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5 min ago | CBS Local

Free Health Screenings Today In Wayne County

The health and dental screenings will be offered free from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. at Westland City Hall on Ford Road.

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2 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

Embattled Judge Wade McCree: Affair with witness clouded my judgment

Wade McCree takes the stand: Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree on the stand in a case that could cost him his job.

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Related Topix: Washtenaw County, MI, Ann Arbor, MI

6 hrs ago | Observer & Eccentric

Pair sentenced in armed robbery at gas station

Two of the men who robbed a Speedway gas station in Redford will serve several years in prison after being sentenced last month.

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Related Topix: Redford, MI

8 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

Has Mike Duggan lived in Detroit long enough to run for mayor?

Detroit mayoral candidate Tom Barrow, right, is claiming that Mike Duggan wasn't a resident of Detroit for a year.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Livonia, MI

Wed May 22, 2013

Ann Arbor.com

Trial date set for man accused in West Willow homicide

The 30-year-old Trenton man accused of killing 29-year-old Brandon Charles in Ypsilanti Township last January appeared briefly Wednesday in the Washtenaw County Trial Court where he had a trial date set for Sept.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Trenton, MI, Washtenaw County, MI

Detroit News

Wayne Co. commissioners fear rising jail tether costs

Wayne County Commissioner Ilona Varga is accusing the sheriff's department of unfairly favoring one of four vendors providing tethers to the Wayne County Jail in a funding shuffle that could cost taxpayers more than $320,000. Last year, commissioners approved a three-year contract for nearly $5 million for tethers and services.

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Related Topix: Clinton Township, MI, Lincoln Park, MI

CBS Local

Alleged Grosse Pointe Park Murder Suspect In Court

A Grosse Pointe Park man facing drug charges is believed to be the same man taken into custody in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old woman.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Grosse Pointe Park, MI, Marijuana

Hometown Life

Stretch of Haggerty in Plymouth Township site of summer-long repair project

Motorists who drive Haggerty Road between Plymouth and Schoolcraft should allow a little more time for their commutes this spring and summer: The mile-long stretch will be under construction for the next three months.

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Related Topix: Plymouth Township, MI, Plymouth, MI, Schoolcraft, MI

Tue May 21, 2013

Patch.com

Wayne County Memorial Will Pay Tribute to Fallen First Responders

Come this September, Plymouth Township will be home to a newly completed First Responders Memorial for Wayne County police, fire and EMS agencies.

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Related Topix: Plymouth Township, MI, Fire

Hometown Life

Candlelight vigil tonight honors memory of Livonia teen who lost cancer battle

Rachel Collett and her friends Lindsay Wiley, Amber Prong, Angela Bannoura and Renee Johnstone at her graduation ceremony in January 2012.

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Related Topix: Livonia, MI, Bone Cancer, Health

Patch.com

Charges Will Not be Filed in Councilman's Arrest in Grosse Pointe Shores

After reviewing the case sent by Grosse Pointe Shores Department of Public Safety, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office will not be filing charges against Mayor Pro-Tem Dan Schulte, spokeswoman Maria Miller said Monday.

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Related Topix: Grosse Pointe Shores, MI

Patch.com

Wayne County Under Severe Thunderstorm Watch

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 8 p.m. Monday for Wayne County and surrounding areas.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Hailstorm, Grosse Pointe, MI

MLive.com

Live: Detroit Judge Wade McCree faces misconduct trial stemming from affair with litigant

Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Wade McCree, right, sits with his attorney Brian Einhorn and Colleen Burke during a Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission hearing for McCree at Washtenaw Circuit Court in Ann Arbor on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Ann Arbor.

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Related Topix: Ann Arbor, MI

MLive.com

Suburban poverty increases in Michigan; Grand Rapids, Detroit see largest increases, study shows

Poverty across the U.S. has moved to the suburbs and Michigan is no exception, according to a study released Monday.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Michigan

ClickOnDetroit

Woman at center of Wade McCree controversy testifies

THE SITUATION IN OKLAHOMA. AND FURTHER UPDATES COMING UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS. IT'S A SEXTING SCANDAL FOR DETROIT, AND THIS TIME A SITTING JUDGE AND HIS MISTRESS.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Who

Mon May 20, 2013

Detroit Free Press

Neighbor's relative in custody in Grosse Pointe Park woman's death

A neighbor of the Grosse Pointe Park woman found strangled to death in her duplex Thursday said investigators raided his home over the weekend and a relative is in police custody.

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Related Topix: Grosse Pointe Park, MI

Patch.com

Angelina Jolie and Kevin Dietz Spur Local Headlines and More in Patch's Local Voices

As we like to say at Patch, chances are you know something, saw something or think something about your community that your neighbors would love to hear or see.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Dearborn, MI, Grosse Pointe, MI, Trenton, MI, Grosse Ile, MI

Patch.com

$1 Million Bond Remains for Northville Man Accused of Child Abuse

A judge ruled Friday not to decrease Dylan James Dunlap's $1 million bond in a case of child abuse charges against him.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, Plymouth, MI

Sun May 19, 2013

Detroit News

Wayne County Circuit Judge McCree faces fight for reputation, career

To most observers, Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade Harper McCree had it all: a top-drawer education, a prestigious career and a family pedigree of accomplishment that goes back at least three generations.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, University of Detroit Mercy

Livonia Observer

60th anniversary

Soichiro "Patrick" and Cynthia Marie Hirami marked their 60th anniversary May 2. The couple wed in 1953 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colo.

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Related Topix: Concentration Camp, Rap, Detroit, MI, Dearborn, MI