Accused quick charge artist arrested in string of cash thefts throughout Washtenaw County (The Ann Arbor News)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:32:30 GMT
A quick-change artist with a long history of scams at Washtenaw County eateries and convenience stores was arrested Tuesday after authorities say she struck again in Saline last week. Cathy Ann Thacker, 46, is being held at the Washtenaw County......
Local news in brief (Detroit Free Press)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:57:09 GMT
Wayne A clean-air ordinance passed unanimously Tuesday by the Detroit City Council prohibits commercial truck drivers from idling their engines for more than five minutes during any one-hour period. Violators will be ticketed.
Valassis Employees Present $75,000 Donation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (PRWeb)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:59:15 GMT
Celebrating 25-year Partnership of Reuniting Children with their Families (PRWeb Mar 9, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Missing/Children/prweb3700694.htm
911 transcripts ordered in stripper case (Detroit News)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:29:30 GMT
A federal judge on Monday ordered the city of Detroit to hire a contractor to recover and transcribe 911 tapes from around the time of a rumored stripper party at the mayor's Manoogian Mansion in 2002.
Kosmo: There's no crying in districts (The Oakland Press)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:18:26 GMT
Kosmo knows area boys basketball teams were probably focused on their season last week, so players and coaches alike didn’t heed the warning/playoff theme of The Oakland Press that Kosmo hands out every year.
Valassis Employees Present $75,000 Donation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:36:00 GMT
Celebrating 25-year Partnership of Reuniting Children with their Families
Canton, Livonia to study joint dispatch system (Canton Observer)
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:23:38 GMT
Socked by shrinking revenues, Canton and Livonia are inching closer to a feasibility study to explore the potential for creating a consolidated central dispatch system to handle 9-1-1 calls for their police and fire departments. Using federal stimulus dollars, the two communities plan to hire a consulting firm that is expected to issue a feasibility report possibly by late summer, Canton Deputy ...
Area cagers seek success as tourney tips off Monday (Garden City Observer)
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:10:38 GMT
For Garden City, Monday's start to the boys state basketball tournament provides an opportunity to build on what has been a relatively successful regular season.
Area cage teams prepare for March's madness (Redford Observer)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:40:24 GMT
For Garden City, Monday's start to the boys state basketball tournament provides an opportunity to build on what has been a relatively successful regular season. For both Redford Union and Redford Thurston, their post-season appearances signal new life and a new beginning from what proved to be a rather frustrating three months of play. All three area schools will take to the court at Livonia ...
Murdoch’s Losses on Supermarket Coupons Near ‘Avatar’ Earnings (Bloomberg)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:58:36 GMT
March 4 (Bloomberg) -- Rupert Murdoch , who may have spent the equivalent of the projected earnings of News Corp. ’s hit movie “Avatar” to settle lawsuits against his supermarket- coupon unit, risks losing millions more at a trial over alleged anticompetitive behavior by the same business.
