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Watchdog group demands termination of Oakland University researcher for mishandling dangerous toxin

The botched project caused the deaths of mice and exposed staff to a genotoxin, which can damage DNA

By Steve Neavling
Mar 20, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Education, Oakland University, Stop Animal Exploitation Now, animal research, education, Oakland County, Michael Budkie, genotoxin, research
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Lapointe: Crumbley trial and red-flag laws aim at right targets

Until now, no parents in the U.S. have ever been charged for a child involved in a school shooting

By Joe Lapointe
Feb 6, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Crime, Government, Lapointe, News, Views & Opinions, Ethan Crumbley, Jennifer crumbley, Oxford school shooting, Michigan gun laws, Karen McDonald, Oakland County
Metro Detroit

Oxford shooter sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole

A soft-spoken Ethan Crumbley did not ask the judge for leniency and said he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison

By Steve Neavling
Dec 8, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Ethan Crumbley, Oxford, Oxford High School, mass shooting, Oakland County, Oakland County Circuit Court, Judge Kwame Rowe
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Lapointe: At a late-summer day’s Dream Cruise, some rides more welcome than others

Speaking of war machines: Can we interest you in an electric Hummer?

By Joe Lapointe
Aug 21, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Car Culture, Views & Opinions, Lapointe, Woodward Dream Cruise, Woodward Avenue, Oakland County, Big Three, Detroit car culture
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Metro Detroit under tornado watch, National Weather Service reports

The strong storms could produce large hail and destructive wind

By Steve Neavling
Apr 5, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, National Weather Service, tornado watch, Macomb County, Wayne County, Oakland County, weather, thunderstorm
Metro Detroit

SMART bus to offer free rides on Election Day

Riders in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties will be able to use the service for free all day

By Alex Washington
Nov 1, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Politics & Elections, Wayne County, Oakland County, Macomb County, Election, politics
Metro Detroit

A hipper Hazel Park? Why the longtime blue-collar suburb is experiencing a renaissance

From horse-racing to high-end pop-ups

By Steve Neavling
Aug 24, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Hazel Park, Frame, Metro Detroit, Detroit, Oakland County, Cover Story
Metro Detroit

Oakland County Executive mulls legal action over libelous, homophobic billboard

The most recent billboard labeled David Coulter as a ‘groomer’ who forced children to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Steve Neavling
Jun 30, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, George Brikho, Oakland County, David Coulter, homophobia, billboard, libel
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Mobile billboard makes baseless, homophobic ‘groomer’ claims about Oakland County Executive David Coulter

George Brikho, a Trump supporter who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2014, claimed responsibility for the billboard

By Steve Neavling
Jun 29, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, George Brikho, Oakland County, David Coulter, homophobia, billboard, libel
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Demolition set to begin this week on toxic industrial site that oozed toxic slime in metro Detroit

The green slime was groundwater contaminated with cancer-causing hexavalent chromium

By Steve Neavling
Apr 18, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Environmental, Madison Heights, Oakland County, Jeremy Moss, state Senate, Michigan, Gary McGillivray, Oakland County Board of Commissioners, Gary Alfred Sayers, hexavalent chromium
Metro Detroit

Judge vacates murder, rape convictions of Oakland County brothers who spent 25 years in prison

By Steve Neavling
Mar 22, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Melvin DeJesus, George DeJesus, Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, Conviction Integrity Unit, Oakland County, rape, murder, wrongful conviction, Cooley Law School Innocence Project, University of Michigan Innocence Clinic
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Former metro Detroit priest sentenced for sex abuse as part of sweeping investigation

By Lee DeVito
Jan 20, 2022

Tags: Catholic, priest, Oakland County, Michigan, Farmington Hills
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3 omicron cases confirmed in metro Detroit, bringing state total to six

By Steve Neavling
Dec 17, 2021

Tags: COVID-19, omicron, Michigan, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, coronavirus, variant, Oakland County, Wayne County, Washtenaw County
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Michigan AG Nessel 'disappointed' Oxford school officials rejected her offer of independent review

By Steve Neavling
Dec 7, 2021

Tags: Ethan Crumbley, Oxford High School, shooting, guns, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, Oakland County
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Cop scared Oxford students by saying 'bro,' causing them to flee for their lives

By Jerilyn Jordan
Dec 2, 2021

Tags: News Hits, Oxford High School, Ethan Crumbley, Oakland County, school shooting, gun reform, active shooter drills
Metro Detroit

Grosse Pointe, Oxford school boards threaten to defy county mask orders

By Steve Neavling
Nov 9, 2021

Tags: COVID-19, coronavirus, Michigan, metro Detroit, Oxford, Oxford Community Schools, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Public Schools, schools, masks, Oakland County, Wayne County
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Michigan schools without mask mandates have the most severe outbreaks

By Steve Neavling
Nov 2, 2021

Tags: COVID-19, health, Michigan, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, schools, education, masks, Macomb County, Oakland County, Wayne County
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Macomb County schools has the highest number of COVID-19 outbreaks in Michigan, while Oakland County reported zero

By Lee DeVito
Oct 20, 2021

Tags: Oakland County, Macomb County, Wayne County, COVID-19, schools, coronavirus, pandemic
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Oakland County police say mosque vandalized by white man not a hate crime

By Lee DeVito
Oct 18, 2021

Tags: Michigan, Rochester Hills, Oakland County, mosque, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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Oakland County's blue shift 'a national warning light for the Republicans,' according to 'Politico' deep-dive

By Lee DeVito
Jun 18, 2021

Tags: Oakland County, Democratic Party, Democrats, Trump's America, Michigan