(CBS DETROIT) The goal of a Hazel Park court is to treat substance abusers without locking them up. A judge, probation officer, treatment provider, prosecutor, peer recovery coach, and defense attorney work together to assist the offender during the intense 18-month Hybrid DUI/Drug Treatment Court program. According to Judge Brian Hartwell of Oakland County’s 43rd...
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4 hospitalized after crash involving Detroit Department of Transportation bus
(CBS DETROIT) A Detroit Department of Transportation bus crashed Friday night, leaving four people hospitalized. According to the Detroit Fire Department, the collision occurred around Eight Mile and Woodward Avenue. The four hospitalized individuals’ injuries, according to authorities, are not life-threatening. The crash’s cause and the number of automobiles involved are unknown. The story is...
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Metro Detroit Syrians celebrate Assad’s overthrow, plan long-delayed visits
Nizam Abazid is excitedly organizing his first visit to Syria, his childhood home, in decades. The idea of introducing her three children to relatives they have never met in person excites Rama Alhoussaini, who was just six years old when her family relocated to the United States. They join thousands of Syrian Americans in the...
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Detroit task force searching for suspect in arson investigation
(CBS DETROIT) In relation to an arson investigation, Detroit authorities are searching for a suspect. On November 4, according to the Detroit Fire Investigation Division, a suspect went up to a house on the 1900 block of 25th Street and set it on fire. At the time of the fire, the property was undergoing renovations...
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Michigan House Republicans walk out of session over tip wages, family sick leave
LANSING, MI (CBS DETROIT) GOP lawmakers left Friday’s session in protest, as Democrats and Republicans in the Michigan House were back and forth. They claim that Democrats were unable to negotiate worker tips and sick time regulations. “Republicans in the Senate and the House want to ensure that waitstaff may keep their tips. “Tipped wages...
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Body of missing 63-year-old Detroit-area woman found in Pontiac
Detroit, Michigan (CBS) -According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the body of a 63-year-old lady who was last seen more than a week ago was discovered in Pontiac on Thursday. According to authorities, a family member discovered Vivian Ann Powell on the 100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard just before 3 p.m....
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9-year-old scores tickets to first Detroit Lions game after giving back
Cincinnati, Michigan (CBS Detroit)A 9-year-old child has been given tickets to the Detroit Lions game this weekend for his good act of giving back. Mason Bonds, a third grader, is getting ready for his first Lions game at Ford Field on Sunday. “So, I’m going to get signatures from players, and I’m going to go...
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Michigan man pleads no contest to threatening circuit court judge, assistant prosecutor
(CBS DETROIT)For allegedly threatening a judge in Chippewa County’s 50th Circuit Court and the assistant prosecutor for the county, a man from Michigan entered a no contest plea. According to the Michigan Attorney General’s office, Clifford Milam, 26, of Sault Ste. Marie, was charged with one count of attempting to make a false report or...
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Michigan woman charged in assault of 71-year-old aunt
(CBS DETROIT)A Clinton Township woman has been charged with assaulting her aunt, age 71, in Detroit. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office has accused 41-year-old Latoreya Denise Till with assault and battery. She was given a $5,000 personal bond upon her arraignment on Friday. According to the prosecution, Till assaulted her aunt inside a house in...
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Michigan hires Chip Lindsey as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach
Chip Lindsey, a former assistant coach at North Carolina, has been hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Michigan. Lindsey was officially brought in by the Wolverines on Friday in an attempt to improve the team’s faltering offense. As the Tar Heels were appointing six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick as their head...