Westland News

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

The Oak Park-based movie theater chain, which has eight locations in Southeast Michigan, will open a 16-screen theater at the corner of Maple and Livernois, the company said in a release Monday.

Sky Zone Canton, franchise partner of the world's first indoor trampoline park, will host a fundraiser Tuesday, June 4, in support of the family of Brian Woehlke, the Wayne-Westland firefighter who died while fighting a blaze in a Westland strip mall.

A man left his wife in the car when he ran into a Commerce Township fast food restaurant and when he came out, she and the car were gone.

Jayna Muir, Tyler Morrison and Kaitlin Robackouski, members of the Liovnia Franklin High School Belcanto Concert Choir, sing, "God Bless America" during the ground-breaking ceremony.

State Sen. Glenn Anderson, D-Westland, speaks to the Senate Finance Committee on Senate Bill 104, his bill to help cut property taxes for disabled veterans, as Michigan veterans watch and listen.

Adeline Wieczorek of Westland is the winner of a new Whirlpool washer and dryer courtesy of Bill and Rod's Appliance.

A former Westland man was shot and killed at his Toledo-area home over the weekend, the victim of a home invasion, police said.

The St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store in Westland is closed for repairs after sustaining smoke damaged from a fire May 8. St.

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The veterans and defense workers interviewed by John Glenn High School students as part of the project were Midlred Arlene Courtney, Robert Franke, Grandon Gates, Maragret Gatteri, Primitivio Gutierrezz, Myron Handelsman, Herbert Holcomb, Janice Kelley, James Lairy, George Leland, Gerald Lustila, Stanley Sak, Charles Serey, Marshall Spang, Carl ... (more)

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

A woman who lives in the 31000 block of Rosslyn reported a home invasion May 9. She said she left the house for about an hour in the afternoon, long enough to pick up her child from school.

Sally Dixon of Canton and Linda Trygg of Westland portray sisters in Still Got It Players' upcoming comedy, The Gangster Priest.

Less than the number of candidates required to trigger a run-off election in each community had filed by Tuesday's deadline.

On May 13, a resident of the Woodbridge Pond Apartments, 37159 S. Woodbridge Circle, told police that someone had stolen all of her personal belongings from the unit, including shoes, coats, purses, her driver's license and Social Security card.

Some Michigan veterans who have been classified as 100 percent disabled because of an injury could have their property taxes eliminated under a measure proposed in the State Senate .

A homeless man was arraigned Wednesday afternoon on four felony charges, including terrorism and kidnapping for holding a Westland City Hall employee hostage while claiming to have a bomb.

Marquee signs at area businesses remember Wayne-Westland firefighter Brian Woehlke who was killed in the line of duty May 8. Many of those businesses are also collecting donations or holding fundraisers to benefit Woehlke's widow, Jennifer, and particularly Woehlke's 13-month-old daughter, Ava.

A short documentary called "Image of the Invisible" features Brian Woehlke on the job as he worked as a paramedic for Redford Township.