Man charged in Ypsilanti woman's kidnapping asks for 3-week court adjournment
Raymond MarchRaymond March Jeremy AbstonCourtesy of YPD A 21-year-old Belleville man accused of assisting in the kidnapping of a woman in Ypsilanti last month asked for a three-week adjournment at his...
View ArticleHumor can be crucial for police facing emotional trauma
Some of the Top-10 laughs in my life have come at some of the worst possible moments. If you follow a cop closely, you would find that they laugh at the strangest things and often when others would be...
View ArticleState Rep. David Rutledge: 'I am doing what I think I was called to do'
State Rep. David Rutledge still vividly remembers a day in the early 1960s that he says both haunted him for a long time and steered him toward a career in public service. He was in the ninth grade,...
View ArticleAfter giving birth to a daughter with no eyes, family finds strength, hope...
Erik and Jill Ibsen of Perrysburg, Oh. pose for a portrait with their three children in 2012: (L-R) Chase, age 4; Ella, age 6; and Noah, age 1. Ella was born with bilateral anophthalmia -- a rare...
View ArticleAnn Arbor school board saves high school busing, reading intervention in...
Ann Arbor school board members crunch numbers to try to finalize the 2013-14 academic year budget at about 1:50 a.m. Thursday.Danielle Arndt | AnnArbor.com Previous coverage: Budget cuts: Ann Arbor...
View ArticleAnn Arbor's changing neighborhoods: How will downtown development affect...
Jane Deering has lived in her home on Dewey Avenue in the Lower Burns Park neighborhood since 1977. Over time, she's watched homes on the street be converted to student rentals.Courtney Sacco |...
View ArticlePolice: Man arrested after resident spots him breaking into vehicles
A 27-year-old Ypsilanti man was arrested early Thursday in Pittsfield Township after a resident reported that the man was trying to break into vehicles. The Pittsfield Police Department responded to...
View ArticleAnn Arbor school board names top central administrator as interim...
Previous coverage: Ann Arbor school board sets initial parameters for superintendent search Fit to serve: Ann Arbor school board to weigh options for interim superintendent The Ann Arbor Public...
View ArticleYpsilanti police investigating Wednesday night robbery
Ypsilanti police are investigating a report of two men jumping a man and stealing his wallet late Wednesday night. Police responded at 10:23 p.m. Wednesday to Osband and Cross streets for a report of...
View ArticleDave Brandon talks about young granddaughter's successful open heart surgery...
A story in The Detroit News profiles University of Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon's relationship with his 20-month granddaughter, who received open-heart surgery at C.S. Mott Children’s...
View ArticlePersonal information of 33,260 University of Michigan Union Ticket Office...
Credit card information belonging to 33,260 people who have bought tickets at the University of Michigan Union Ticket Office over a 20-month period may have been stolen, according to a school...
View Article'Black shadow' heroin could be responsible for increase in southeast...
Heroin is folded inside of some notebook paper in this file photo. Authorities believe a toxic mix called "black shadow" could be causing a rise in overdose deaths. Courtesy of the Washtenaw County...
View ArticleCity attorney reflects on decade working alongside Ann Arbor's...
City Attorney Stephen Postema, standing, was assigned the task of introducing Mayor John Hieftje, seated, at Wednesday's meeting of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor.Ryan J. Stanton | AnnArbor.comBefore...
View ArticleSaline Benito's Pizza hopes move will attract more diners
Benito’s Pizza will be moving to what was formerly Little Caesars at 100 S. Ann Arbor St. in Saline, in hopes the new location will bring in more business, according to the Saline Reporter. Benito's...
View ArticleAfter losing son, granddaughter, Caulk family's faith unshaken with death of...
Members of the Caulk family of Ann Arbor are mourning a third loss just more than a year and a half after the heartbreak of the unexpected deaths of two of their family members. Michael Lindsay Caulk,...
View ArticleNASCAR driver donates to Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Huron Valley
NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray is donating $5,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Huron Valley on Thursday. The money will go toward the chapter’s “Hope Away From Home” campaign, which...
View ArticleMayor says attracting young professionals key to continued economic growth
Mayor John Hieftje addressed the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Chamber of Commerce at Weber's Inn in Ann Arbor Thursday afternoon.Ben Freed | AnnArbor.comGiving his second unofficial “state of the city” address...
View ArticleLetter: ACLU calls school board's decision to charge students for 7th hour...
Related: Ann Arbor school board saves high school busing, reading intervention in harried budget decision The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued a letter to the Ann Arbor Public Schools...
View ArticlePittsfield Township kicks off a summer staple with its first Farmer's Market
Pittsfield Township kicked off its first Farmers Market on Thursday. The Farmers Market will be every Thursday in the parking lot of the Township Administration Building at 6201 W. Michigan Ave., in...
View ArticleEMU alumnus co-producer new 'Man of Steel' Superman movie
This film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Henry Cavill as Superman in "Man of Steel." AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Clay Enos The new "Man of Steel" Superman movie has yet...
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