Dearborn police investigating potential homicide on city’s northeast side
February 11th, 20220 DEARBORN — At approximately 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, Dearborn police and fire responded to the 7500 block of Indiana for a medical assist. Upon arrival, officers discovered a deceased 78-year-old man and a 31-year-old suspect had been taken into custody in connection with the incident. Detectives and crime scene investigators...
ACRL’s new Executive Director Mariam Charara looks to continue work in advocacy, Arab American civil rights
February 11th, 20220 DEARBORN — Mariam E. Charara has begun work as the Arab American Civil Rights League’s (ACRL) new executive director. The ACRL is a non-profit organization, founded in 2011 in response to the overwhelming need in the Arab American community for advocacy and protection of civil rights and liberties. The organization is based...
The Custard Company recovering again after second accident in six months
February 11th, 20221 DEARBORN — The Custard Company, located at the corner of Monroe St. and Outer Drive in Dearborn, is recovering again after a second accident. Jamal Jawad, 32, bought the former pizza business three years ago and turned it into a specialty ice cream shop known for items such as The Sweet Bun, The Wowffle and their Injected Loaded...
Dearborn seeks Memorial Day parade participants
February 11th, 20220 DEARBORN — After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Dearborn is planning on bringing back its 96th Memorial Day Parade. The parade will be hosted in partnership with the Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council (DAWVC) on Monday, May, 30 and is one of the largest of its kind in the U.S. and the oldest...
Islamic Center of Detroit proposes to rename Belton Mark Twain Park after Muhammad Ali
February 11th, 20220 DEARBORN — In honor of Black History Month, The Islamic Center of Detroit (ICD) is proposing to renovate and rename the Belton Mark Twain Park. The ICD is located in District 7 at the Detroit-Dearborn border and is hoping to be able to renovate and remodel the park, located at Belton Ave. and Mark Twain Street, and rename it...
Michigan officials call on Canada to resolve Ambassador Bridge closure caused by vaccine mandate protests
February 10th, 20220 LANSING — Governor Whitmer is urging Canadian authorities to resolve a multi-day Ambassador Bridge closure so manufacturing and agriculture in the Midwest can continue humming along. Protests over Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates spread from Ottawa to Windsor, which led to protesters blocking traffic from accessing the...
Henry Ford Museum offering discounted tickets for low-income families
February 10th, 20220 DEARBORN — In partnership with Museums for All, The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn is offering discounted tickets for low-income families. Museums for All is an access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and is administered by the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) in an...
Dearborn police introduces new traffic safety unit
February 10th, 20220 DEARBORN — As part of Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin’s plan for public safety, a new Traffic Safety Unit has been introduced. The unit will be focusing on hazardous moving violations that endanger public health, including speeding and reckless driving. The unit is also tasked with efficiently responding to resident...
Former Macomb County prosecutor set to go to trial for conducting criminal enterprise, other felonies
February 10th, 20220 MOUNT CLEMENS — Former Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith is being sent to trial for a litany of felony charges made against him in 2020, including embezzlement, misconduct in office and conducting a criminal enterprise. Three others were also charged in the investigation. Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office, along with...
Dearborn City Council President Pro-tem Erin Byrnes running for state representative
February 10th, 20220 DEARBORN — Dearborn City Council President Pro-Tem Erin Byrnes has announced her candidacy for the newly drawn 15th State House District. “Today, I filed to run for state representative in the new 15th District,” Byrnes wrote in a Facebook post. “This District encompasses precincts 33-50 in Dearborn and the majority of...
City of Dearborn looking for board and commission members
February 8th, 20220 DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn is looking for residents to submit applications to voluntarily be appointed to any of its numerous boards and commissions. Commissions and boards are used in the city to aid in policy and development, including planning, zoning, development, human resources and other facets of city...
More waivers coming to those who received unemployment overpayment through no fault of their own
February 8th, 20220 LANSING — More Michigan workers who got pandemic unemployment benefits could be qualified for waivers for receiving overpayments where they were not at fault. Waivers stop the state from recovering the overpayment via collection. The state says waivers will not be applied to claims where it determines fraud is...
