Traveler From Liberia Monitored For Ebola As Precaution While He Visits Michigan
The man from Liberia is visiting family in Oak Park and while he has shown no signs of illness, the C.D.C. has asked the man to self-monitor himself.
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The man from Liberia is visiting family in Oak Park and while he has shown no signs of illness, the C.D.C. has asked the man to self-monitor himself.
To date, eleven communities across the state have attempted decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana, and all eleven have succeeded.
Voters in two Detroit-area communities have approved ballot proposals legalizing marijuana for personal use.
It is the most open seats since 1992 -- when redistricting, retirements and a primary upset ushered out seven of 18 House members.
Tim Beck is known as the "godfather" of marijuana in Michigan, had successfully led the state-wide initiative five years ago to legalize the use of medical marijuana.
Oak Park police say two men and one woman were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.
Supporters of marijuana decriminalization have submitted petitions to place the issue before voters in two northern Detroit suburbs.
Police are searching for a third suspect wanted in a series of violent crimes throughout metro Detroit.
Michael Mihalich is CEO and founder of MJR Digital Cinemas in Oak Park. MJR Digital Cinemas has eight locations with 132 screens in Michigan. More than 30 years ago, Mihalich moved to Detroit and started MJR Theatre Service Inc., with about 90 screens. MJR has a history of expansion and industdry firsts, including its Chesterfield Township location, which was one of the first theaters in the United States to be converted to stadium seating. Recently, MJR's Marketplace Cinema 20 in Sterling Heights has been the top grossing theater in Michigan. The company recently announced that it will build a $16 million, 74,000-square-foot theater in Troy. Scheduled to open in 2014, the theater will feature the MJR Epic Experience for extra comfort and the MJR Studio Bar & Lounge. Mihalich started his career at Warner Brothers and worked his way through various positions. He then partnered with Jim Payne and Marvin Mann to form Midwest Entertainment, an independent distribution, booking and buying company, which he later sold. He then worked at Cooperative Theatres of Ohio before founding MJR. Mihalich also has been the executive producer on three films, including "The Rosary Murders" with the screenplay written by Fred Walton and Elmore Leonard. Mihalich attended Arizona State University on a football scholarship until an injury ended his career.
As police were responding to a report of shots fired, they received word of a possible carjacking in the same area.
For the first time in nearly 60 years, Oak Park restaurants will be able to serve beer and wine by the glass.
Police say the incident began when they got a call about a suicidal woman at an apartment.
An Oak Park man is waking up in jail Tuesday morning after an attempted robbery at a dollar store led to a police chase through Detroit.
The Oak Park City Council will vote to allow the sale of beer and wine, which has not been allowed since 1945.
Police shut down I-696 at Greenfield for several hours Saturday morning after a semi truck crashed through the median wall.
Police say a 36-year-old Detroit man was killed in a freak, on-the-job accident at a landscaping business in Oak Park.
Oak Park police are investigating a double shooting that happened Tuesday afternoon, on Kenwood, west of Coolidge, and north of 9 Mile Road.
Oak Park Police are investigating a homicide that happened Monday evening in a parking lot near Nine Mile and Greenfield roads.
An accident on the ramp from eastbound I-94 to I-96 has left a motorcyclist fighting for his life.
A popular intersection in Oak Park has reopened Tuesday morning after a tanker delivering fuel to a gas station Monday clipped a valve and spilled hundreds of gallons of gas on the roadway.
Many homes in Oak Park and Ferndale are still without power, one of those that got the lights back on is Don Colbert in Ferndale but he doesn't feel out of the woods yet.
A 36-year-old Ferndale man was killed in a motorcycle accident on I-696 early Sunday morning.
Authorities say a suburban Detroit teen has died in an accident while tubing on a lake in Newaygo County.
Mayor Pro Tem Angela Diggs Jackson, along with councilmen Emile Duplessis and Paul Levine, are accused of putting the city's future finances at risk.
