July 29th, 20220DETROIT — Portia Roberson is a candidate in the August 2 primary election in the newly-drawn U.S. House District 13, covering much of Detroit and Hamtramck, as well as Downriver and western Wayne communities and eastern cities like Grosse Pointe.
The district also includes the southern portion of Dearborn Heights. Besides...
October 29th, 20210TAYLOR — A party store owner and developer plead guilty Wednesday to conspiring to commit bribery with Mayor Rick Sollars, the city’s development manager and another developer.
Hadir Altoon, 49, who owns the party store Dominick’s Market, along with two property development companies, plead guilty after being accused of letting...
September 22nd, 20210TAYLOR — A 15-year-old Taylor High School student brought a loaded gun to school and threatened to shoot the school security officer, according to police.
The student had brought the gun in a fanny pack and the gun reportedly had the serial numbers filed off of it.
Officers were called to the high school Wednesday morning, Sept....
April 18th, 20210WAYNE COUNTY — All Wayne County vaccine sites will now accept walk-up COVID-19 vaccinations appointments during regular clinic hours from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Residents and workers may still schedule a vaccination appointment with the Wayne County Health Department by calling toll-free 1-866-610-3885. All County sites will accept...
January 31st, 20210WAYNE COUNTY — Wayne County Executive Warren Evans met with state officials and Governor Whitmer’s staff to discuss a problem with equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
Wayne County, one of the epicenters of the virus in the state, has been receiving fewer doses of the vaccines than less populous counties.
County officials...
January 29th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A community agency’s ramped-up efforts to bring much needed food and resources to those in need shows just how economically damaging the COVID-19 pandemic has been to Metro Detroit families.
The Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency has partnered with Wayne County to fill in the gaps for county residents...
September 23rd, 20200TAYLOR – 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...
August 15th, 20200While the housing market has been booming during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, commercial real estate continues to struggle as more and more businesses are having to shut their doors.
Realtor Dave Abdallah said that another reason for the struggling market is fear.
“In general, the real estate market is doing extremely...
May 12th, 20200DEARBORN — On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) announced that six hospitals in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District received $159 million in grants from the CARES Act passed by Congress in March. The money will be used to support hospitals and health systems on the frontlines that provided inpatient care for 100 or...
December 21st, 20190DEARBORN – 10 residents of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights have been indicted under the Eastern District Court of Michigan for defrauding pharmaceutical companies in an elaborate scheme involving co-pay assistance reimbursement claims.
The indictment alleges that the 10 conspirators worked together to defraud pharmaceutical...
December 1st, 20181TAYLOR, 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...
September 2nd, 20180Dearborn Heights — Dearborn Heights, Taylor and the civil engineering firm Wade Trim will host a public forum to secure the public’s input and opinions regarding the proposed Van Born Corridor Improvement Project. The forum will take place Wednesday, Sept. 19 at the Richard A. Young Recreation Center on McKinley Street. The meeting...