Health officials: Those who test positive for COVID should speak to doctors about oral medication
February 7th, 20220 LANSING — With the eligibility criteria for antivirals expanding to include more at-risk Michiganders, state health officials are urging those who test positive for COVID-19 to speak to their health care provider about treatment with oral medication. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) says that the supply...
Dearborn Heights adds police commissioner position to the police department
February 5th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — For the first time in its history, the city will have a police commissioner overseeing the operations of the police department. Dr. Joseph E. Thomas, Jr. was appointed to the role on a six month basis by Mayor Bill Bazzi to oversee all administrative operations and strategic planning for the department. “I...
Joining the big leagues: Dearborn native Hussein Anani throws his hat into the stock market
February 5th, 20220 At a café in the recently completed Wagner Place on Dearborn’s west side, we spoke with entrepreneur Hussein Anani, 32, about a publicly traded company called Sibling Group Holdings (SIBE) he acquired control of this past summer. Anani is a Dearborn native and graduate of the Mike Ilitch School of Business who went on to study......
Q&A with Alabas Farhat, special election candidate for the State House in the 15th District
February 5th, 20220 DEARBORN — Three names have emerged as contenders to fill the State House seat vacated by Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud through the end of the year. On the Democratic ticket are Alabas Farhat and local attorney Jeffrey Pepper. One Republican, Ginger Shearer, formerly known as Virginia Polk, is also in the race. Governor...
Dearborn students named semifinalists for prestigious national college scholarship
February 4th, 20220 DEARBORN — Rehab Nader Jadallah, a senior at Fordson High School, and Ronny Majeed Abdullah from Edsel B. Ford High School, have been named semifinalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Foundation's Cooke College Scholarship. Two other Michigan students are on the highly selective list that saw thousands of......
March 1 to be remote learning day for Dearborn Public Schools
February 4th, 20220 DEARBORN — Dearborn Public Schools will be having all students learning virtually on Tuesday, March 1 due to the special election being held that day. On that day, students will log into their classes from home via Schoology and Zoom and have a full day of live learning with their teachers and attendance will be taken. Buildings...
Republican candidates urge poll workers to bring guns, unplug machines if they suspect voter fraud
February 3rd, 20220 LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Two Republican candidates for state office are under criticism for telling potential poll workers to unplug machines and come armed to the polls. Ryan Kelley, a Republican candidate for governor, and Mike Detmer, a Republican candidate for State Senate in Livingston County, made the comments when they met with...
State Senator Sylvia Santana announces re-election campaign
February 3rd, 20220 DEARBORN — With new district maps drawn, State Senator Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) is looking to be re-elected to the newly drawn Second Senate District. Santana served in the Michigan House of Representatives, serving the Ninth District from 2017 to 2018 when she was elected to represent the Third District, covering the cities of...
Two-time Senate candidate John James to run for Congress in newly drawn District 10
February 3rd, 20220 John James, a businessman from Farmington Hills who was twice unsuccessful in running for the Senate, is now running for Congress. James, a Republican, lost against Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2018 and Democrat Gary Peters in 2020. In both races, he had support from former President Trump. He lost to Stabenow by only 7 percentage......
Malcolm X house in Inkster added to the National Register of Historic Places
February 3rd, 20220 INKSTER — The former home of activist Malcolm X in Inkster has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places is the U.S. federal government’s official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historic significance. The...
Dearborn COVID vaccination and testing sites to close Feb. 3
February 2nd, 20220 DEARBORN — Due to inclement weather throughout southeastern Michigan, COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinics in Dearborn will close on Thursday, Feb. 3. The city of Dearborn announced a snow emergency late Tuesday night and sounded its sirens at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2 to remind residents to move their vehicles from the......
Pfizer asks FDA for emergency approval for COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5
February 2nd, 20220 WASHINGTON D.C. — Pfizer-BioNTech has asked the FDA for emergency authorization for a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children 6-months- to 5-years-old. The company is still awaiting data on a three-dose course. Early data from Pfizer has shown that the vaccine is safe and produces an immune response. For the youngest age group,...
Dearborn Heights officials negotiate new street lighting arrangement with DTE
February 2nd, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — City officials have negotiated new street light replacement and maintenance arrangements with DTE in a three-phase plan. The program will replace a majority of the city’s lights while saving nearly $280,000. The first phase of the plan calls for the replacement of nearly all of the outdated mercury-vapor and......
