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The Board of Ethics unanimously voted Tuesday to dismiss Tom and Vicki Whipple's complaint against councilwoman Rita Vogel for lack of merit.

This week's Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education Winner is Denise Schaffer from Wilcox Elementary, which is part of the Holt Public School system

NEW ORLEANS – A second trucking company that was scammed during a wide-ranging conspiracy to stage traffic accidents has filed a federal racketeering lawsuit against several defendants, including the King Law Firm and manager-attorney Jason Giles. C.R. England Inc., a Utah-based trucking company, filed the federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of Louisiana over an Oct. 13, 2015, accident that led to criminal indictments being filed against Louisiana residents Anthony Robinson, Audrey Harris, Jerry Schaffer and Keishira Robinson, all of whom are listed as defendants in the civil lawsuit. A...

Quartet of Louisiana staged accident ‘slammers’ and other participants plead guilty to federal charges Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves Four individuals indicted earlier this year in the Louisiana staged accident scheme pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud charges Thursday, bringing the total number of guilty pleas in the scandal to 15. The four individuals pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of New Orleans to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, which has been the federal charge used against virtually all the defendants in the case. The defendants who pleaded guilty are Anthony Robin...

Four more defendants pleaded guilty Thursday in a conspiracy to stage a New Orleans vehicle accident for $4.7 million in insurance payouts. That brings to 15 the number of people, out of 33 defendants, who have admitted guilt in a wide-ranging federal investigation of drivers, passengers, other accomplices and a lawyer accused of intentionally crashing vehicles into tractor-trailer rigs. 2015 wreck begat $4.7 million payoff for attorneys, defendants, grand jury says The latest are Anthony Robinson, 67, Audrey Harris, 53, Jerry Schaffer, 66, and Keishira Robinson, 26, who pleaded guilty to ...