Whitmer extends state of emergency, issues several executive orders
September 29th, 20200 LANSING — Governor Whitmer is extending her state of emergency order for Michigan until October 27. Under the state of emergency, Whitmer will maintain executive decision-making powers as it relates to public health during the COVID-19 crisis. Whitmer also announced on Wednesday the extension of four executive orders: One allowing...
Dearborn Heights: Mayor’s veto on Council chairwoman’s letter stands
September 26th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A veto put forward by Mayor Paletko regarding an ordinance brought forward by Council Chairwoman Denise Malinowski-Maxwell has been upheld and cannot be overridden. To be overridden, the Council would have needed to pass the reintroduction of the ordinance with a 5-2 vote. However, it was only given a 4-3 vote...
Who is responsible for the confusion over candidates on the Dearborn School Board ballot?
September 26th, 20200 DEARBORN — In a letter dated Sept. 17, City Clerk George Darany notified residents of incorrect information being on the ballots, two months after the filing deadline. In the unofficial list provided by the clerk’s office on July 24, the candidates for the two-year seats were listed as Albert Abbas, Patrick D’Ambrosio and...
Public Service Days parking restrictions to resume Oct. 5
September 26th, 20200 DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn announced that beginning Oct. 5, parking restrictions will resume in anticipation of the collection of loose leaves from the streets. Public service days require residents to remove their vehicles from the street between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to allow curb-to-curb services. These also coincide with the...
AAPAC endorses candidates for the November election, supports Biden for president
September 26th, 20201 DEARBORN — On Thursday, members of the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) voted on several endorsements for various national and local candidates. Formed in 1998 by a group of Arab American professionals, AAPAC is a non-partisan political organization that encourages Arab American participation in the political...
Crestwood School Board censured one of its trustees, Salwa Fawaz
September 25th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — During the regular meeting of the Crestwood School Board on Sept. 14, Board Member Eduardo Garcia read a resolution to censure Trustee Salwa Fawaz. The resolution was put forth by Garcia and supported by Trustee Sue Kaminsky. “In light of an incident involving Board Member Salwa Fawaz on June 15, 2020, in...
AAPAC endorses Biden/Harris ahead of November election
September 24th, 20200 DEARBORN — Today, September 24, 2020, the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) voted to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for president of the United States of America. AAPAC members encourage the Arab American community to protect our democracy and the U.S. institutions and cast a vote for...
Michigan completes aerial treatment to combat mosquito-borne illness
September 24th, 20200 LANSING — A few weeks after state health authorities announced the first suspected cases of a mosquito-borne illness in a Barry County resident, along with dozens of animals, planned aerial treatments for several counties have now been completed. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced on Wednesday,...
Darius Whiting, 48, found shot on Michigan and Schlaff
September 24th, 20200 DEARBORN — Dearborn Police have announced that on Wednesday, September 23, at approximately 5:30 p.m., officers responded to the area of Michigan Avenue and Schlaff Street for a report of man found deceased in a pickup truck. Upon arrival, officers found the victim, Darius Whiting, a 48-year-old Farmington Hills resident, had...
Early voting begins in Michigan as absentee ballots get mailed out on Thursday
September 24th, 20200 LANSING — On Thursday, election clerks the state opened their offices for early voting. Local clerks also mailed out ballots to residents who have requested them. Today marks the 40th day before the Nov. 3 election, when clerks are required by the state constitution to open up for early voting. The state says more than 2.39...
Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission begins work
September 24th, 20200 LANSING — The state’s newly-formed Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission convened for its inaugural meetings over Zoom last Thursday and Friday. The 13 randomly selected commissioners sat for agenda and orientation discussions. Those orientation materials, YouTube links of the meetings and a list of the selected...
Free COVID-19 weekend drive-through testing coming to Taylor
September 23rd, 20200 TAYLOR – The Wayne County Public Health Division, with support from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), continues its weekend drive-through testing, this time in the city of Taylor. The testing is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26 and Sunday Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Taylor Sportsplex located...
Former Wayne councilman charged with accomplice for false report of a felony
September 23rd, 20200 WAYNE — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Christopher James Sanders, 51, of Wayne and Jimmie Lee Chandler, 28, of Van Buren Township in connection with the alleged planting of a starter pistol and fake drugs in a city employee’s car. Allegedly, on October 16, 2017, at the behest of now former Wayne...
