A 12-year-old from Rochester Hills was seriously injured after crashing an electric motorcycle into a parked pickup truck. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded around 8:24 p.m. on Thursday (Aug. 6) to the area of Dorfield Drive and Briston Drive after recei...
A person of interest connected to a fatal shooting on Detroit’s east side is in custody, police said. The Detroit Police Department had asked the public for help identifying the person of interest in connection with the Aug. 3 killing. The shooting happened at about 11:50 p.m. ne...
West Bloomfield police say a former Henry Ford Health doctor accused of sexually assaulting patients during appointments in Metro Detroit appears to be taking appointments in India, nearly a decade after investigators say he fled the United States while facing potential charges. ...
Communities across Oakland County are seeing public safety millages rejected by voters and Waterford Township is among them. Watch Jolie Sherman's report below Waterford Township hosting community meeting following multiple police and fire millages failing to pass Waterford Towns...
Three people who went missing during a tubing trip on the Muskegon River were found alive and safe after a dayslong search involving multiple law enforcement agencies, emergency responders and volunteers. Update: Body camera shows how DNR officers found missing Muskegon River tub...
A Clinton Township neighborhood is demanding action after a suspected party house crash left one woman's car destroyed and township leaders questioning whether a home was operating illegally as a short-term rental. Watch Evan Sery's report below Residents in a Clinton Township ne...
An emergency meeting is taking place in Orion Township after voters elected not to renew the township’s fire and police millages. Without that funding, EMS services would face serious setbacks and slower response times....
Hassan had been charged with forging a signature on an absentee ballot, election law forgery and false statement for an absentee ballot.
So far at the meeting they’ve discussed other options to get on the ballot come November. Two separate millages failed to pass; The police millage was a renewal of services and the fire millage was looking for an increase....
Orion Township officials are racing to craft new ballot language after voters rejected two public safety millages Tuesday, with a November deadline looming and residents citing tax fatigue as a driving force behind the defeats. Watch Jeffrey Lindblom's report below Orion Township...
Planet Detroit’s Voices column includes opinion pieces from our community of partners and readers. These pieces express the voices of the authors and not necessarily those of the publication. With wildfire smoke suffocating the state last month, the haze set an eerie tone. The st...
A North Carolina police officer was arrested and charged after it was found that she used the city's license plate reader cameras to track her boyfriend’s ex-wife....
A student opened fire at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding more than 20, according to authorities, who said he also appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier in the morning. The 14-year-old shooter too...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has denied Michigan’s appeal for individual assistance for the deadly tornadoes in March. FEMA also denied a statewide request for hazard-mitigation funding. Four tornadoes, ranging from EF-0 to EF-3, hit Branch, Cass and St. Joseph ...
A member of the U.S. Antarctic Program was rescued from Antarcticas McMurdo Station last week because of an unspecified medical issue. While flights to the region are common during the Southern Hemisphere summer, this mission took place during the dark, frigid winter. An Airbus A...
Mohammed Hassan faced a judge today and learned his fate.
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. Inflatable tubes found as search for missing women, child on Muskegon River continues Michigan State Police provided an update Thursday evening on the ongoing sear...
Inside the vehicle he pulled over, was a suspect with a gun. The man struggled with Cope and shot him three times at point-blank range.
Michigan State Police provided an update Thursday evening on the ongoing search for two women and a 9-year-old child reported missing after going tubing on the Muskegon River. Police say they are actively searching for Jazmin Hock, 28, of Muskegon; Sarah Vida, 28, of Muskegon; an...
Detroit police said officers seized over $16,000 worth of drugs, more than $3,000 in cash and a gun during search warrants in the city on Tuesday. Police executed search warrants in the 10300 block of Crocuslawn Street and in the 14400 block of 7 Mile Road. During the searches, a...
A St. Clair Shores couple has been charged with multiple felonies after throwing an explosive device with the words 'bye bye' written on it into their neighbor's yard. Prosecutors say that the couple set fire to the device before throwing it in their neighbor's yard. Watch Megan ...
The Detroit Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest connected to a homicide on the city’s east side. Update: Person of interest in fatal shooting on Detroit’s east side in custody The incident occurred on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, at appr...
A man charged with starting one of the wildfires in Spokane, Washington, that have destroyed hundreds of buildings planned the crime for weeks and researched when the weather would be best for igniting it, police said. Aaron Farinacci expressed that "fire is powerful, beautiful, ...
A 9-year-old Detroit girl got the experience of a lifetime when Detroit’s Police Athletic League arranged for her to spend a day with female firefighters — bringing a dream she’s had since she was just three years old to life. Kassidy Holly has known what she wants to be when she...
A Warren woman says she lost nearly $20,000 after falling victim to a scam in which a caller posed as a Warren police officer, used fake legal documents, and threatened her with arrest if she did not comply. Watch Peter Maxwell's report below Warren resident loses nearly $20K aft...
A female firefighter helped make a little girls' dream come true in Detroit on Thursday.
A Monroe County man has been arrested on multiple charges, including four counts of criminal sexual conduct. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said John Steven Sorovetz turned himself in after being notified of outstanding warrants. He is facing five charges: two are felonies, a...
Michigan State Police released the final traffic crash data for 2025, revealing that traffic fatalities declined slightly even though the total number of crashes increased. According to the data, 1,065 people were killed in crashes on Michigan’s public roads in 2025. The number o...
A community is coming together tonight after a fire left the Troy Church of Christ in ruins. As investigators work to figure out how the fire started, the congregation is looking for a way to continue worship....
Police arrested a 23-year-old U-Haul employee after a workplace argument over a drink turned deadly.
The yellow tape remained up outside of the Troy Church of Christ on Thursday afternoon, in the aftermath of the massive fire that leveled the building overnight. It did not destroy the spirit of the parishioners here today. “My Family grew up at this church,” Ron Palmer, a former...
