Waiting for a verdict

A jury deliberated until 11:30 p.m. on the case of Jeremiah Felton. After the guilty verdict was read and court was adjourned, some jurors received concerning text messages on their cell phones. Security was heightened and all jurors and court employees were escorted to their vehicles by sheriff deputies. After an investigation the next day, it was determined that the messages were not a threat.

Jeremiah Felton stands with his defense attorneys, Tayyibah Sethi, left, and Jacqueline Rogers, right, as the jury enters the courtroom before handing over their guilty verdict on the count of first-degree intentional homicide at the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay, Wis., late Monday evening, Oct. 26, 2009. Felton, 21, of Green Bay, had been accused of killing his 4-month old son, Jeremiah "J.J." Felton, Jr., in June 2008.

Two women in the courtroom gallery react to Jeremiah Felton being found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide at the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay, Wis., late Monday evening, Oct. 26, 2009.

Bailiff Bob Demro hands Judge Kendall Kelley a juror's phone after a concerning text message was sent to two of the jurors after the panel found Jeremiah Felton guilty of first-degree intentional homicide.

After conferring with Judge Kendall Kelley, Brown County Sheriff Sgt. Kirk Schupbach hands Bailiff Bob Demro a juror's phone after a concerning text message was sent to two of the jurors after the panel found Jeremiah Felton guilty of first-degree intentional homicide.

Brown County Sheriff deputies monitor the Brown County Courthouse after Jeremiah Felton was found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide at the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay, Wis., late Monday evening, Oct. 26, 2009. Two jurors received concerning text messages on their cellular phones after the verdict was read that caused courthouse security to take extra precautions. Felton, 21, of Green Bay, had been accused of killing his 4-month old son, Jeremiah "J.J." Felton, Jr., in June 2008.

Art for Life's Sake

Kim Thornborrow, an art therapist with HEAL (Helping Elevate thru Art & Love), transforms hospital rooms into temporary art studios for patients – often children – struggling with illness or disabilities. "I'm not very good with words," Thornborrow says. "But I can paint my feelings. And these children are better able at times to express themselves through their paintings."

Kim Thornborrow, founder of HEAL – Helping Elevate thru (sic) Art & Love – paints with cancer patient Lilyana Barthuly, 5, of Rosendale, at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wis., Friday afternoon, Oct. 9, 2009. Barthuly was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma in April 2008.

Barthuly shares a laugh with Thornborrow during the Oct. 9 painting session.

"The panda's eyes – they're brown like her eyes," says Thornborrow, referring to the eyes of a pediatric patient who painted the paintings she holds for a portrait at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wis., Friday afternoon, Oct. 9, 2009.

Pee-yew

Hazardous Waste Facility aide Matthew Colwell sweeps up after trucks delivered recyclables to the Brown County Materials Recycling Facility in Ashwaubenon, Wis., Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.

Environmental field trip

Luxemburg-Casco sixth-grader Zach VanRemortal searches for macroinvertibrates in a creek during an environmental field trip to Baird Creek Parkway in Green Bay, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.

TSA routine special operation

Unsure how something can be routine and special at the same time, but that's TSA's story and they're sticking to it.

Security personnel from the Transportation Security Administration and Federal Air Marshalls stand in the terminal area at Austin Straubel International Airport in Ashwaubenon, Wis., Tuesday morning, Oct. 6, 2009 during a routine special security operation conducted by the TSA.

Brown County sheriff's deputy Tim Newtols guides K-9 dog Enzo around a vehicle at a checkpoint.

State of Wisconsin Aviation

I found it funny that this story ran on "10-4."

Airframe and powerplant mechanic Gary Zimmerman works on a Mitsubishi MU-2, installing a new avionics package, at Jet Air Group in Ashwaubenon, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.