Maples Elementary receives national honor for student success
December 14th, 20180 DEARBORN - Maples Elementary Schools has received a national award recognizing the success of its students despite difficult circumstances. The National Association of ESEA State Program Administrators named Maples a 2018 Distinguished School. Only 100 schools, two from each state, receive the award each year for exceptional student...
CAIR-MI files complaint against Greyhound for Muslim man kicked off bus
December 14th, 20180 FARMINGTON HILLS — CAIR-MI filed a discrimination complaint with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights against Greyhound on behalf of a Muslim man who was kicked off of a bus for speaking on his phone in Arabic. Earlier this year, Abrahaim Mohamed, an American Muslim, traveled from Michigan to Ohio by Greyhound bus. A press...
Mohamad Osman, 18, remembered for kindness, strength and love for family after losing battle with cancer
December 14th, 20180 DEARBORN — A high achiever with a passion for dentistry, 18-year-old Mohamad Osman refused to let his battle with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma stand in the way of living his life. Despite his illness and having to undergo chemotherapy treatments as often as every three weeks, Osman remained an avid runner, biker and swimmer, as well as a...
Dingell urges lawmakers to reject bill to dump ten times more radioactive waste in Wayne County
December 14th, 20180 WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Dec. 13, Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell urged Michigan Speaker of the House Tom Leonard and the state legislature to reject a proposal allowing hazardous waste facilities across Michigan to accept material up to ten times more radioactive than what is currently allowed under state law. The...
Dearborn Heights bans marijuana businesses; Dearborn to decide Dec. 18
December 14th, 20180 DEARBORN - Dearborn and Dearborn Heights both hosted landmark town hall events on Tuesday as City Council members and residents in both cities gathered to discuss whether or not to allow marijuana-focused businesses within their borders. With Michigan's Proposal One going into effect on Dec. 11, allowing adults 21 and older to possess...
U of M-Dearborn students accuse administrators of attempting to silence them
December 14th, 20180 DEARBORN— A group of University of Michigan-Dearborn students are accusing administrators of trying to silence their voices. Jenin Yaseen, vice president of U of M-Dearborn’s Students for Justice in Palestine, the only Palestinian student organization on the campus, said she started seeing push-back from university leadership when...
Dearborn’s Levagood Park restroom facility to be renovated, expanded by summer 2019
December 10th, 20180 DEARBORN – A pending renovation of the comfort station at the city's Levagood Park will provide a more user-friendly experience in the city’s most-visited park. At its Dec. 4 meeting, the Dearborn City Council approved a complete renovation of the bathroom facility within the park, located at Wilson Street and Silvery Lane on the...
Dearborn Public Library implements guidelines for students during busy study period
December 10th, 20180 DEARBORN - The Dearborn Library Commission has once again approved temporary safety guidelines in effect during the busy study period between January 7 and January 18. The library Commission has come up with this decision in order to accommodate busy parents and make the Dearborn Public Library a welcoming environment for all who...
Michigan House approves bill to allow legislative intervention in court cases
December 9th, 20180 LANSING — The Michigan House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would allow the legislature to intervene in any court case, which could potentially position lawmakers in opposition to Democratic Attorney General-elect Dana Nessel. The bill would allow the legislature to intervene in cases where the state has a...
Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib to lead delegation to Israeli-occupied West Bank
December 9th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Due in large part to the abundance of pro-Israel lobbying from organizations like AIPAC, Congressmen and Congresswomen in the United States have largely avoided pledging any support for Palestinians, vocal or otherwise. But newly-elected Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from the 13th District,...
Local attorney helps Dearborn Heights man gets citizenship after 50 years of denial
December 8th, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — For Jim Pawlukiewicz, a Vietnam veteran who has lived in the U.S. since childhood, the immigration and citizenship process was a 50-year nightmare of never-ending bureaucracy, red tape and roadblocks. However, Pawlukiewicz, 72, finally had his breakthrough this May thanks in large part to his simple refusal to...
Muskegon mother jailed for child’s truancy
December 8th, 20180 MUSKEGON — A mother was sentenced to jail time after her young child missed more than three weeks of school without a valid excuse for any of the absences, according to a report. On November 16, a Muskegon County judge ordered Brittany Ann Horton, 27, to spend five days behind bars and be placed on probation for nine months after...
