Magic Johnson Foundation To Supply Holiday Gifts For Flint Families
Families in Flint now will receive food, toys and gifts as part of the foundation's holiday giving on Saturday and Sunday. It also is being held in Detroit and Lansing.
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Families in Flint now will receive food, toys and gifts as part of the foundation's holiday giving on Saturday and Sunday. It also is being held in Detroit and Lansing.
Friday's efforts follow months of work by the city to obtain payment.
The city of Flint has paid a councilman $4,500 after he claimed he was unlawfully arrested when police escorted him from a contentious meeting over a garbage contract.
Police were attempting to arrest Christopher Washington when he pulled out a gun
A grant worth more than $500,000 is providing free books for Flint children through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
An outbreak of a highly contagious gastrointestinal illness, shigellosis, has CDC officials stationed in Flint.
Under the agreement a lawsuit over the issue will be dismissed.
In each case, prosecutor's say, the 40-year-old suspect punched a woman in the face.
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver says she's baffled by the visit of Donald Trump without notice.
Mayor Karen Weaver says she feels threatened and hopes that police can find the man.
The bipartisan bill would authorize 29 projects in 18 states.
The money will be used to bring back 33 firefighters, raising the staff to 91.
Many of them screamed out in excitement when a curtain concealing the surprise gifts was pulled back.
A complaint filed with the Michigan Court of Appeals says state health officials have not received information on Legionella cases from a Flint hospital since April.
Flint-native Claressa Shields becomes the first U.S. Olympic boxer to win two gold medals.
The program allows communities that secure enough private funding to also use state tax revenue to pay students' college tuition. It is limited to 10 high-poverty areas currently.
"We won't be at the finish line until testing can confirm that Flint residents are receiving safe, clean drinking water."
Garbage collection in Flint will resume Tuesday after a one-day suspension as a trash hauler agreed to a temporary deal and residents fumed over the controversy between the mayor and City Council.
Garbage could be piling up in the city of Flint.
A Flint City Council member is suing Mayor Karen Weaver, who apparently is disregarding an 8-1 vote against giving the trash-hauling contract to Rizzo Environmental Services.
"In essence, these individuals concealed the truth and they were criminally wrong to do so," AG Bill Schuette said.
The woman was able to escape the attack by jumping through an apartment window.
Organizers have postponed a weekend rally in Flint in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after the killings of five Dallas police officers.
The person is over age 65 and is hospitalized.
The authority voted to extend its emergency service agreement with Flint for another year without an increase in charges while the city copes with a lead-tainted water crisis.
