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A city watchdog agency responsible for rooting out waste, fraud, abuse and corruption is investigating Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison. Bettison and “his actions related to social media posts,” have prompted a probe by Detroit’s Office of Inspector General. The police chief ha...
Waterford Township officials will hold a town hall meeting Wednesday night to discuss the police and fire millage renewals following their defeat in the August primary. For decades, Waterford Township police and fire officials say millage funding has helped them service the regio...
A news helicopter crashed in a Los Angeles neighborhood on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing at least three people while reporters were covering the collision of an SUV and a city bus, officials and the news outlet said. Colleen Williams, an NBC4 Los Angeles anchor, confirme...
Severe weather is possible in Metro Detroit on Tuesday, Sept. 15, as storms move through the region. Click here for the latest forecast from our 4Warn Weather team. Here’s a list of the alerts by county . Wayne County No active weather alerts. Oakland County No active weather ale...
A 3-year-old boy died from a gunshot wound in Pontiac, police say. It's unclear who handled the weapon, but there are several kids that also live in the house....
A 3-year-old boy died after he was accidentally shot inside an apartment in Pontiac. The shooting occurred on Tuesday (Sept. 15) in the 100 block of Maynard Court. Update: Oakland County sheriff discusses fatal shooting of 3-year-old boy in Pontiac Police said the boy was taken t...
New details emerged in court today in the case of a 79-year-old man who is accused of pulling a gun on four Muslim men on Saturday. Peter Northup was arraigned on four counts of aggravated hate crimes after allegedly targeting the men for their religion and threatening violence. ...
Grosse Ile police are using an artificial intelligence-generated image to help identify a man whose body was recovered from the Detroit River on Sept. 8. Instead of releasing photos taken the day of the recovery, the Grosse Ile Police Department used AI to render a lifelike compo...
An attorney is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate alleged employment discrimination within the Michigan State Police. James K. Fett sent a 17-page letter dated Sept. 11 to the DOJ Civil Rights Division, asking the agency to open a pattern-or-practice investigati...
The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees has approved a six-month moratorium on certain e-bikes and electric scooters for people under 16 on township-owned property and rights-of-way. The board approved the moratorium on Monday (Sept. 14) after township officials described numer...
From crashes to confusion, many communities are working to regulate e-bikes and e-motos. Bloomfield Township is now restricting the use of the devices for anyone under 16....
A 68-year-old Melvindale woman lost nearly $6,000 after scammers convinced her to hand over her debit and credit cards to a man posing as a bank employee who showed up at her front door. Watch the story in the video player below: Melvindale senior loses nearly $6,000 in bank impe...
Michigan State Police have removed more than 20,000 people from the state’s sex offender registry following a landmark Michigan Supreme Court ruling — slashing the list by nearly half. The court ruled Sept. 9, 2026, that amendments to the Sex Offender Registration Act cannot be u...
A doctor in Denver, Colorado is betting his retirement savings on a new kind of healthcare clinic one he says could change the way patients experience emergency and urgent care. Dr. Noah Kaufman left the emergency room after 25 years to open KaufCare, a direct acute care clinic h...
A Detroit family remains displaced after a large tree fell onto their Brightmoor home during a recent severe storm, and local nonprofits are asking for help removing it. The Ray family was inside their home on West Parkway when strong winds brought the tree down. The impact damag...
Newly released video shows a disastrous helicopter crash during a lesson earlier this year at Cedar City Regional Airport in Utah. The National Transportation Safety Board released the video after it completed an investigation into the May 23 incident. Incredibly, neither the Sou...
An electric motorcyclist is seriously injured after he was hit by a pickup truck in Rochester Hills Tuesday morning. The crash happened just before 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 15 on West Avon Road near Old Perch Road. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, a 42-year-old Rochest...
A Rochester Hills man was seriously injured after the e-motorcycle he was riding on was hit by a car on Tuesday morning. According to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, the 42-year-old Rochester Hills man was riding an e-motorcycle on the sidewalk and began crossing West Avon R...
