Livonia News

Lynda Scheel, a six-year member of the Livonia school board and a candidate for Livonia City Council, was elected president of the school board in a 6-1 vote Wednesday.

Fireworks thrown from a passing vehicle may have set fire to a Livonia home early Monday morning, causing an estimated $20,000 damage, fire officials said.

The Livonia Chamber of Commerce is seeking donations of restaurant gift certificates, trips, televisions, sporting event tickets, golf equipment and the like to use as raffle prizes for its golf outing on July 20.

Despite the heat and rain, attendance was up this year at Spree '59, said Rich Skaggs, president of the Livonia Anniversary Committee, which puts on the city's annual birthday celebration.

Rides, food, games, entertainment and fireworks are part of the 39th annual Westland Summer Festival which kicked off at 6 p.m. today with the traditional parade on Wayne Road.. Wade Shows carnival rides, midway and food booths set up near the municipal complex are open.

Mayor Jack Kirksey is continuing to lobby federal officials and GM to reconsider closing two GM dealerships.

Lynn Alexander quotes Diane Sawyer, host of ABC's Good Morning America, when she discusses aging.

A distraught 33-year-old Westland woman preparing to jump off the Merriman Road bridge onto I-96 Monday afternoon was grabbed from behind by a Livonia police officer and escorted off the bridge.

A 21-year-old Detroit man running from Livonia Police Thursday was arrested after he banged on an unmarked police car and asked the undercover office inside for a ride.

Motor City Youth Theatre will present its annual family-friendly Shakespeare production for two weekends this month at Grantland Street Playhouse, 27555 Grantland, west of Inkster Road and south of I-96, in Livonia.

In a 4-2 vote Monday, the Livonia school board extended Supt. Randy Liepa's contract another year, pushing the expiration date to June 2014.

The Livonia school board is expected to increase lunch prices, adopt a $160 million budget and set tax rates Monday.

GM has filed a tax appeal against the city of Livonia with the Michigan Tax Tribunal for $648,000 for the Livonia Powertrain plant.

Boy Scout Troop 889 of Memorial Church of Christ in Livonia recently recognized Joseph Pisani, Andrew Scheffer and Scott Sieron for attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.

A little more than half of Livonia's 1,100 teachers will get a 0.5-percent raise and all of them will start paying part of their health care for the first time ever under the terms of a one-year contract approved Thursday by the school board.

Investigators obtained fingerprints from the crime scene and found that the prints matched those of a suspect arrested Friday in Detroit on charges of possession of a stolen car.

The Livonia school board will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. today to approve a one-year contract with its teachers union.

Thirteen candidates have filed to run for Livonia City Council, which in all likelihood means a primary election will be held Sept.

Four teams of students from Livonia's Churchill High School recently joined more than 100 other teams at Michigan State University for the Michigan Future Problem Solving Program State Bowl competition.

Texas Hold'Em Poker and Blackjack players will gather at Livonia's Eddie Edgar Ice Arena during the Livonia Spree on Saturday, June 27, in a charitable event that benefits scholarships and community programs supported by the Livonia Jaycees.