I think the biggest lies that I used to tell myself often were “I have no choice” or “this is just how things are”. However,
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Author: Daniel Thompson
I’m a proud #journalist, #musician and #HalfricanAmerican (African American and Caucasian).
County Public Health hosting monkeypox vaccination clinic at 3 today (Thursday)
KENOSHA ⏤ Kenosha County Public Health announced early this morning (Sept. 8) that it would hold a monkeypox (MPV) vaccination clinic today starting at 3
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN follow through
I’ll be completely honest with you guys, most days the thought that repeats in my head is, “I don’t want to do this.” However, every
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Thompson’s Take: Mental health, drug addiction and a need to do more
Lately, when I consider the Observer, why I founded it and my experiences professionally and in life, I think I started on the wrong foot,
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Inside the Mind: ‘Where have you been?’
KENOSHA ⏤ It has been a long time since I’ve let you inside my mind, my friends. For that, I do sincerely apologize. However, I’d
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ICYMI: Recent performances around Kenosha
KENOSHA ⏤ Recently, I had the pleasure of catching the performances of my friends Would You Kindly?, Violet Wilder and Spirit Shakers, as well as
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Second Baptist Church to host free vaccination clinic Sunday (Feb. 20)
KENOSHA ⏤ Second Baptist Church, 3925 32nd Ave., will host a free, open-to-the-public COVID-19 mobile vaccination clinic tomorrow, Feb. 20. The clinic will run from
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County: Public Health hosting vaccination clinic Wednesday morning (Feb. 9)
KENOSHA ⏤ Kenosha County Public Health will be hosting a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the ELCA Outreach Center ⏤ 6218 26th Ave. ⏤ tomorrow,
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Around the Scene: Get out to Public Craft and Kenosha Creative Space (playlist)
KENOSHA – While musicians have a chance to start off their week at Rustic Road and Kenosha Fusion on Monday nights, Public Craft Brewing and
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Cold Nights, Warm Lights: Photos from recent open mics
KENOSHA ⏤ Over the winter months, it sometimes seems as though musicians, like certain other types of life on Earth, hibernate. However, while cold weather
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A YAR grant, a KAC donation, and a reminder from Kenosha County
KENOSHA ⏤ This past week’s news in the Kenosha community you may have missed includes a Youth as Resources grant reminder, a donation to Kenosha
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‘Framing and Sobriety’: An observation on how one affects another (podcast)
KENOSHA ⏤ As of Jan. 1, 2022, I am officially five years sober from alcohol, after roughly also a decade of alcoholism/binge drinking. However, while
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Thompson’s Take: A return to the Golden Rule concerning respect
KENOSHA ⏤ We need to, as a society, go back to sticking to the Golden Rule in an unflinching and aggressively positive way when it
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The Social Observer: Recent videos and posts by or with the Observer elsewhere
KENOSHA ⏤ Over the last month, the Uptown Observer been very social. The Observer spoke with Kenosha County Sheriff candidate Tyler Cochran, viewed a presentation
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Thompson’s Take (Opinion): A confession, a new community perspective, a new start
KENOSHA ⏤ I remember my first day covering any government meeting in any community. In October 2012, I walked into the Kimball County Courthouse in
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Observer Captures Kenosha (photos): Spirit Shakers, Lunar Lizard and Earthmother at Fusion
KENOSHA ⏤ Fusion hosted one of the best music lineups possible in the city last Saturday, Oct. 30: Spirit Shakers, Lunar Lizard and Earthmother. The
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Kenosha County Opioid Task Force warns against wide presence of fentanyl
KENOSHA ⏤ The Kenosha County Opioid Task Force is warning residents of the presence of fentanyl in “many illegal drugs and counterfeit prescriptions” locally. In
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Update: KCSD names suspect in Bristol deputy-involved shooting
BRISTOL ⏤ The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department has identified the suspect in a Thursday deputy-involved shooting in Bristol as Allen M. Brown, 33, of Countryside,
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Deputies shoot suspect after he shoots sheriff’s department K9
BRISTOL ⏤ Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department deputies shot a fleeing suspect after he shot the department’s K9 officer at a gas station in Bristol Thursday.
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Observer Conversations (Video): CUSH, Dr. Cummings attempt to counteract racial bias through Common Read
KENOSHA ⏤ What’s something we all have, but few admit to? The answer ⏤ or at least one of them ⏤ is bias. As the
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