at potawatomi casino, colleen henry, wisn 12 news. joyce: colleen has investigated these kinds of crimes before. we learned, police don't specifically track casino-related crime, and potawatomi doesn't share its records. but there have been dozens of reports of robberies, both on casino property and people 12 news also learned potawatomi will issue checks if guests are worried about carrying cash, and casino guards will escort gamblers to their cars. kathy: new tonight, the state's top education leader throws his support behind milwaukee public schools' proposal to change its school calendar. mps wants to move the school year to begin in mid-august and end in late may. right now, state law requires all districts to begin september 1. mps needs special permission from the state to make the change. >> it may look like a small piece, but this is a big piece of the puzzle, making sure that this district has the ability to start school in a way that's going to impact student learning across the district. kathy: the mps school board will tak

in milwaukee, colleen henry, wisn 12 news. patrick: burrage may also face additional time for violating his probation. joyce: how to best rehabilitate youth in milwaukee county. that was the topic of a county board meeting this morning. right now, troubled male offenders are sent to lincoln hills in irma in northern wisconsin. but that facility is under investigation for allegations of abuse and neglect. county supervisors today heard from those in the community who work with youth every day about incarceration. >> we don't want to just build another facility. we cannot keep doing the same thing over and over and failing our children measurably. we need to do something different, and it start from the top. joyce: the governor earlier this weeek said he's open to having the state help pay for a new juvenile corrections center in milwaukee county. giving milwaukee residents more options for snow plowing this winter. that's the goal behind a decision by the common council starting next tuesday, the fee will drop from $50 to $10.

in waukesha, colleen henry, wisn 12 news. a maximum of 40 years in prison. joyce: a man and woman are found death inside a milwaukee duplex on the city's northwest side. police say when they arrived they found two children hiding , in a closet. 12 news' nick bohr is live at the home at 107th and appleton with the big story. are police releasing a motive? >> if they know they're not , letting on yet. police were called here to this home at 1:30 a.m. this mng decorations in that window. there was a report of shots fired and screaming heard from inside this unit. the first officers to arrive found two victims who'd been shot inside the home, a 36-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman. police say the officers tried life-saving efforts but both , victims died at the scene. police also found two children hiding inside, one 11, the other 16. neither of them was harmed. are related to the victims. the man's cousin told our hillary mintz this morning the man was a good father and the , woman was his significant other. >> it is unimaginable how frightening or how scare

in milwaukee, colleen henry, wisn 12 news. joyce: if convicted burrage may , also face additional time for violating his probation. tonight, an arrest after several threats are made against the wauwatosa police department. a spokesperson says several people called the department and threatened violence after the district attorney decided not to charge the wauwatosa officer who fatally shot jay anderson. the person who made the threats is being referred for charges. police tell us they are looking kathy: a local pastor arrested and charged with molesting young children. thomas chantry is the pastor at the christ reformed baptist church in hales corners. wisn 12 news' terry sater has been looking into this story all day long. he's live at the church. >> kathy this is chantry's , church, but to be clear the , criminal charges are not for anything done here in hales corners. they stem from accusations in arizona. pastor tom chantry is accused in arizona of molesting children where he served as a pastor at , miller valley baptist c

investigative reporter colleen henry has a story you'll see only on 12 news. >> an art deco gem, the ambassador has hosted the famous and the infamous. now a local burglar has added his name to the hotel's storied lore. >> walks right in, says hello to the security guard. >> once they discovered the burglary hotel staff went to the , surveillance vide through the hotel lobby like he owned the joint. >> he looked just like a normal hotel guest would look. >> the general manager jon jossart says the suspect made his way through the basement conference area into the bowels of the ambassador where he found , a set of master keys in the housekeeping area. he used the keys to steal about $5000 worth of property, including cash, cell phone and power tools. >> we change the locks. we rekeyed the entire guest room anything. >> jossart says police immediately recognized the guy in the video from an earlier prowling complaint and arrested him that night just a few doors from the hotel. police say he lives just a few blocks away. no one answered there friday the . the gm is just thankful police

investigative reporter colleen henry is live there with a story you'll see only on 12 news. reporter: the hotel security he walked through the front door like a guest. an art deco gem, the ambassador has hosted the famous and the infamous. now a local burglar has added his name to the hotel's storied lore. >> walks right in, says hello to the security guard. reporter: once they discovered the burglary hotel staff went to the surveillance video, there was another suspect. walking through the hotel lobby like he owned the joint. >> he looked just like a normal hotel guest away. >> jon jossart says the suspect made his way through the basement conference area into the bowels of the ambassador , where he found a set of master keys in the housekeeping area. he used the keys to steal about $5000 worth of property, including cash, cell phone and power tools. >> we changed the locks, we rekeyed the entire guest room floors and made sure there was no way anybody could access any 58 back end of the hotel or immediately recognized the guy in the video from an earlier prowling complaint

