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Detroit man who took pride in helping to maintain his neighborhood died of COVID-19 Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press © Submitted by Corey Stokes Willie Stokes This obituary is part of “We Will Remember,” a series about those we’ve lost to the coronavirus. Willie Stokes of Detroit was an active man who dedicated his spare time to helping to maintain abandoned houses and vacant lots on his street. Stokes, 76, died Dec. 15 at Henry Ford Hospital as a result of complications from COVID-19. Born in Durant, Mississippi, he later moved to Battle Creek and then to ...

This obituary is part of “We Will Remember,” a series about those we’ve lost to the coronavirus. Willie Stokes of Detroit was an active man who dedicated his spare time to helping to maintain abandoned houses and vacant lots on his street. Stokes, 76, died Dec. 15 at Henry Ford Hospital as a result of complications from COVID-19. Born in Durant, Mississippi, he later moved to Battle Creek and then to Detroit, where he graduated from Eastern High School. He retired from General Motors after more than 40 years. “He did not believe in missing work or neglecting his duties,” said...

Lansing's Reform School has been called an asylum, vocational hall, and juvenile hall, but the term most prefer is the Industrial School For Boys. Bordered by Jerome Street, Marshall Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Saginaw Street, the school was open for business beginning in 1856, taking in both boys and girls who had backgrounds of criminal activities. The first enrollee took place on September 2, 1856. By 1857 the school had a total of 62 kids, eight of them girls. It was decided then and there that knowing “what young boys and girls do when no one's looking”, it was strictly a boys r...

Credit Ky. Dept. of Education   State senators voted Monday to strip the Kentucky Board of Education of its new non-voting student and teacher members. Gov. Andy Beshear added the teacher position when he reorganized the board upon taking office in December 2019, appointing Rowan County special education teacher Allison Slone. He later added the student member: Jefferson County Public Schools student Solyana Mesfin, a junior at Eastern High School. Mesfin and Slone serve in an ex-officio, or non-voting advisory capacity, along with Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and Council on Postsecondary E...

Photograph courtesy of Flickr user Murray State. As March Madness prepares to tip off on Thursday, Washington—and the greater DMV area—is all over the bracket. No fewer than eight men’s teams from DC, Virginia, and Maryland are making a run for the championship. A couple standout players from the area, meanwhile, will be suiting up for other teams.  Maret alum Luka Garza is the top player on the formidable Iowa squad, winning National Player of the Year honors for the second year in a row. Garza is also Iowa’s all-time leading scorer, prompting the Hawkeyes to retire his number afte...