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January 11, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com An online event later this month will feature a discussion with the pediatrician many people credit with helping expose the Flint water crisis. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s “What the Eyes Don’t See,” is an account of her discovery that Flint’s children were being poisoned by lead from the city’s drinking water. She was one of the first to question if lead was leaching from the city’s wat...

January 11, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A local man is hoping to turn an anniversary he wasn’t sure he’d live to see into an opportunity to help others in the community who find themselves in a similar situation. When Mark Howell of Brighton was diagnosed with an 18-lb tumor in his abdomen in 2012, he was given 6 weeks to live. But then the community rallied around him with an outpouring of love, finances, food, support, faith, and friendship, giv...

January 11, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com Two suspects are jailed and facing charges after a police chase over the weekend that began with a cell phone story robbery in Brighton and ended in East Lansing. The Brighton Police Department reports that five men entered the T-Mobile store on West Grand River at about 1pm Saturday. They forced the employees into the back room where they were able to gain access to a large amount of cell phones, iPads and other elec...

January 9, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com Sentencing has been handed down to a man who led local authorities on a vehicle pursuit and foot chase. 22-year-old Savion Richardson of Lansing was arrested last August after Livingston County Sheriff’s Deputies attempted to stop his 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee as it traveled eastbound on I-96 near Latson Road. Richardson had a felony warrant for carrying a concealed weapon, which stemmed from a previous vehicle pur...

January 8, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A local substance abuse coalition has been recognized as one of the most effective in the nation. The Livingston County Community Alliance (LCCA) was named as one of the top 10 coalitions in the country for reducing past 30-day youth substance use. The LCCA is a county-wide, anti-drug coalition that aims to unite the Livingston County community to reduce and prevent youth substance use. According to a press release f...

January 7, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com The woman set to become state co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party is drawing fire from within the party after it was learned she helped to organize busloads of Trump supporters who traveled to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. for a Wednesday protest that turned into a riot. The Detroit Free Press reports that Meshawn Maddock, who is married to Milford Republican State Rep. Matt Maddock, will become co-chair at th...

January 6, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com State Senator Lana Theis was among 11 Michigan Republican senators who signed a letter asking that Congress "pursue every available option" to examine claims of wrongdoing in the election, despite dozens of failed lawsuits and a lack of credible evidence of mass voter fraud. The letter, which was issued on the stationary of State Sen. John Bizon, a Battle Creek Republican who serves as the Assistant Majority Caucus Whip, was one o...

January 6, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com One of two suspects charged with robbing several gun stores, including one in Livingston County, has entered a plea. 19-year-old Brandon McClure and 20-year-old Daniel Rae were charged by a federal grand jury in 2019 with Conspiracy to Steal Firearms from a Federally-Licensed Firearms Dealer and Possess Stolen Firearms. In U.S. District Court on Tuesday, Rae entered a guilty plea to the charge, admitting to Judge Step...

Radio Station WHMI 93.5 FM — Livingston County Michigan News, Weather, Traffic, Sports, School Updates, and the Best Classic Hits for Howell, Brighton, Fenton

Radio Station WHMI 93.5 FM — Livingston County Michigan News, Weather, Traffic, Sports, School Updates, and the Best Classic Hits for Howell, Brighton, Fenton