wisn 12 news colleen henry joins us and has the story. >> on facebook, 26-year-old donald kernan junior's dreamertopia investments promised to help clients create your business, build your wealth and live your dreams. , investor spencer paul is living a nightmare. >> it was all smoke and mirrors . there was no money behind it. >> kernan said he was starting up a social media/tech company. >> he just needed our money as capital to get a larger loan and felonies and paul is out nearly , $200,000. according to the complaint, paul first met kernan at this water street bar where he offered him , a risk-free opportunity to invest in dreamertopia, his company, and for $12,500, he we get a $5,000 profit. paul says kernan soon had another offer, he would pay 25% to 50% return if he could open lines of credit in paul's name prosecutors say kernan racked up $178,000 in charges. >> he was just getting hotels, trips to night clubs and restaurants and all this stuff. >> court records show investors from as far away as new york and washington state gave kernan money to invest and lost everything. prosec

as wisn 12 news' colleen henry reports, her family is asking for help to get her justice. >> she was the best, the best little sister, the best big sister. >> her family spent the day consoling each other and planning a memorial for a girl so young she couldn't yet drive. cracked glass, torn screen and curtains show where the gunfire penetrated the kitchen. the shooter was outside, the family inside, a bullet hit 15-year-old melanie johnson. >> they shot four times, and en dropped. several family members were there, including her 13-year-old sister twana. her last words was 'i'm trying.' , she was like stay with us. she was like 'i'm trying.' that's when she died. >> her family says melanie had no enemies. >> she was full of life. there wasn't a day that she could go without melanie making you smile, melanie making you laugh. she was a great babysitter. oh my god, i'm going to miss her so much. loss will be a wake up call for others. >> this one hits home. this is my little sister. i never expected to see my little sister on the news or put my little sister on a t-shirt. this can hap

. >> we have team reaction and we begin with colleen henry and the police video that was just released. >> we have the video from the police and we will not be minutes and you can see the officer approaching the car and he said that he ordered anderson to raise his arms. again, issues were in order and he believed that jane anderson was reaching towards his gun and the officer hit anderson five times in the head. you could not hear the audio on that recording. he says that he believes that the district attorney made the right decision. >> i have watched the video 20 times. i will watch it in slow motion, forward, backwards, and i could

the huge amounts of money police say he paid out and why investigators fear there could >> i am colleen henry -- it is one of milwaukee's most historic and storied properties did we will tell you where the ambassador hotel had to change all the locks. kathy: join us for all new stories tonight at 6:00 p.m. patrick: let's go to mark. give us a lowdown. toya: i don't even want to start the conversation, but we have to. this is not just our first little snowfall. this is major stuff. mark: we will have a fair amount of s chance of a white christmas, because this is not going to go anywhere. a lot of people are excited about it. many of you, not necessarily. let's work it all out, let you know when you can get outside, do your christmas shopping before you have to worry about the snow, and why i think this is not one that shuts anything down. slow to develop, saturday evening, we will get into the timing is just a second. it will last a long time, 24 hours or so. get ready, the arctic blast is through the day on sunday. normally, you cannot have that happen, when last so long. snow begins, 6:00 p

>> there he is. >> this is colleen -- >> colleen, you're ed's sister, give us a sense of what it was like to grow up with ed henrypy? >> he's always a lot of fun and good big brother. >> you remember colleen, do you remember the puppy in the box as well as ed does? >> do you remember the puppy story? >> no, the puppy story i don't remember. the bicycle story i do. >> she tried to block it out it was traumatic. >> one family tradition you all have is opening pajamas, can't open any christmas gifts until christmas day but on christmas eve you open pajamas. >> when i was a child, no matter how poor or rich, my mother always made sure we had christmas pajamas and that was the only one we were allowed to open on christmas eve and i kept the thing going and so did my sister. now colleen does it, last night we opened up our presents and we all right now have brand-new pajamas on. >> you're not wearing yours. >> they are here in a box. >> that's my present i think. >> he told us he got zero presents yesterday. >> i didn't get anything. >> we're all excited mom about your upcoming cooking show. we'll have a date on that.