Hazel Park News

Students at Webster Elementary School will be ready for their close-ups Thursday morning when the Today Show visits.

Several members of the Troy-based St. Andrew's Society said they plan to attend a hearing at noon Tuesday of the House Government Operations Committee in Lansing in hopes that the committee will let the Legislature vote to approve a state tartan.

Sterling Heights -- Birmingham attorney Norman Yatooma knows the pain of losing a parent and how that can affect a child.

The holidays have arrived early for many people in Hazel Park. The new Nine Mile Road Bridge is open to traffic.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the reopening of the Nine Mile Road bridge over Interstate 75 in Hazel Park is planned for Monday at 10 a.m. The bridge was destroyed July 15 when a car, a tractor-trailer and a gasoline tanker collided.

A 40-year-old Hazel Park man was in stable condition Tuesday at Mt. Clemens Regional Medical Center after his bicycle was struck by a car on 14 Mile near Gratiot, police said.

The issue of breast feeding in public is being debated at the state capitol. WWJ Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick reports the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday approved legislation that allows women to breast feed their children in public.

Cities throughout metro Detroit are going out of their way to encourage residents to participate in the 2010 census, in hopes of making up for federal funding that will be lost from people who have moved out of the region.

Mike Bobbitt has a date for his event and a place and a bunch of willing comedians, all ready and eager to raise money for charity.

You might hear him wrenching away on the bottom of your car, but you rarely see him.

Wally Triplett was the first drafted African American to play in the NFL. He played for the Lions in 1949-50 before two years in the Army.

The Fred Hill Briefcase Drill Team is coming home. A year after their appearance in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, the 17 suit-wearing, satchel-toting "businessmen" have a return engagement in Thursday's Detroit parade, officially called America's Thanksgiving Parade.

About 100 families from around Michigan filled a hallway at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center, the home of the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy, Saturday morning as they waited with their prospective students for a tour of the academy facilities.

Hazel Park --Nearly 70 of Michigan's 840 school districts have not yet turned in their financial audit reports to the Michigan Department of Education as of 4 p.m. Monday.

Detroit police are looking for a partially paralyzed 76-year-old man who has been missing for more than three weeks.

At its regular meeting Monday night, the Oakland Schools Board of Education approved the elimination of 36 positions and accepted the retirements/resignations of 28 employees who took advantage of the Voluntary Employee Sick Leave Payout Program .

Get ready for bigger backups on I-75 this week as work to replace the destroyed 9 Mile Road overpass in Hazel Park brings new lane restrictions and overnight shutdowns of the freeway.

Oakland County Parks is offering gift certificates for amenities like rounds of golf, water park admissions and boat and bike rentals.

About 1,000 miles away, Hugh Sims prepared an envelope containing a Christmas card for a little boy in South Lyon he had never met.

It was smooth sailing Tuesday night as Livonia Churchill romped to a 25-3, 25-3, 25-7 Class A regional semifinal girls volleyball victory over Detroit Cody in a match played at Hazel Park.