Dearborn Heights News

Dearborn Heights Fire Department firefighter Philip Hall recently completed Homeland Security training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness , in Anniston, Ala.

Not only is the cost of higher education increasing to the point that many are left with no option to take advantage of its benefits, but those who do are often left with no employment or underemployment .

Detroit -- A Dearborn Heights man put a contract out on the life of a Wayne County assistant prosecutor who was investigating him for mortgage fraud, according to federal court records unsealed today.

Seven people were shot this afternoon near a bus stop and gas station on Detroit's west side and police are searching for two shooters believed to still be in the area.

The 2009-10 fiscal year begins Wednesday with a fresh start and a new budget. City Council approved the $38.4 million balanced budget unanimously at the May 26 meeting.

Payne Gniewek of Trenton and Joseph Juszczyk of Dearborn Heights each shot five-under par 66 to lead the field in the first round of stroke play at the 98th Michigan Amateur on Tuesday at Spring Meadows Country Club in Linden.

More homes are broken into during the summer than any other time. So how can you protect your property? JoAnne Purtan has this consumer investigation so you dona t waste your money: It takes just seconds for an intruder to kick in a door and get inside your home.

DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS - It's nearly time for Cruisin' Michigan Avenue, which will bring automobiles of all kinds down the state thoroughfare on July 11.

The Michigan Department of Transportation today announced it will begin a series of road projects shortly after the July 4th holiday, with many of the projects underwritten by stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Joseph Juszczyk of Dearborn Heights shot back-to-back rounds of 5-under-par 66 to win the stroke-play portion of the Michigan Amateur golf tournament by three strokes.

A 25-year-old died Sunday night while swimming with friends in a water-filled gravel pit at Haas Lake Park in Lyon Township near New Hudson.

A 25-year-old man from Dearborn Heights died Sunday night when he went under the water at Haas Lake and never resurfaced.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Department is investigating a drowning that occurred at Haas Lake Park in New Hudson Sunday night.

Mohammed Jabery, Awatif Baydoun, Raed Mourad and Aliya Hammoud sell sour candy to raise money for the Crestwood High School class of 2012 at the Dearborn Heights Spirit Fest June 10.

Voter Guides for the upcoming Dearborn primary election of Aug. 4, are available for viewing on the League of Women Voters of Dearborn/Dearborn Heights Web site www.lwvddh.org . Some 25 candidates will be on the August ballot, with voters selecting the top 14 candidates for the November ballot.

President Barack Obama's speech in Egypt was a refreshing change from the Bush-era speeches that were always controversial and divisive.

So Jack White has a new band. There's no album until July 14, and only a few songs have been released.

A group of friends at Wednesday's Dearborn Heights Spirit Fest pose for a photo while waiting their turn on a carnival ride.

The city has approved the purchase of the approximately 32-acre site known as the incinerator property from the Central Wayne County Sanitation Authority .

Members of the Central Wayne County Sanitation Authority Board have agreed to sell the 32-acre site of a former trash incinerator on Inkster Road to the City of Dearborn Heights for just over $1 million.