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  • Oakland County teams with United Way for Southeastern Michigan to launch water affordability program

    May 08, 2024

    Oakland County residents with higher incomes who are struggling with paying their water bills and meeting other water-related needs due to a temporary hardship now have a new resource to tap to avoid shutoffs, fix leaks and ensure access to affordable water.

  • Dept. raises awareness about the need for loving homes during Foster Care Month

    May 08, 2024

    The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is raising awareness that more loving foster families are needed to temporarily care for children while the state works to reunify them safely with their parents during Foster Care Month.

  • Disbarred attorney sentenced for stealing from elderly client of law firm

    May 08, 2024

    On Monday, James O’Briant, 64, was sentenced to 120 days in the county jail and 36 months of probation in the 9th Circuit Court in Kalamazoo County before Judge Paul J. Bridenstine after stealing over $140,000 from a 95-year-old client, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. He was also ordered to pay total restitution of $168,067.73.

  • Murder trial opens in death of Detroit-area teen whose disappearance led to grueling landfill search

    May 08, 2024

    DETROIT (AP) — A man who dropped a Detroit-area teenager's body in a dumpster "left behind a trail of digital evidence" implicating him in her death, despite a fruitless, extraordinary search to find the remains in a landfill, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.
    Jaylin Brazier, 25, is on trial for second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Zion Foster, whose body hasn't been found.

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