a factor in the majority of those crashes.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

‘There’s a false sense of security’: We check in on four essential workers on the frontlines

December 4, 2020 by Edgar Mendez Leave a Comment

Since early in the pandemic, we’ve kept in touch with a group of essential workers, asking them to share, in their words, what working during the time of COVID-19 has been like for them.

Filed Under: Carousel, Economic Development, Home, Neighborhoods, News Tagged With: coronavirus, covid-features

Milwaukee County sets record for drug overdose deaths

November 25, 2020 by Edgar Mendez Leave a Comment

Milwaukee County has recorded 435 drug overdose deaths, with another 65 cases pending, according to data from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office. The total shatters last year’s record high of 418.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News

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