Investigators say a Metro Detroit duo has been tied to hundreds of suspected bogus jobless claims across 32 states totaling over $4 million. And when things went sideways, investigators say a series of texts between the two captured the moment the alleged scheme hit panic mode. S...
A carryout in Beavercreek, Ohio, has drawn widespread attention on social media after telling customers it is being sued by Buc-ees over its beaver logo. Beaver's Mini Mart is far smaller than Buc-ees, operating as a small family-owned business on a street corner in the Dayton su...
A 53-year-old Pontiac man was fatally shot and another man injured in a shooting Tuesday night at an apartment complex off W Kennett Road. Investigators say deputies were dispatched to the North Hill Farms Apartments just before 10 p.m. after receiving reports about multiple guns...
This story also appeared in Planet Detroit This article first appeared on Planet Detroit and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Overview: Aevitas Specialty Services withdraws its Michigan environmental permit applicat...
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with sexual assault in Monroe County, and law enforcement officials believe there could be more victims. Watch Simon Shayket's report below Monroe County boy scout leader charged with child sex crimes Monroe County Sheriff Troy 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. Sterling Heights police defend Flock cameras as City Council raises privacy concerns Sterling Heights police defended the department’s use of Flock license plate r...
A 56-year-old Monroe woman and her 10-year-old passenger were both killed in a traffic crash involving multiple vehicles Wednesday evening. The crash occurred around 7:12 p.m. on S. Custer Road, west of Plum Grove Drive in Raisinville Township. According to the Monroe County Sher...
Fire crews in Troy battled a large fire at the Troy Church of Christ on Thursday morning. See the latest report in the video below Fire at Church of Christ in Troy leaves people devastated Video from Chopper 7 showed multiple trucks and firefighters battling the fire from the gro...
Police in Garden City have located the parents of a 3-year-old girl who was found walking alone in the city overnight on Thursday. Police say the girl, described as non-verbal, was found around 12:37 a.m. in the area of Cherry Hill and Middlebelt roads. The department issued a re...
The Troy Church of Christ has been burning since 3 a.m. with fire crews working through the early morning hours to fight it on Thursday.
Fire personnel are on the scene of a 4-alarm fire that broke out inside a Troy church early Thursday morning. Emergency crews responded to Troy Church of Christ on Trombley Road around 3:15 a.m. After entering the building initially, the roof reportedly suffered a partial collaps...
Firefighters are at the scene of a large fire at Troy Church of Christ Thursday morning.
FOX 2's morning chopper flies over a church fire Thursday morning at Troy Church of Christ.
The fire is at the Troy Church of Christ on Trombley Road, just west of Rochester Road.
Wildfires like those in Ontario and Canada’s Northwest Territories that sent toxic smoke to Detroit for several days in mid-July are twice as likely to occur due to human-caused climate change, according to a Thursday report . This year’s fire weather is no longer rare, and is li...
Sterling Heights police defended the department’s use of Flock license plate reader cameras during a City Council meeting Wednesday, as some council members and residents raised privacy and data-sharing concerns. Police Chief Andrew Satterfield said the cameras capture images of ...
Federal health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain recalled jalapeño peppers after a multistate Salmonella outbreak sickened hundreds of people across the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert Wednesday (Aug. 5) li...
Firefighters have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state's second-largest city, but hotter, drier and breezier days lie ahead. Officials reported Wednesday that firefighters ...
Abdul El-Sayed delivered a hard-fought victory speech in front of the Spirit of Detroit downtown saying, "We took on a machine." Opponent Mike Rogers fired off a response calling El-Sayed an extremist and spoke about Michigan's economy and education struggles, adding that for 25 ...
A police officer was hit by a vehicle and the suspect was shot by another officer, according to Dearborn police. It happened in Ecorse around 5:45 a.m., on Wednesday. Watch Darren Cunningham's report below Officer struck by vehicle, suspect shot during Ecorse auto theft sting Tam...
Sumpter Township voters rejected a police protection millage Tuesday, dealing a significant financial blow to the local police department and leaving township officials scrambling to find a path forward. Watch Randy Wimbley's report below Sumpter Township voters reject millage pr...
Orion Township officials are warning of major cuts to police and fire protection after voters rejected two public safety millages in Tuesday's primary election. Watch Jeffrey Lindblom's report below Orion Township voters reject public safety millage proposals Township Supervisor ...
Guatemala remains on alert after evacuating villages during an eruption of the Fuego volcano, one of Central Americas most active. About 1,700 people remained in shelters with the evacuations to stay in place until conditions improve, according to the countrys disaster agency CON...
Duane “Keffe D" Davis is heading to trial for his alleged role in arranging the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed rap legend Tupac Shakur. Davis is the only suspect ever formally charged in connection with the crime....
A Commerce Township bicyclist is seriously hurt after being struck by a car while crossing a road Wednesday morning. The crash happened just after 6 a.m. on Aug. 5 on W Maple Road near Grandview Drive. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, a 65-year-old Walled Lake wo...
NASA scientists believe remnants of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slammed into the moon overnight, resulting in a massive explosion and debris field. The high-speed crash has not been officially confirmed, but experts say it was inevitable that the leftover rocket segment plowed into ...
The 30-year-old Marine veteran worked for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department since November 2023.
An armed man was arrested Sunday outside Trump National Golf Club in Southern California after federal agents reported a suspicious person walking the property, the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department said in a Tuesday statement. The Secret Service is investigating whether the...
An investigation is underway after an officer shot a man who allegedly struck another officer with his vehicle during an arrest attempt in Ecorse early Wednesday morning, police say. The officers involved are part of the Southeast Michigan Auto Crimes Consortium managed by the De...
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