Michigan Republicans gut paid-leave time and delay minimum wage raise
December 8th, 20180 LANSING — Many Michigan workers would not qualify for paid sick time or a minimum wage raise to $12 per hour until 2030 instead of 2022 under changes to citizen-initiated laws approved by the Republican-controlled Senate Government Operations Committee on November 28. Back in September, the legislature passed bills to raise the...
Wayne State University research examines Muslim response to Trump administration
December 8th, 20180 DETROIT — Wayne State University’s Department of Communication presented research Tuesday Nov. 27 that examines the effects of the Trump administration on North American Muslims. At the presentation, Dr. Stine Eckert of WSU’s journalism program introduced three doctoral candidates and contributors to the studies, Jade...
Dearborn Police report: Crime is down by 9.1 percent
December 7th, 20180 DEARBORN — On Monday, December 3, the Dearborn Police Department and Mayor Jack O’Reilly held a press conference to address crime updates and issues in the city. Dearborn Police officials included Police Chief Ron Haddad. Representatives from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office and the Retailers and Michigan Liquor Control......
Nationally recognized company brings personalized weight loss and wellness services to Dearborn, Metro Detroit
December 7th, 20180 DEARBORN — When it comes to nutrition and weight loss, temptation is all around us (not to mention ever-present clouds of stress), which makes it difficult to focus on the positive strides we make on a day-to-day basis. The big picture is never lost on the national nutrition and wellness company NutriMost, however. Guests to its...
Applications being accepted for short-term vacant Dearborn Public School Board seat
December 7th, 20180 DEARBORN — After being elected to fill the remaining two years of a six-year term on the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education, Mary Lane resigned from her current six-year term on the board. The resignation creates a vacancy on the Board until Dec. 31. “Ms. Lane resigned her seat on the Board on December 4,” said......
Recreational marijuana legalized in Michigan on Thursday
December 7th, 20180 DETROIT— Recreational marijuana became legal at midnight Thursday in Michigan, making it the first state in the Midwest to end the substance's prohibition. Ten years after voters approved medical marijuana, Michigan is the 10th state to legalize recreational cannabis use, ending its criminalization and creating the potential for...
FBI Detroit Division offers tips to avoid holiday scammers
December 3rd, 20180 DETROIT - The FBI's Detroit division is warning holiday shoppers about the high potential for scams this holiday season; and this time around the scams are expected to be especially aggressive and creative, as criminals unleash schemes design to steal money and personal information. As far as U.S. states go, Michigan has been...
Marijuana dispensaries will be allowed to sell, buy from licensed caregivers
December 3rd, 20180 LANSING — The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) is expected to recommend the passing of a resolution to maintain safe patient access to medical marijuana by allowing licensed provisioners to buy from licensed caregivers, according to a press release. The proposal would allow dispensaries to buy and sell...
DMC hospitals fail federal inspections due to contaminated instruments
December 3rd, 20180 DETROIT — Detroit Receiving Hospital was under inspection again this week after it failed a federal review in October when federal investigators found multiple cases involving contaminated instruments and other infection control violations, according to an inspection report released by the federal government on Wednesday. This comes......
Snow is coming: What to do if you are involved in a car crash
December 2nd, 20180 Visibility is low. Roads are slick. Snow is tumbling faster than windshield wipers can wipe. It’s that classic Michigan winter storm. Then, just yards away, is a glimpse of flashing hazard lights. What do you do? Drivers in Michigan who choose to hit the roads during snow storms have to make a lot of decisions. According to Lt....
From Gaza to Dearborn: Mohammed Abu Hussein lost his leg, but not his hope
December 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN – The Palestinian struggle carries countless stories of suffering and injustice. Such is the case with Mohammed Abu Hussein, a young Palestinian boy who lost his right leg in June during the Great March of Return along the Gaza border against the Israeli occupation. Mohammed is currently in Dearborn, where he will receive a......
Dearborn’s Ace Diamond Jewelers to close
December 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN— After 40 years in business, Ace Diamond Jewelers is closing down. When asked why, co-owner Carl Marusak laughed and said, "I am getting old." Marusak and his brother Richard, both in their early 60s, have been jewelers since their teenage years. The Dearborn-based business, established in 1979, specializes in...
Judge dismisses lawsuit by family of Muslim Marine who died during boot camp
December 1st, 20181 TAYLOR, MI — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the family of Raheel Siddiqui, a 20-year old Marine who died two years ago in boot camp at Parris island, S.C. U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow ruled Tuesday that claims related to injuries to active duty military personnel belong in military courts according the Feres......
