Navy veteran Mitchell Gordon saw a social media video promoting a government refund website. Thinking it was real, he entered his personal information and paid $200. The next day, he tried to cancel. "All I wanted was the $200 back, so that's when everything started," Gordon said. The $200 los...
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The board overseeing the Mackinac Bridge announced Wednesday that its risk of collapse from a collision with a shipping vessel is lower than national thresholds, a new report found.The bridge was one of 68 structures across 19 states that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommende...
The latest development in the backlash against Flock cameras is underway in Westland.
Law enforcement officials honored fallen firefighter Emily Barker overnight. Barker, 38, was a Clinton Township native and was one of three firefighters killed responding to a wildfire near the Utah-Colorado border last month. Watch the procession in the video below Procession held as body of fal...
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A 38-year-old Clinton Township woman, who was among three firefighters killed while responding to a wildfire in western Colorado near the Utah border, was returned home early Thursday morning.Emily Barker, a member of the U.S. Forest Service Rifle Helitack crew, was assigned to the Knowles and Go...
Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news.Feds bust alleged Michigan child predator ‘Handsome Rob’ againA Clarkston man, who allegedly goes by ‘handsome Rob’ and was previously arrested in a child sex and human trafficking ...
President Donald Trump flew partway home from a NATO summit in Turkey on an old baby blue Air Force One plane instead of the new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted red, white and navy blue jet he arrived in, a surprise swap that came as the U.S. and Iran once again began trading strikes.Trump offered ...
The Detroit Lions playing in Detroit on Thanksgiving has become a tradition for generations, and this years, Lions fans can head right to Little Caesars Arena to see a college basketball game between two Hall of Fame coaches in the late afternoon.Tom Izzo and Michigan State will take on John Cali...
Detroit police say the teen disregarded a stop sign while going east on Vassar.
Navy veteran Mitchell Gordon saw a social media video promoting a government refund website. Thinking it was real, he entered his personal information and paid $200. The next day, he tried to cancel. "All I wanted was the $200 back, so that's when everything started," Gordon said. The $200 los...
The woman accused of fatally stabbing a 25-year-old man from Taylor last week has been charged with second-degree murder in the case.Heaven Daniels, 26, of Detroit, was arraigned at the 23rd District Court in Taylor on the murder charge and a secondary charge for tampering with evidence. In Michi...
Contractors renovating an apartment building on Detroit's west side made a gruesome discovery, and police are working to identify the remains.
For many of us, sitting is just part of the day, when you're at work, in the car, in meetings or on the couch. But new research suggests the health risk may not be sitting alone, it may be how long we sit without getting up, and even people who work out on the regular may need to think about how ...
After wrapping the belt around his 77-year-old grandmother's neck, he threatened to tighten it more, “next time."
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Gulf countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East. Back-and-forth attacks, including a day earlier, have repeatedly threaten...
Jordan Ellington was sentenced for assaulting his grandmother with a belt around her neck.
Its summer time and it can be a hectic time especially if all the kids are home. That also means your grocery bill is probably growing. But there is a new chrome extension that could potentially save you time and money with no additional steps. Watch Kiara Hay's Smart Shopper report below 7 Smart...
Global music superstar Bonnie Tyler, famous for her hits "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero," has died. She was 75.
Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad Total Eclipse of the Heart in 1983 and seeing new generations succumb to its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died. She was 75.Tyler died unexpectedly in a...
Months after organizing the 2025 Concert of Colors, festival founder and executive director Ismael Ahmed was already thinking about what to do next. He began envisioning the artist lineup for 2026 and brought back renowned Detroit cultural curator and producer Njia Kai to help organize Detroi...
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A first responder motorcade escorted the remains of fallen firefighter Emily Barker back to Metro Detroit early Thursday morning.
It’s another warm and increasingly humid day across Southeast Michigan, but the quiet weather won’t last long. Thunderstorms are expected to develop and become more widespread this afternoon and evening, bringing the potential for isolated severe weather before cooler, drier air arrives for the w...
Courtesy: Detroit Fire Department. A first responder motorcade escorted the remains of fallen firefighter Emily Barker back to Metro Detroit early Thursday morning.
The remains of firefighter Emily Barker was transported home early Thursday morning. Barker died battling the Colorado-Utah border wildfire on June 27.
The FBI said a Michigan man and former Cornell University Ph.D. student who was banned from an Ithaca, New York, church is now charged with cyberstalking after what investigators describe as years of harassing and threatening emails aimed at the church’s pastor and two female congregants.A Federa...
A Clarkston man, who allegedly goes by ‘handsome Rob’ and was previously arrested in a child sex and human trafficking sting operation out of Genesee County, is now accused of distribution of child pornography and receipt and possession of child pornography.A Homeland Security Investigations spec...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking anyone who has seen a gray fox, recently or years ago, to report the sighting.Recent research suggests gray foxes may be harder to find than previously thought, the DNR is asking the public to help locate them.The DNR will accept all re...
A majority of local officials in Michigan say the state is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new survey from the University of Michigan.The findings are based on statewide surveys of local government leaders taken in the spring 2026, and aim to serve as a “vibe check” to compare chang...
Families whose children attend a therapeutic preschool in Northville Township are racing to raise money to keep the program open after leaders say it can no longer sustain itself financially. Watch Christiana Ford's video report below: Parents rally to save Northville therapeutic preschool facing...
A cyclosporiasis outbreak is spreading across 18 states, with Michigan being the hardest hit. Cases in the state this summer are already 20 times higher than normal, with nearly 1,000 reported as of July 8, mostly in Southeast Michigan.The microscopic parasite causes an intestinal illness that ca...
DTE’s outage response after last week’s storms is continuing to leave some Metro Detroit residents frustrated and exhausted, even as the company’s CEO says crews are working to restore electricity across the region.DTE Energy CEO Joi Harris provided an update Tuesday, July 7, as thousands of cust...
The Saline Township Board of Trustees delayed a vote on a proposed tax abatement for Oracle's nearly $44 billion data center project after residents packed a meeting Wednesday to voice their opposition.The board asked for additional time to consider the concerns raised before making a decision. T...
Police in Detroit are working to identify skeletal remains found by a contractor in an apartment building.
All 22 chickens and two geese stolen from a Grosse Pointe Park nonprofit's educational farm over the Fourth of July holiday weekend have been found safe and returned home.The animals belonged to the Ribbons Farm 4-H Club and were kept at the Full Circle Foundation's garden in Detroit. Volunteers ...
Sources say a contractor doing renovation work found either all or part of a human skeleton in a vacant apartment building just before 11 this morning. It happened on South Clarendon where it meets Northfield around I-96 and Joy Road on the city’s west side.
Police have released new photos that they say show the moments before four Taylor police officers shot a man wanted in connection with an alleged robbery in Ohio earlier this week.The shooting occurred on Monday (July 6) in the parking lot of a Sheetz gas station on Eureka Road.According to Taylo...
Police are seeking information about a 75-year-old man who went missing in Detroit.Larry Malone has not been seen since he left his residence in the 5600 block of Bedford Street on Wednesday (July 8) and did not return home.He was last seen wearing a black knit cap with a small brim, gray shirt, ...
Attorneys spent much of the third day of the preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk arguing about which evidence the public should be able to see. In the midst of hours of debate between the prosecution and the defense, the court heard from a representative for the victim...
A 15-year-old boy is in custody in connection with the shooting of a 5-year-old boy who was struck by gunfire while riding his bicycle on Detroit’s west side.Detroit police Chief Todd Bettison provided the update during his weekly Walk A Mile Wednesday community event on July 8, saying the child ...
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