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Photography students' work to be featured at WCCCD
Wayne County Community College District is hosting the Capstone Photography Project Exhibition of Excellence at the Brown and Juanita C. Ford Art Gallery at the Downriver Campus at 21000 Northline Road. This special exhibition will take place from August 6 through October 11 and it is open to the public....
Report: Metro Detroit Home Prices Reach All-time High in June
Metro Detroit home sale prices reached a new all-time high in June with the median home sale price up +7.1 percent year-over-year to $340,000, but sales overall slowed 15.1 percent, […] The post Report: Metro Detroit Home Prices Reach All-time High in June appeared first on DBusiness Magazine.
🛝 A dispatch from Milwaukee as you Giant Slide into the weekend
Happy Thursday. SaMya is on a well-deserved vacation, so I’m stepping in to guide you through the news and events you need — or just might want — to know about. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, don’t worry. We won’t pile on. We’ve got a Zen Center event and self-care shindig for you to check out in Get Busy, and you have the reopening of the Giant Slide to look forward to on Friday!
Voters to choose candidates for November election
GROSSE POINTES — In the Grosse Pointe Times’ coverage area, voters will decide during the Aug. 6 primary who will represent their party in the November general election in federal, state and county races. Wayne County voters are also being asked to weigh in on a parks millage renewal and auditor selection, and voters in the Grosse Pointe Public School System are being asked to decide on an operating millage restoration and extension. Candidates were asked, in 75 words or fewer, to state their top goal(s) if elected. If a candidate went over the word limit, (…) replaces the rest of the answer. The answers are printed verbatim except where material is omitted due to personal attacks or items we know to be false or that are blatant misrepresentations. For uncontested races, only the names of the candidates are listed.
Jurors in Samantha Woll murder trial resume 5th day of deliberations
Detroit — Jurors have begun deliberating in their fifth and likely final day in the murder trial against a man accused of killing Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll, after telling a Wayne County judge three days in a row that they were deadlocked. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Margaret...
Why some Michigan doctors are taking a new approach to primary care
Dearborn — Dr. Ali Rida said he became a primary care doctor because he wanted to care for his patients at the most fundamental level. But a year and a half later, he left. After late nights filing administrative notes to insurance companies and feeling lost in the health care industry "machine," Rida decided the modern-day primary care industry was not allowing him to be the doctor he wanted to be.
3-Year-Old Was Tortured to Death by His Mother, Who Then Hid His Body in Freezer for Months
A Michigan mother accused of torturing and murdering her 3-year-old son and then concealing the boy's body in a freezer pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Friday, July 12. Per a settlement agreement, Azuradee France, 33, agreed to be sentenced to 35 to 60 years for the death of Chayse...
Wayne County agrees to pay $7M settlement to family of man killed in jail
DETROIT -- The family of a man who was beaten to death in the Wayne County Jail last year will receive a $7 million settlement from Wayne County. According to the Associated Press, the county has also agreed to improve the way it serves inmates with disabilities and mental health issues as a result of the attack.
Prosecutor vows to ‘press on’ after split verdicts in trial of Samantha Woll’s alleged killer
A Wayne County, Mich., jury returned a mixed verdict on Thursday in the trial of a man accused of murdering Samantha Woll, a Jewish leader and well-connected Democratic Party activist, in Detroit on Oct. 21. The jurors found Michael Jackson-Bolanos innocent of first-degree murder but were deadlocked on charges of...
DTW rebuilding 67 bathrooms in McNamara Terminal -- occupied lights, shelves, stools, more
ROMULUS, Mich. – Detroit Metro Airport is completely stripping down and rebuilding 67 bathrooms in the McNamara Terminal. DTW officials said the upgrades include terrazzo tile flooring, lights that indicate whether stalls are occupied, sink step stools, oversized sinks, individual lighted mirrors, convenience shelving in stalls and urinals, and light-up entry signage.
Detroit Evening Report: Wayne County, Justice Department reach settlement over jail disability services
Wayne County has reached a settlement with the federal government over the treatment of inmates with disabilities. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison says the jail has a long history of failing to provide services...
Restroom renovations ongoing at DTW, first set opened in June
Travelers, look out for new and improved restrooms at Detroit Metropolitan Airport this summer. A multi-year initiative is bringing upgrades to all passenger-facing restrooms at the airport's Edward H. McNamara Terminal, the Wayne County Airport Authority announced Tuesday. The first set of 67 upgraded restrooms opened in late June, and restrooms will be closed on a rolling basis to avoid disruptions to passengers throughout the project. ...
Jury in Samantha Woll murder trial sent home, to resume deliberations Thursday
After their fourth day of deliberating, jurors in the Samantha Woll murder trial were sent home and told to return Thursday, taking a one-day break to accommodate a juror's child care issue. Since deliberations began last week in the trial of Michael Jackson-Bolanos, who is accused of fatally stabbing Woll in 2023,...
'They did nothing': Mom of boy who reported rape at Wayne Co. juvenile jail wants justice
The first phone call came with little detail the morning of March 15, 2023: Her son was hurt at Wayne County's juvenile jail and had been rushed to Children's Hospital. Stay put and wait for more information, detention staffers told her. Several hours passed. Then medical personnel called that evening and shared...
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