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Driver in crash that killed MSP canine unit arraigned from hospital Henri Brown, 40, was arraigned in the hospital on eight felony counts the Wayne County Prosecutors Office authorized, state police said on Twitter. The charges included operating while intoxicating causing serious injury, driving on a revoked license causing serious injury and assaulting/resisting a police officer causing injury, according to the post. The Southfield resident, who has five prior OWI convictions, was given a...

View Comments Officials with a St. Clair Shores church are repairing damage after a driver crashed through the buildings entry doors on Friday. "Earlier this afternoon someone drove their van up the entrance ramp of the corner Mack/Overlake Church doors and drove their vehicle through the doors," Monsignor G. Michael Bugarin, pastor at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, said in a statement to parishioners. "The individual first tried to smash the doors with a hammer and then returned with their v...

Pedestrian, 2 dogs dead in Lapeer County hit-and-run; driver arrested View Comments A driver was arrested Tuesday in a Lapeer County hit-and-run that left a pedestrian and his two dogs dead, authorities said. A 911 call at 7:20 a.m. alerted county sheriffs officials as well as state and local police to the incident along the edge of Hunters Creek Road near Five Lakes in Lapeer Township. Authorities determined a 59-year-old Metamora man had been walking east along the south shoulder with a p...

Harrison Township woman dies in northern Michigan crash, state police say View Comments A Harrison Township woman died and two people were injured in crash last weekend in northern Michigan, state police said. The incident was reported around 7:15 a.m. Sunday on a private two-track dirt robehind a home on Ossineke Road in Sanborn Township, state police said in a statement. Chelsea Nicole Meldrum was driving a 2017 Jeep Wrangler with three others when it drove onto the shoulder of the two-tra...

By Mark Hicks and Ben Wilson The Detroit News View Comments Detroit — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said a proposed bipartisan infrastructure deal would upgrade water infrastructure to help Michigan communities in flood-prone areas and replace 10 million lead pipes nationally as well as in Michigan.  "President Biden and a bipartisan infrastructure framework will help us eliminate these lead pipes, improve the resiliency of our infrastructure, and most i...

A driver was arrested in a road-rage shooting Wednesday in Macomb County, state police said. A preliminary investigation found that two cars "side-swiped each other" on the Interstate 94 service drive at Nine Mile then entered the freeway, Michigan State Police tweeted. "It is reported that somewhere between I-696 and Little Mack the suspect driver fired at the other car," MSP said. "They didn’t hit the person or vehicle." The victim exited to report the incident and gave the troops a des...

117K without power after storms pound SE Michigan Mark Hicks View Comments It has been nearly two weeks since Chelsea Jankowiak’s Dearborn home, like others across Metro Detroit, flooded in historic storms. Roughly a foot of water ruined furniture, appliances, precious keepstakes. So when storms arrived again Wednesday with downpours and high winds that sparked thousands of outages, toppled trees as well as closed an area freeway where power lines fell, Jankowiak and her family warily watched...

View Comments A Detroit man accused of stealing $138,000 in COVID-19 relief has pleaded guilty in a scheme to defraud Michigan and other states, federal officials said Tuesday. Johnny Richardson, 26, was first charged last year along with his girlfriend, Micahia Taylor. Prosecutors accused them of partnering with Brandi Hawkins, a former contract employee at Michigans Unemployment Insurance Agency, in a $2.5 million scheme involving money intended to help workers during the pandemic. Ac...

Parolee sought in Washington Township bank robbery View Comments Macomb County sheriff’s officials are search for a parolee wanted in connection with a bank robbery in Washington Township. The suspect entered a PNC in the 6000 block of 26 Mile about 2:40 p.m. Wednesday, produced a weapon and demanded money, the sheriffs office said. As authorities sought video surveillance, they received a tip that the suspect, Michael Salami, lived in the area. The 25-year-old was on parole and has pre...

One more stormy day ahead for Metro Detroit View Comments Storms that prompted a flash flood warning for northeastern Wayne County have left the region, but theres still a chance for severe weather before calmer conditions settle in to end the week, the National Weather Service said Wednesday evening. Showers and thunderstorms are possible Thursday as temperatures reach the upper 70s, but none should resemble the recent downpours, meteorologist Steve Considine said. "Tomorrow we’re getting ...