Ypsilanti News

This view shows Washtenaw Avenue, looking west from Arborland Mall in Ann Arbor Friday.

An intruder forced his way into an occupied home in the 1400 block of Gregory Street in Ypsilanti this evening, city police said.

Ypsilanti's City Hall closed today due to a water main break and won't reopen until Monday morning.

Come next Halloween, Ypsilanti Township resident Herbert Tackett won't set up his elaborate haunted house for neighborhood children.

Every week, Ypsilanti school district spokeswoman Emma Jackson sends a list of coming events and news to media in the area.

Ypsilanti Township officials are asking Washtenaw County to open up the township's police service contract and allow for the layoff of 10 deputies by next month.

Dominic Oyerinde appears in court today. Tom Perkins For AnnArbor.com A judge found a 20-year-old Ann Arbor man competent to stand trial today on open murder and carjacking charges in the death of his ex-girlfriend, 17-year-old Anna List.

A phishing scam is circulating around Washtenaw County, almost exactly a year after similar e-mail or text alerts made the rounds.

A car was reported stolen Sunday from the parking lot of the Metropolitan Memorial Baptist Church on Hawkins Street, an Ypsilanti police incident log said.

A 4-year-old girl was left alone in a vehicle for 25 minutes Friday at a state Department of Human Services office on Center Street, an Ypsilanti police incident log said.

In the "spotted at the Ann Arbor People's Food Co-op" department: I picked up Volume 1, Number 1 of The Bohemian , a new free monthly alternative paper serving Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and published by the Cromwell Publishing Co.

Stanley Sean Wright The Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed a Washtenaw County Trial court sentence of one to 15 years in prison imposed on Stanley Sean Wright for his conviction of resisting and obstructing an Ypsilanti police officer.

DETROIT - Two trucks overturned in each direction on Interstate 94 near Chelsea after their drivers fell asleep early today.

The Willow Run Transmission plant, set to be closed under General Motors' bankruptcy plan next year, could become a military vehicle rehabilitation facility, an aide to Gov.

A 50-year-old Pinckney man was hospitalized in a Washtenaw County hospital after a pumpkin thrown from an overpass crashed through his windshield and hit him in the head.

A very straightforward yet revolutionary approach to open meetings in Ypsilanti says that every subcommittee of City Council must abide by the Michigan Open Meetings Act - including providing advance notice of meetings - just in case enough council members show up to form a quorum.

A man found a trash bag containing organs of an unknown animal while walking his dog Saturday on a trail near the 100 block of South Grove Street, an Ypsilanti police incident log said.

Thieves created a diversion to distract a cashier, then used a cash register key to get inside a register at Kroger and steal money Friday, according to the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department.

Former Ypsilanti High School Coach Dave Poole's use of the N-word signals deeper problems within our community.

An Ypsilanti Township man whose felony animal torture case was dismissed last year was charged again with shooting his neighbor's cat.