Woman dies in apartment fire
A woman who died in her chair that caught fire at a senior citizen apartment complex may have been smoking a cigarette that ignited and led to a partial evacuation of the building Tuesday morning.
View ArticleLocal sports: Lutheran South falls in Regional matchup
Lutheran South very nearly won its first Regional volleyball match in school history Tuesday night.
View ArticlePrep volleyball: Mules roll past Carlson
Bedford gained another step toward Battle Creek Tuesday night when it swept Gibraltar Carlson 25-16, 25-16, 25-5.
View ArticleTigers' Young pleads guilty to harassment in NY
Detroit Tigers star Delmon Young pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated harassment in an incident last spring where he shouted an anti-Semitic slur and tackled a man to the ground outside a Manhattan...
View ArticleGenerator problem idles Fermi plant
DTE Energy shut down its Fermi 2 nuclear plant Wednesday due to a puzzling increase in hydrogen gas in a cooling system for the main electrical generator at the plant.
View ArticleMichigan shootings spree suspect arraigned, jailed
A man suspected in two dozen random shootings along a 100-mile stretch of roadway in southeastern Michigan was charged with several gun crimes Wednesday that are likely the first of many charges.
View ArticleYoung Detroit Lions have sparked team's turnaround
The Detroit Lions are getting key contributions from players they've drafted the last two years.
View ArticleNearly 67 million viewers watch election coverage
President Barack Obama's re-election was well watched but wasn't the TV ratings record-breaker his first victory four years proved to be.
View ArticleSanta Claus training course in Detroit
The Rev. Joseph Marquis, 63, pastor of Sacred Heart Byzantine Catholic Church in Livonia, runs the St. Nicholas Institute, designed to feature the spiritual background of Santa Claus.
View ArticleIt was a close race, but fewer county residents voted this year
On Tuesday, Rose Rozner cast her ballot to re-elect President Barack Obama.
View ArticleWhat took so long on election night?
It was around 4:30 a.m., more than eight hours after the polls closed and about four hours after the president of the United States was declared a winner, when Monroe County Probate Judge Frank Arnold...
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