A stretch of northbound I-275 was closed Tuesday morning due to a crash. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) reported the crash on northbound I-275 at Ann Arbor Road just before 10 a.m. on Sept. 15. Sky4 at the scene showed crews cleaning up the crash, and it appeare...
A 33-year-old Macomb County man has been charged with first-degree animal torture after prosecutors say he stomped on and killed a woman’s kitten. Marcus Winfrey, of Mount Clemens, was reportedly sleeping on the steps of the First United Methodist Church on Sept. 2 when he awoke ...
A 79-year-old Troy man is facing multiple charges after allegedly making threats of violence against four men offering to discuss Islam with the public outside the library on Saturday. Investigators say the man told the victims that he hates Muslims, and reportedly threatened to ...
A woman accused of leading a police chase in a stolen U-Haul van before crashing it in the middle of a Macomb County intersection has pleaded no contest. Jennifer Roe , 47, of Clinton Township, was charged with one count of third-degree fleeing, one count of receiving and conceal...
A man who was convicted of shooting and killing a Westland man outside a Southwest Detroit apartment complex in 2025 learned his sentence on Friday. The shooting happened outside the Grand Lofts apartment complex on May 4, 2025. Damon Bentley , 28, was arrested and charged with s...
A 79-year-old Troy man is facing hate crime charges after allegedly threatening to shoot and kill four Muslim men outside the Troy Public Library after they identified themselves as Muslim. Troy police say Peter Hamilton Northup had a loaded pistol when arrested. The Oakland Coun...
Driver’s education usually means classroom lessons, practice tests, and time behind the wheel. But more than 100 teens and their parents got a different kind of driving lesson Sunday near Willow Run Airport, where they participated in hands-on training focused on crash avoidance ...
The moratorium follows a violent crash involving two 13-year-olds who were struck by a truck while crossing Telegraph while on e-motos.
A spokesperson with Detroit Police confirmed the case involving an activist and the city mayor's ex-boyfriend have been referred to other law enforcement agencies. They did not say which office has received the assignment....
A Metro Detroit soccer referee is facing a long road to recovery after suffering severe injuries from a freak injury.
A 79-year-old man faces multiple charges of aggravated hate crime after an incident over the weekend.
A high school football coach in California was arrested Friday after students discovered a cellphone secretly recording them while they were changing inside a campus locker room, police said....
A 47-year-old gas station attendant is recovering after being shot while confronting two shoplifters at a Detroit Citgo. Police have two suspects in custody. Watch Randy's story in the video player below: TWO ARRESTED CITGO SHOOTING Detroit police say the attendant, identified on...
In the video, the official wearing the bright green uniform in the center of the field can be seen collapsing after being hit in the head by a kicked ball during a high school game. Video from NFHS Network....
A man has died and another man was injured after gunshots were fired in a Taylor neighborhood during a house party over the weekend. The shooting happened Saturday around 11:15 p.m. on McGuire Street near Eureka Road. Officers found a 39-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds ...
The Detroit Police Department has referred its investigation into Detroit activist and former romantic partner of Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield, Marvin Walker, to an outside agency....
A 34-year-old Madison Heights woman is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly trafficking at least one woman for the purposes of prostitution. Maya Scott Perry was arrested by the Madison Heights Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit on June 17, following an inves...
A Metro Detroit woman is facing multiple felony charges in connection to alleged prostitution, human trafficking and child endangerment.
A Madison Heights woman is facing charges that she allegedly trafficked a female in metro Detroit while her minor child was present. According to the Madison Heights Police Department, Maya Scott Perry is facing charges stemming from an investigation that began in June. Madison H...
Female athletes have reacted with anger and incredulity to a hypersexualized advertising campaign featuring a nude or minimally clad Sydney Sweeney posing with sports equipment. The campaign, for US sports-prediction market Novig, is very damaging for female athletes and young gi...
