July 31st, 20260DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Former Dearborn Heights Police Chief Ahmed Haidar has filed a lawsuit against the city and Mayor Mo Baydoun, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for actions he took while leading the department.
According to the lawsuit, filed in Wayne County Circuit Court in July, Haidar was removed from his...
July 24th, 20260HAMTRAMCK —A Wayne County judge has denied Hamtramck Mayor Adam Alharbi's request to temporarily reinstate dismissed Hamtramck City Manager Adel Al-Adlani, allowing the City Council's decision to remove him from office to remain in effect until the court issues a final ruling in the mayor's lawsuit against the Council.
The July 20...
June 19th, 20261HAMTRAMCK — Mayor Adam Alharbi has filed a lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court seeking to overturn the Hamtramck City Council’s decision to terminate newly appointed City Manager Adel Al-Adlani, a move that signals an escalating power struggle over governance and decision-making inside City Hall, which is already facing multiple...
May 1st, 20260DETROIT — On Tuesday, a jury in Wayne County Circuit Court convicted Michael Lopez in the fatal shooting of Mohamed Said, a corporal with the Melvindale Police Department, who was killed in the line of duty on July 21, 2024.
The jury found Lopez, 45, guilty on all 12 counts related to the killing of Said, who was 26-years-old when he...
March 27th, 20260A newly filed lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court alleges that the Henry Ford College Board of Trustees violated Michigan’s Open Meetings Act (OMA) during its ongoing search for a new college president.
The complaint, filed Thursday by political activist and Highland Park resident Robert Davis, centers on the Board’s use of a...
December 26th, 20250DETROIT, HAMTRAMCK — Hamtramck Mayor-elect Adam Alharbi took another decisive step toward confirming his victory in the November 4 municipal election after a Wayne County Circuit Court judge ruled on Tuesday to reject a request by his opponent, Muhith Mahmood, to count 37 absentee ballots that had been excluded by the county’s Board...
September 15th, 20220DEARBORN — Judge Susan Dabaja was appointed a judge of the Wayne County Circuit Court on March 31 by Governor Whitmer, for a partial term that expires on January 1. She celebrated her investiture Monday, Sept. 12 at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn.
Dabaja will be running in the November 8 election to retain...
October 19th, 20181DEARBORN – Several key races are brewing that could alter the course municipalities and the state take as they face challenges like improving public education, fixing dilapidated infrastructure and lowering insurance premiums.
After interviews and deliberations on October 17, The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC)...
