40 charged in sweeping indictment involving Chicago-Detroit gang known as ‘Vice Lords’
DETROIT – A three-year investigation across multiple cities led to dozens of arrests and sweeping charges Thursday against 40 people suspected to be a part of the group known as the Almighty Vice Lord Nation gang.
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According to a 172 page indictment, those were charged in connection with an elaborate network trafficking and selling drugs and guns from Detroit, Chicago and across the country.
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Metro Detroit weather: Heat wave on its way
At our hottest point, we’ll get relatively close to record highs. Sunday’s record is 94 and Monday’s record is 95. If we hit our forecast highs both days, then we’ll fall four degrees shy of those marks, which I doubt anyone will cause any complaints.
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- Detroit’s new mobile vaccine vehicle aims to raise the vaccination rate of the city and to help quell anxiety over the shot. Click here to read more.
- The Michigan State Police department is being sued for $1 million in connection with an arrest where a K-9 attacked a suspect for more than three minutes. Click here to read more.
- Michigan’s top health official said Thursday that nursing homes are accurately reporting the number of coronavirus-related deaths, amid questions over whether the tally is low. Click here to read more.
- Cipriano family fighting against odds 9 years after deadly Farmington Hills attack. Click here to read more.
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Gov. Whitmer looks to use COVID relief funds to help workers, small businesses
As Michigan slowly reopens, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer rolled out a plan to use the Federal COVID Relief funding.
She called it the Michigan Economic Jumpstart Plan. It focuses on small business and their workers. She’s taking aim at raising wages, child care and getting people the skills they need to get back into the workforce.