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April 6, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A deal could be in the works to clear the record of a Pinckney man charged after a high-speed police chase. 23-year-old Jon Patrick Dethloff was charged last month with fleeing and eluding as well as carrying a concealed weapon for the February 28th incident. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office says one of its deputies attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Dethloff near Fowlerville because it did not have a lice...

April 3, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A suspect in the robbery of a jewelry store in downtown Milford has been found competent to stand trial. 48-year-old Dennis Michael Maynarich of South Lyon was charged with armed robbery for the September 1st incident at the Rottermond Jewelers on North Main Street. A criminal responsibility exam ordered last October was reviewed Tuesday in Oakland County Circuit Court, where it was determined he was competent to stand t...

A still from one of the schools videos produced by Envisuals A BRADFORD video production company has been helping schools across the UK with recruitment drives during the Covid pandemic. With schools unable to hold traditional open days over the past year, Manningham-based Envisuals has been helping them to engage with prospective pupils and their parents by producing videos that can be accessed online. Envisuals director Jon King says some schools have reported impressive results from vi...

March 17, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A Howell man has been charged with a hit and run incident involving a school bus last month in Genoa Township. 39-year-old Sean Purcell was charged with one count of failure to stop after a collision and one count of operating while intoxicated after the February 19th incident. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched just after 7:30 that morning to a crash involving a 2016 GMC Sierra pi...

March 17, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com An embezzlement charge brought against a former cheerleading coach from Howell Public Schools is heading to trial. 35-year-old Alisha Beaton of Fowlerville is charged with one count of embezzlement from an agent or trustee for an amount between $1,000 and $20,000. In court last week, Beaton’s case was bound over to Livingston County Circuit Court for trial. Beaton was the head coach of the middle school cheer prog...

March 17, 2021 UPDATE: WHMI has learned that a misdemeanor criminal charge has been filed against Genoa Twp. Polly Skolarus. She’ll be arraigned on May 7th on a single charge of Election Law - Failure to Perform Duty. The charge was authorized by the Livingston County Prosecutor’s Office following an investigation by Michigan State Police. Tune to WHMI on Thursday for additional details. ORIGINAL STORY: A salary increase has been denied for the Genoa Township cl...

March 16, 2021 By Mike Kruzman and Jon King / news@whmi.com A Flint man has been bound over in connection to an armed robbery of a check-cashing business in Livingston County. 40-year old Rollo Thomas Pickens of Flint was bound over in 53rd District Court in Howell, last week. Pickens had already been charged with several counts of armed robbery, felony firearms, and resisting/obstructing police for various robberies at Check ‘n Go in Fenton, Burton, Grand ...

March 16, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com The registration system is now open for the COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Ford Field in Detroit. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says the mass vaccination site is set to officially open on March 24th, and will operate seven days a week, from 8am to 8:30pm through mid-May. Sign-up is available through three options: 2. Text EndCOVID to 75049 3. Call the MDHHS COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 (pres...

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March 15, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A rising count of confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 is forcing one local school to return to all-remote learning this week, while superintendents are reminding their communities that mitigation strategies like mask-wearing and social distancing are still important if they want to keep schools fully open, including athletics. In his communication to parents on Friday, Brighton High School Principal Gavin Johnson a...