Wayne News

WXYZ) - The community came together on Sunday for the daughter of a murder victim.

Bond referendum Proposal S, which would enable Detroit Public Schools to spend $500 million on school construction and renovation, passed by a 25,000-vote margin in Tuesday's election.

Swine flu has killed 16 Michigan residents, hospitalized 396 and sickened scores of people as demand exceeds supply for the H1N1 vaccine, Michigan Department of Community Health officials said Monday.

Voters in the Downriver communities of Taylor, Flat Rock, Southgate and Woodhaven elected new mayors Tuesday.

If all goes as planned, Dwayne Provience's 2001 murder conviction will be tossed out this morning and his University of Michigan Law School attorneys will seek his release on bond.

A robbery suspect with a criminal record was killed and a Plymouth Township police officer was wounded when gunfire erupted as plainclothes officers tried to arrest the suspect after the holdup of a cell phone retailer Thursday.

Michigan State Police said an officer was shot and a suspect was killed during an exchange of gunfire in Plymouth Township Thursday.

Many workers at the Ford Motor Company are signaling that they are unwilling to help the automaker cut its labor costs further, by voting against what would be the third round of concessions in the last two years.

" Workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Claycomo plant have overwhelmingly rejected another round of concessions.

Lines formed early Monday morning as some Wayne County residents hoped to be among those receiving H1N1, swine flu, immunizations.

Opponents of a deal between the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. are spreading misinformation as they campaign against the contract, the union's president said Saturday.

There was an attempted murder and armed robbery at the Mr. Z's Party Store around 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday.

A city appeals board agreed with a recommendation to demolish a house where hundreds of live and dead Chihuahuas were found last summer.

Long lines are anticipated today at two Oakland County clinic sites and two in Wayne County as the first doses of the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine are offered to the public in southeast Michigan.

A 40-year-old Westland man has been charged with attempted murder and armed robbery after Northville police said he lunged at a party store owner with a 14-inch kitchen knife.

Northville Township -- A 40-year-old Westland man, who brandished a 14-inch kitchen knife while robbing a party store, was arraigned today in 35th District Court for attempted murder and armed robbery among other charges.

We're facing difficult times in Michigan. The worldwide economic downturn has hit the middle class here the hardest.

In this March 11, 2009 file photo, job seekers attend a Michigan Works! job fair at the Wayne, Mich., Community Center.

Ford commits to new vehicles at U.S. plants A worker checks on a 2010 Ford Taurus on the assembly line at the Ford plant in Chicago.

Let the purists sneer at Wayne County's consideration of selling naming rights to county sites.