Washtenaw County News

Betty Jean Jones transfers a spoonful of French fries to a cast-iron pan filled with oil after her electric fryer stopped working in her apartment at Hikone.

The Monroe County Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday to end negotiations with a former Washtenaw County commissioner chosen as that county's next administrator .

Last month, I warned you about a prolific thief who's been stealing from people for longer than I'd been a cop .

A state lawmaker from Washtenaw County wants to overturn Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage.

Workers gave out a few hundred wristbands to eligible residents seeking swine flu vaccinations at Eastern Michigan University's Convocation Center this morning.

Washtenaw County commissioners were expected to vote in committee on Wednesday night on a two-year budget for 2010-11, but instead they tabled any decisions on the budget until Nov.

Police are trying to identify the children pictured in more than 1,000 images of child pornography found on a Ypsilanti Township man's computer.

There were several sideshows on the menu for Election 2009 in Washtenaw County, but the issue that moved voters to the polls was the countywide schools enhancement millage .

The proposed Washtenaw County schools enhancement millage is bringing voters to the polls today, but not in droves.

After months of debate and campaigning, Election Day is here. Polls open at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m.; officials are expecting a high turnout, bolstered mainly by a countywide schools millage on the ballot.

Authorities have identified three members of a family killed in a fire in their southwest Ann Arbor home and said today the preliminary cause of death is smoke inhalation.

YPSILANTI TWP., Mich. - 41-year-old Brian Demarest, a maintenance man who lives and works at a trailer park on Munger Road in Ypsilanti Township, is under arrest and charged with possession and distribution of child pornography.

The number of kids in Washtenaw County out sick due to flu-like illness - largely boosted by swine flu - nearly doubled late last month, according to county health department statistics .

The number of kids in Washtenaw County out sick due to flu-like illness - largely swine flu - has nearly doubled.

The hottest election in Washtenaw County on Tuesday - hands down - is a countywide schools enhancement millage voters are being asked to approve.

By now, most of us have heard of the budget cuts made by the State of Michigan to K-12 schools around the state.

An Ypsilanti Township man is facing criminal charges after Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies say they found thousands of images of child pornography on his BlackBerry and its memory cards.

From his prison cell in the Upper Peninsula, a convicted carjacker drafted a document claiming he paid Washtenaw County Prosecutor Brian Mackie $12 million - a move authorities say was made to get the prosecutor audited by the IRS.

Dexter High School first got some feature-film-love early this year, when the crew of the Hilary Swank movie "Betty Anne Waters" filmed exterior shots there.

A 16-year-old Muslim girl who advocates say was a victim of a hate crime in Ann Arbor last month was criminally charged with two counts of disturbing the peace for her involvement in the incident, her attorney said today.