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Staffers for ex-Speaker Chatfield back in court over alleged financial misconduct scheme
EAST LANSING — Anne and Rob Minard, who were key staffers for former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield when he led House Republicans in 2019 and 2020, were back in court Thursday as state attorneys begin to lay out their case alleging the couple misappropriated funds tied to social welfare nonprofits and political campaign committees. ...
Sterling Heights becomes sister city with Iraqi town to promote Chaldean ties
Sterling Heights will become a "sister city" with an Iraqi town that is about 90% Chaldean, an ethnic group that has a sizable presence in the Macomb County city. The partnership illustrates how Chaldeans, Iraqi Catholics, are working to preserve their heritage while helping grow a city that has the highest percentage of Iraqi Americans in Michigan. The city council in Sterling Heights voted unanimously Tuesday to establish a sister city agreement with Ankawa, a suburb of...
Donald Trump back in Michigan on Aug. 26 for National Guard Association conference
(FOX 2) - Less than a week after visiting Michigan, former President Donald Trump will be back in the state for another campaign event - this time at the National Guard's General Conference Exhibition at Huntington Place. Trump will be in Detroit on Monday for the final day of the...
Construction suspended on 4 mid-Michigan dams
MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) - The Four Lakes Task Force updated its timeline for suspended construction on four mid-Michigan dams. This comes following the dam failures back in 2020. The suspension is due to an ongoing legal battle that stopped work on the Edenville Dam back in June. Now, work on the...
Mammoths Blank Hoppers, 3-0
UTICA, Mich. – The Westside Woolly Mammoths (22-17) defeated the Eastside Diamond Hoppers (21-21), 3-0, on Thursday night at Jimmy John’s Field, as the battle for the no. 1 seed goes on. Karter Fitzpatrick started on the mound for the Mammoths and tied a USPBL record, striking out...
Macomb County groups send students back to school in style
A local church and AMVETS organization are doing away with back-to-school dread for students, as one is collecting backpacks and the other is hosting a party to start the school year off right. Back-to-School Bash. A Back-to-School Bash will be held at Francois Maconce Elementary School in Ira Township on...
Michigan man charged in fatal wrong-way crash on I-75
WAYNE COUNTY, MI – A Michigan man has been charged a year after he caused a fatal wrong-way crash on I-75 in Detroit. Damien Eldridge Thomas, 42, of Detroit was charged with operating while intoxicated causing death and reckless driving causing death on Friday, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced.
Have you seen Monteaz? Detroit Police search for 15-year-old boy who left home without permission
Detroit Police said Monteaz Varner was last seen Thursday (8/22) at his home on Tierman at Dolphin, in the area of Outer Drive and Warren Avenue. His family said he left without permission and has not yet returned.
The Detroit Jazz Festival, Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center and this year’s poster artist Jess Fendo | American Black Journal
The Detroit Jazz Festival, the world’s largest free jazz festival, is coming this Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30 – Sept. 2. The star-studded lineup features local, national and international musicians. This year’s festival will be celebrated alongside the grand opening of the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at...
Board of Trustees meeting, August 26
Notice of Regular Meeting of the HFC Board of Trustees. The Henry Ford College Board of Trustees Meeting for August 26, 2024 will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Rosenau Board Rooms in the HFC Administrative Services and Conference Center (ASCC). The meeting will be recorded, and the video of...
Detroit’s ‘super highway’ for Black filmmakers
Yesterday, I talked to Bruce Clifton, a Detroit native and founder of Autumn Sun. The nonprofit, which works to create platforms for Black artists, is hosting its first in-person HBCU Student Invitational Film Competition and Festival tonight at Newlab next door to Michigan Central in Corktown. Student creators from historically...
MacDonald Public Library in New Baltimore names new director
MacDonald Public Library in New Baltimore will soon welcome a new director. The library’s Board of Directors recently announced the hiring of Kristen Valyi-Hax, who has accepted the position and plans to start in early October. She is currently the director at the Harper Woods Public Library and has over 25 years of public library experience. She previously worked as a reference librarian at MacDonald Public Library.
‘Save the Bricks’: The future of red bricks on Michigan Avenue in Corktown
DETROIT – There’s word on the street that the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is moving ahead with a road project along Michigan Avenue in Corktown. It’s the city’s oldest neighborhood, and you may sometimes find yourself every year lining the street in a sea of green the Sunday before St. Patrick’s Day for the parade.
Driver hits woman crossing Detroit-area street, police say
(CBS DETROIT) - A 42-year-old Michigan woman is in critical condition after she was hit while trying to cross a Metro Detroit street early Wednesday morning. At 4:32 a.m., Clinton Township police responded to eastbound Metro Parkway near northbound Gratiot Avenue after receiving a report of a crash involving a pedestrian. Investigators learned that a gray 2017 Kia Sportage was traveling eastbound in the left lane of Metro Parkway when it struck a pedestrian who was crossing the road. The pedestrian, a Clinton Township woman, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police notified the victim's family. The Kia driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with the investigation. No other injuries were reported. Police say they do not believe drugs or alcohol were factors in this crash. The Clinton Township Police Department is asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the department at 586-493-7802 or Detective Lieutenant C. Allis at 586-493-7935.
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