Hamtramck Council petition aims to recall Councilman Ian Perrotta
September 22nd, 20202 HAMTRAMCK — Almost a month after censuring Councilman Ian Perrotta, some Hamtramck Council members are now taking steps to remove him from office. A press release put out by Councilman Mohammed Hassan says six current and former Hamtramck City Council members are joining "community leaders and residents" to recall the two-term...
U.S. surpasses grim milestone of 200,000 COVID-19 deaths
September 22nd, 20200 (REUTERS) — The death toll from the spread of the coronavirus in the United States exceeded 200,000 on Tuesday, by the far the highest number of any nation. The United States, on a weekly average, is now losing about 800 lives each day to the virus, according to a Reuters tally. That is down from a peak of 2,806 daily deaths......
D7 Schools superintendent responds to protests held outside of her office, accusing her of racism
September 19th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — After a tense school board meeting on Wednesday was followed by a protest outside of the Board of Education building on Thursday morning, D7’s superintendent responded. A parent addressed racism in the schools during an Aug. 25 Dearborn Heights City Council meeting and ever since, the district has been under...
Parents hold protest against racism outside of D7 Board of Education building in Dearborn Heights
September 19th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — After being silenced at Wednesday’s School Board meeting, some district parents held a protest outside of the District 7 Board of Education building Thursday morning. Leslie Windless, who organized the protest, said that Black students and parents need to have their voices heard. “You can’t say there’s......
Michigan health insurers agree to no out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 testing, treatment through 2020
September 18th, 20200 LANSING — Michigan has secured agreements from nearly all of the state’s health insurers to waive all out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 testing and treatments through the end of 2020, including copays, deductibles and coinsurance. These agreements cover more than 92 percent of the commercial health insurance market in...
Local activists react to U.S backed normalization treaties struck between UAE, Bahrain and Israel
September 18th, 20200 DEARBORN — So-called “peace agreements” between two Arab countries, the UAE and Bahrain, with Israel were signed on Tuesday, in a ceremony at the White House hosted by President Trump. The normalization efforts between governments of the two Arab countries and Israel carried little consent from the people of those nations and...
Dearborn fundraiser raises more than $10,000 for Lebanon relief efforts
September 18th, 20200 DEARBORN — A fundraiser held in Dearborn on Sept. 11 raised more than $10,000 for relief efforts in Lebanon. The fundraiser was set up by Dearborn City Council President Susan Dabaja, the Dearborn Fire Department and the Dearborn Heights Professional Firefighters, while being hosted by The Amity Foundation, a local non-profit in the...
Parents silenced when bringing up concerns of racism in D7 Schools
September 18th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Tensions were high during Wednesday night’s District 7 School Board meeting when numerous parents were muted when trying to voice concerns over racism in the schools. The cases of racism made news when Barbara Young and two of her children who are students in the district attended a Dearborn Heights City......
11 counties urged to cancel outdoor events due to suspected mosquito-borne virus
September 18th, 20200 LANSING — Michigan's health authorities are warning of a suspected rare mosquito-born virus, Eastern equine encephalitis. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) said a man in Barry County is suspected of having the virus and is now urging people in 11 Michigan counties —Barry, Clare, Ionia, Isabella,...
35-year-old Pontiac man arrested after Dearborn Police locate a missing 12-year-old Allen Park girl
September 17th, 20200 ALLEN PARK — The Allen Park Police Department give credit to Dearborn Police for helping bring a missing 12-year-old girl home last month after she met an older man on Snapchat. On Aug. 19, officers responded to a residence in Allen Park for a runaway 12-year-old juvenile and were told by the child’s parents that she had been......
Associate pastor at Divine Child compares Black Lives Matter protests to 9/11 terrorist attacks
September 17th, 20200 DEARBORN — The Church of the Divine Child issued out an immediate apology after an associate pastor compared Black Lives Matter protests to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Fr. Paul Graney delivered mass on Sept. 13, where he said that the goal of 9/11 was to destroy the United States. “Just a couple days ago marked 19 years since...
Dearborn man who filed for $9.8 million tax refund headed to court
September 17th, 20200 LANSING – A Dearborn who filed for a tax refund of more than $9.8 million from the Michigan Department of Treasury is being charged with multiple felonies, including tax fraud, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Thursday. Dashonta D. Warren, 41, is charged with one count of filing a false income tax return, a......
