Wayne News

Harold and Pat Bower Scholarship recipient Ashley Gendron flanked by Wayne Recreation Foundation board members Thomas Dailey , Jan Germann, Greg Baracy, William Hawley and Parks and Recreation Director Nathan Adams.

The council recently voted to approve establishing a CRD that will encompass the Mark Chevrolet property - 9.87 acres at 33200 Michigan Ave.

Memorial Day is one of those holidays that can fall on a different date on different years but it's always the fourth Monday in May.

A new firm will be handling property assessing duties for Wayne, and the city also has a new newspaper for legal notices.

The day after they married, Jordan Costa and Heather Favazza-Costa started their new life together Sunday by driving south for a honeymoon they hoped to share in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Costa, a 21-year-old Canton resident and youth leader at Connection Church on Sheldon Road, was killed Sunday morning in a one-car crash in Ohio.

Ford Motor Co., aiming to boost output of key models, is scaling back its annual summer shutdown to one week from two weeks at 20 North America plants.

Come this September, Wayne County will be home to a newly completed First Responders Memorial for Wayne County police, fire and EMS agencies at the corner of Hines Drive and Haggerty Road in Plymouth Township.

Becoming a firefighter was something that Brian Woehlke had aspired to since childhood - he followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, a Dearborn firefighter.

Wayne police said a person was being held hostage at an apartment on Hannan Road north of Michigan Ave.

Dearborn again was well represented at the Michigan Green Schools Recognition Ceremony as more than three dozen public and private schools located within the city were recognized in a ceremony held May 1. With Dearborn leading the way, schools throughout Wayne County were honored for their commitment to energy saving and environmental stewardship.

Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano will lead the official groundbreaking for the First Responders Memorial to be built in Hines Park.

A Ford 2013 C-MAX Hybrid vehicle is seen on display outside the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.

The flags at Lutheran High School Westland were lowered to half staff Thursday and the marquee in front of the school changed to honor one of its fallen Warriors, Wayne-Westland firefighter Brian Woehlke.

Throughout May, there is online voting that could move Wayne into the second round to qualify for a grant from PetSafe.

Requests for eight temporary fireworks tents in parking lots around Westland have been approved but at least one councilman isn't happy about it.

More than 100 YWCA employees in Wayne County are seeking the rest of their pay after the YWCA of Western Wayne County closed and ran out of money for paychecks.

ON SUNDAY 2:00 UNTIL 9:00 AND FUNERAL MAY 13 AT 11 A.M. WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP IN THE STORY THAT WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU LAST NIGHT AT 6:00. IT'S A BATTLE BETWEEN THE WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSION AND SHERIFF BENNY NAPOLEON.

A new report from the Workforce Intelligence Network of Southeast Michigan finds that IT, health care, engineering, design and skilled trades positions are most in demand in the region's labor market.

As George Marvaso watched his business destroyed by fire Wednesday, he thought about the support he received from the community and was concerned about his employees.

The City of Westland and DTE Energy are inviting people of all ages and all levels of gardening skills to join them 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11, for Westland's fourth Annual Community Garden Kick-Off, at the garden, located at 38155 Cherry Hill Road.