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March 9, 2021 A Chelsea High School senior was killed over the weekend while running along I-94. 18-year-old Shaun Happy of Chelsea was struck and killed by a Jeep on I-94 at around 7:15pm Saturday near Sargent Road in Leoni Township. Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety Director Mike Jester told MLive.com the driver of the Jeep, a 37-year-old Rochester Hills man, was not injured. He said it’s not clear why Happy was on the freeway but that the crash remains und...

March 9, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com The driver of a semi-truck who was killed when the vehicle crashed last week near Williamston has been identified as a Livingston County man. Michigan State Police say that 64-year-old Aurel Roman on Howell died in the crash last Thursday morning on I-96 at the Williamston Road overpass. Authorities say Romans truck, which was hauling wood pallets, was westbound when it struck the center pier of the bridge and caught on ...

March 9, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com An annual event that offers free services to residents and provides information about available resources in the region is being reimagined in the age of COVID. The Livingston County Homeless Continuum of Care Community Connect Planning Committee has announced the COVID edition of Community Connect, which is being called Community Connect on the Go - 2021. In the past, the free event has connected people with needed info...

March 9, 2021 By Jessica Mathews & Jon King / News@whmi.com The Howell City Council has rescinded a controversial vote to remove a longstanding member from a committee. At a virtual meeting held Monday night, members apologized for what many referred to as a mistake in voting to remove Robert Spaulding from the TIFA or Tax Increment Financing Authority at the February 22nd meeting. He’s served on TIFA for 20 years and there’s been significant communi...

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March 8, 2021 By Mike Kruzman & Jon King / news@whmi.com In the wake of allegations of racial harassment and violent threats disclosed by a Hartland High School student last week, a larger community effort is being made to examine the issues and seek change. 18-year-old Hartland Consolidated Schools student Tatayana Vanderlaan posted on Facebook about ongoing instances of racial intimidation that she said have been made against her from other students, culminati...

March 8, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A builder has entered a plea on charges alleging he took money from a local man for a home construction project but never did any work. 32-year-old Robert McTavish Jr. of Northville was charged last year with one count of fraudulent use of a building contract fund. In court on Friday, he entered a conditional no contest plea to the charge. He will be sentenced on April 1st, and could face up to three years in prison. Ho...

March 8, 2021 A variant of the COVID-19 virus has been detected in Livingston County. The Livingston County Health Department reports that it has identified the first case of the COVID-19 variant B117. According to a release, while public exposures are not normally a concern, they have issued an alert in this instance because the B117 variant is more easily transmitted and could lead to more cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. As a precaution, the Health Department recomme...

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March 4, 2021 By Jessica Mathews & Jon King / news@whmi.com An education committee chaired by a local lawmaker has been granted subpoena power to obtain state records and files by the GOP-controlled Senate. Along party lines, the Senate on Wednesday adopted a resolution granting subpoena power to the Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee. Its been more than 15 years since legislative education committees have been granted such powers. However, Commi...