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One state House candidate blasted the Legislature for its inability to "move anything forward" during Thursday night's debate sponsored by the Daily Press & Argus.

About six years ago, Kristi Chrysler was told by doctors that her 5-year-old son, Richie, needed to be in an institution.

A Livingston County corrections officer's conviction for misdemeanor drunken driving will give him an "unique" perspective that will make him "a better officer," a Jackson County Circuit Court judge said Thursday.

Hamburg Township is taking significant steps toward reducing sodium chloride levels at its wastewater treatment plant — a project that could cost $7.7 million.

Ultimate Frisbee teams from across the country and Canada will venture to Hartland Township this weekend for the annual Motown Throwdown Invitational at the Detroit Polo Club.

NEW YORK (AP) -- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. said Friday it posted a $644.3 million second-quarter loss, blaming a nearly three-month long strike that crippled production as well as charges related to a new labor agreement.

CHICAGO - University of Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez wants to talk football, but those sorts of discussions will have to wait another day.

60 years of age or older. Out of their hometown on election day. Unable to go to the polls without assistance.

The Voter Guide to the Aug. 5 primary was produced by the Livingston Community News staff. Advertising coordinator: Heidi Zabik. Content coordinators: Cathy Sales and Casey Hans.

| Construction began last week on Duck Creek RV Resort, a 299-site upscale campground designed to provide customers with large, full hookup sites and on-site activities.

Lions president Matt Millen spoke Thursday night on WDFN-AM (1130) during their radiothon. Here are some highlights of the interview:

I'm not big on I-told-you-so's, but this one is too important to pass up. When Mike Cox ripped Kwame Kilpatrick in March, I said he was talking out of school because he might be called to duty in the scandal. Guess who now says he must get involved?

Both Michigan State and Michigan have been ranked in ESPN's top 25 men's basketball programs since 1984-85.

The mayor probably should have ended up in cuffs after he shoved a deputy Thursday. But he didn't, and that didn't make the call about what happens next any easier for Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans.

Watch the video of sheriff's deputy Brian White giving his testimony in court today. White said the mayor then threw him into his investigative partner, Joann Kinney, and made racially charged remarks during the incident.

LANSING -- The latest incident involving Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick hasn't altered Gov. Jennifer Granholm's schedule for deciding on a request from the Detroit City Council to remove him from office.

LANSING -- Attorney General Mike Cox, not the Wayne County prosecutor, will determine whether to charge Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick if a State Police investigation into the alleged assault of a law enforcement officer reveals a crime was committed.

DETROIT -- The City Council voted unanimously Friday to hold a special closed-door meeting on Monday regarding an upcoming hearing to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke before a packed room at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial this morning, pledging her support for U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Detroit, who is facing a rare and potentially tough challenge from two fellow Democrats in the Aug. 5 primary.

DETROIT -- A man who drove from Detroit to Toledo intending to have sex with a girl he believed was 12 years old faces up to 30 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him Friday of crossing state lines to have illicit sex with a minor.

Lawyers for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Wayne County Prosecutors will be in court Friday for an emergency hearing to argue the release of a new batch of text messages requested by prosecutors and expected to be released next Wednesday.

Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans has confirmed that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was involved in an alleged assault with a Wayne County sworn deputy Thursday afternoon.

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men they said stole more than $80,000 in jewelry from a store in Oak Park.

City of Detroit breaks ground for Paradise Valley Cultural and Entertainment District at Harmonie Park.

An organization called "Detroiters For Justice" rallied at the Athenium Hotel in Detroit Thursday and demanded Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resign.

It is not the first time that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has come face-to-face with the man accusing him of assault.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick took his first drug test today following a hearing in which a judge revoked his personal bond because of accusations that the mayor assaulted an officer.

General Motors Corp. says it is extending its employee-discount program to a wider group of non-employees as the Detroit automaker deals with a weak sales environment.

A 23-year-old soldier from Fort Drum will spend 18 months in prison and then be kicked out of the Army for running down a group of pedestrians outside an upstate...

A Detroit judge has postponed a ruling over whether to release to the public more text messages that have embarrassed Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and preceded criminal charges against him.

UPDATED: Friday, July 25, 2008 Meet the candidates for Macomb County Charter Commission, District 1.

Larry D'Angelo loves his daytime job as a court officer in Sterling Heights -- he's been doing it for 34 years. But he enjoys singing the 1950s and 1960s style doo-wop songs a whole lot more.

A St. Clair Shores couple's American bulldog attacked the woman Wednesday and kept her cornered inside a bathroom until police arrived. Police said the woman is lucky to be alive.

Warren officials want the city's district judges to divulge details about the hiring of outside lawyers representing them in a legal battle launched by city hall against the court.

The state released a report this week showing major gaps in background checks for day care center licenses -- some that allowed convicted sex offenders and abusers to run child care centers.

People living an apartment complex are worried mold contamination is ruining their health. A prominent environmental physician and several other doctors say the residents should be moved out as soon as possible. But as FOX 2's Bill Gallagher explains a judge in Oakland County handling the case would not order that move.

County lawyers want to ask Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's father some tough questions, but Bernard Kilpatrick is pleading the fifth. Kilpatrick's attorney says his client is protected by the fifth amendment. He says if Kilpatrick answers he could incriminate himself in a number of investigations, everything from campaign finance irregularities to the Synegro Sludge deal.

A judge struck down the conditions of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's bond on Friday, ordering him to pay $7,500 and undergo random drug testing following allegations he berated and attacked investigators trying to serve a subpoena to a close friend of the mayor.

A detective with the Wayne County prosecutor's office testified Friday that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick hurled profanities at, grabbed and threw him into a fellow investigator at a home as the officer attempted to a deliver a subpoena to a businessman.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. said Friday it posted a $644.3 million second-quarter loss, blaming a nearly three-month long strike that crippled production as well as charges related to a new labor agreement.

TOLEDO - The man shot and killed by Toledo police Wednesday during a domestic incident apparently lived in Bedford Township near the state line.

Community members will be holding a rally in support of Will Sweat. It will be held at 5 p.m. today at the Arthur Lesow Community Center, 120 Eastchester St.

National statistics show three in 10 girls in the United States get pregnant by age 20. Statistics also reveal about two-thirds of sexually active teens wish they had waited longer to lose their virginity.

Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent in Monroe County during June, down from 8.8 percent in May, a decline that ran counter to statewide trends. An estimated 6,500 people were out of work in the county during the month, or about 400 fewer than were idle in May.

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