Southfield Fire performs rope rescue of crash victims down 30-foot embankment
Two crash victims were rescued by the Southfield Fire Department after a vehicle went off the road and down an embankment on Monday.
Two crash victims were rescued by the Southfield Fire Department after a vehicle went off the road and down an embankment on Monday.
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The number of cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan has jumped to 700, according to the latest information from the Michigan Department of health and Human Services.According to the MDHHS, those numbers are as of 4:30 p.m. on Monday, July 6. The state also said they have reports of 36 hospitalizations...
A controversial Utah school where celebrity Paris Hilton says she was abused has had its license revoked after a state investigation found staff failed to protect the juveniles in its care.The Provo Canyon School was notified Monday by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services that the lic...
This story is part of a series by Planet Detroit on the environmental and health issues at stake in the 2026 midterm election. Utility rates in Michigan are a regular source of conflict between utility providers, ratepayers, and regulators. A wrangle over what you pay to keep your home warm or...
Iran fired on three commercial vessels Tuesday in Omans territorial waters near the Strait of Hormuz, according to a US official.The official described the strikes as a gross violation of the memorandum of understanding with Iran. The third strike had not previously been reported. The US has a br...
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Charles Dean Pace is charged with four counts of second-degree murder and four counts of operating while intoxicated causing death.
The man accused of crashing his truck into a car on I-75, killing a family of four, was arraigned in court on Tuesday and was denied bond.Charles Dean Pace, 27, from Virginia, was charged with four counts of second-degree murder and four counts of operating while intoxicated causing death.The cra...
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Charles Dean Pace is charged with four counts of second-degree murder and four counts of operating while intoxicated causing death. Officials say Pace was allegedly weaving in and out of lanes. That was when his truck slammed into a disabled Chrysler 300 on the side of the road. All occupants of ...
Two crash victims were rescued by the Southfield Fire Department after a vehicle went off the road and down an embankment on Monday.
Two crash victims were rescued by the Southfield Fire Department after a vehicle went off the road and down an embankment on Monday.
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Two players inside the top 30 in the Official World Golf Rankings are the latest golfers to commit to the 2026 Rocket Classic.According to tournament officials, Sam Burns and Akshay Bhatia will play at the historic Detroit Golf Club at the end of July.Burns is making his third appearance in the R...
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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.2 adults, 2 children rescued from 30-foot embankment after vehicle crashTwo adults and two young children were hospitalized on Sunday after their vehicle left the roadway in Southfi...
Galen Grindle, better known as Johnny Ginger, the star of the Johnny Ginger Show on WXYZ in the 1960s, has died at the age of 92.That's according to an obituary posted on a funeral website in Ohio. Born June 16, 1934, the obituary says he passed away on Sunday, July 5.According to the obituary, G...
A police shooting and standoff in Dearborn Heights left a suspect injured Monday night.On July 6 at around 11:45 p.m., police responded to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex near Cherry Hill and John Daly roads.Officers tried to contact the suspect inside the apartment, but the s...
The 18-year-old victim was at a party when shots were fired at about 12:45 a.m.
Fitzgerald School District in Warren is closed today (Tuesday, July 7) as the Warren police Department investigates a digital threat.We're told that investigators are working to identify the source of the threat, which came in on Monday. The validity of the threat has not been concerned, but scho...
A 15-year-old from Pontiac was seriously injured on Monday in a rollover off-road vehicle crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Pontiac.The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office reports that the crash occurred just after 6:30 p.m. when the teen was attempting to navigate a turn into Murphy Park ...
Planned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion providers are resuming billing Medicaid for services other than abortion after being cut off for most of a year.The defunding, which was mandated in President Donald Trump's big tax and policy law last year, has been blamed in the closure of mu...
Two adults and two young children were hospitalized on Sunday after their vehicle left the roadway in Southfield and ended up in a steep embankment.Police say the single-vehicle crash happened around 3:30 p.m. on Simmons Avenue near Berg Road, leaving the occupants trapped inside approximately 30...
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