A man was arrested after he allegedly shot a 19-year-old and pistol-whipped a woman during a youth football game in Pontiac. The shooting happened at Wisner Stadium on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue just after 1 p.m. on Sept. 13. Previous coverage --> Man shot at youth football game in P...
An Auburn Hills man has been arrested in connection to a shooting in Pontiac on Sunday during a youth football game.
He was struck in the head with a ball, suffering four fractured bones in his neck, a concussion, a blood clot in his brain and nerve damage.
Police arrested a driver after a person was struck by a van in Huron Township Monday morning. Update --> Man charged in Huron Township hit-and-run that seriously injured pedestrian According to police, a pedestrian was struck by a van in the area of Pennsylvania Road between Huro...
A 47-year-old Monroe County man died in a motorcycle accident Sunday night after an unrestrained dog ran into the roadway, causing him to crash. Lance Dusseau, of Petersburg, Mich., was riding westbound on Ida West Road west of Summerfield Road in Summerfield Township around 9:20...
An argument between two men at a youth football game at Wisner Stadium in Pontiac escalated into gunfire. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said one person was shot and taken to a hospital. Deputies said a suspect was taken into custody. There was a fight among adults that esca...
The Oakland County Sheriff's Department said that one person was shot during a fight that broke out at a youth football game Sunday afternoon in Pontiac....
Just before 2 a.m. police were called to the 7300 block of Brace Street in Detroit for a ShotSpotter alert. When they arrived, they found a child who had been shot and later died. Police said they were called to the area at 1:43 a.m., and found the victim as soon as they arrived....
Just before 2 a.m. police were called to the 7300 block of Brace Street in Detroit for a ShotSpotter alert. When they arrived, they found a child who had been shot and later died....
A juvenile was killed in an overnight shooting on Detroit’s west side. Police responded around 1:45 a.m. Sunday to a ShotSpotter alert on Brace Street, near the Southfield Freeway. Officers found a juvenile shooting victim, police said. The victim was taken to a local hospital, w...
A manhunt has ended in Louisiana after a man with a violent criminal history was arrested for an alleged stabbing spree that left four people dead and a child critically injured....
Just days after it was unveiled, a statue at Turning Point USAs headquarters honoring late conservative activist Charlie Kirk was found vandalized Sunday morning. Phoenix police were called to the area near the site of TPUSAs headquarters just before 9 a.m. after someone reported...
The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemens government. The Yemeni government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea...
Two people were arrested after a Detroit gas station clerk was hospitalized in critical condition following a shooting over the weekend, police say. The shooting happened Saturday around 6:30 p.m. on Joy Road near Burt Road. Police say two suspects one wearing a ski mask went int...
A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner when the light aircraft lost power as it approached...
Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany said escaped with minor injuries after a small plane he was in lost power and made an emergency landing in a lake....
The FBI is assisting local, state, and federal agencies in investigating a suspected hazardous substance reported in Hastings. The FBI Detroit Field Office said Friday (Sept. 11) personnel are assisting the Barry County Emergency Management Department, Barry-Eaton District Health...
A California man was charged after he allegedly posed as a Federal Trade Commission agent and scammed a Hazel Park woman out of more than $270,000 to pay for her fake arrest warrant. The 70-year-old Hazel Park woman lost more than $270,000 in an alleged scam after receiving an em...
Karl Edward Teschler, 46, was arraigned Saturday on charges of aggravated indecent exposure and attempted criminal sexual conduct stemming from an incident that allegedly occurred Thursday at an Oakland County park. According to investigators, a woman was sitting inside her vehic...
Police found duct tape, zip ties and rope inside the vehicle of a man accused of exposing himself and assaulting a woman in Waterford. Waterford Police say that Kyle Teschler, 46, of Sterling Heights, was at Waterford Oaks County Park on Sept. 10, when he exposed himself to a 40-...
