Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news.
Sheriff: Abandoned Oakland County kids were left to share loaf of bread for 3-4 days
Three children were allegedly given one loaf of bread to share by the end of their time living alone after being abandoned by their mother, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said.
A 34-year-old Pontiac mother was arrested after allegedly abandoning her three children, a 15-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl, and a 12-year-old girl, sometime in the spring or summer of 2020.
During this time, the children survived off of weekly deliveries of food that were dropped off by the mother, or companies like Instacart and DoorDash.
Family demands answers after 5-year-old boy dies in hyperbaric chamber explosion at Troy facility
The family of 5-year-old Thomas Cooper, who was killed inside a hyperbaric chamber that exploded at an Oakland County healthcare facility, is seeking answers to find out what went wrong.
Cooper was killed on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, while receiving treatment at the Oxford Center in Troy, and his mother, who was there with him, was injured as well.
Since then, the family has retained Fieger Law, who said the firm will represent the family of the child who was killed and the child’s mother, although a lawsuit has not yet been filed.
It’s been nearly three weeks since Cooper was killed while he was being treated in a chamber inside the Oxford Center.
Brad Holmes explains how he went from Enterprise Rent-A-Car to intern to GM of Detroit Lions
Brad Holmes is one of the most highly regarded general managers in the NFL, but before he took over the Detroit Lions, he wasn’t exactly on the fast track to the league.
Holmes sat down with Local 4’s Rhonda Walker to discuss Black History Month and the Lions, and they got to talking about his career. Holmes said he had a passion for football coming out of college, but he wasn’t good enough to play and nobody hired him as a scout.
“I had to go back home, and I was at home in Tampa, Florida, working at Enterprise Rent-A-Car,” Holmes said. “Washing cars and renting cars. I was thinking about football all day. So I’ve got this shirt and tie on washing cars and renting cars and I’m thinking about football all day.”
Two-vehicle crash in Ann Arbor leaves 1 person seriously injured
One person was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Ann Arbor.
The crash occurred on Tuesday (Feb. 18) at 1:21 p.m. on Ellsworth Road west of Platt Road.
Weather: Climbing out of the deep freeze in Metro Detroit with snow coming Wednesday night -- What to expect
Waking up to another brutally cold morning, but slightly better than yesterday.
Wind chills are as low as -15. However, we are slowly climbing out of the deep freeze but when feels like temperatures fall below zero that air is so cold that it hurts.
More clouds today with highs close to 20. That is about 15 degrees below average.
