There are still 89 days left in Ben Chase’s record-breaking college football road trip, but as a visit to Ann Arbor for Saturday’s top-10 showdown between Michigan and Penn State looms, he’s already traveled 18,000 miles, gotten four oil changes, and experienced dozens of different cultures within this great sport.

Michigan State Rep. Jewell Jones (D-Inkster) has been ordered by a judge to undergo a psychiatric evaluation as he faces several charges stemming from an April arrest for alleged drunk driving.

U-M researchers found that overall cases resulting in eviction orders decreased during the pandemic, boosted by Michigan’s Eviction Diversion Program.

An attorney representing nearly 300 clients affected by a flood in Midland County, Michigan last year said Monday he doesn't expect litigation to be resolved any time soon.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES, Mich. – A local attorney who was recently ticketed for his Black Lives Matter sign now has a new set of problems. While the ticket was thrown out, Todd Perkins is dealing with hate mail being sent to his home. Inside the letter sent to his Grosse Pointe Shores home was a poem full of racial slurs and signage designed to be a jab at his Black Lives Matter sign in the front yard. Why do people think that Black Lives Suck,” said Perkins. There was a return address on the hate mail sent to Perkins.

ANN ARBOR – Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit announced Monday that the Prosecutor’s Office will eliminate the use of cash bail in any case. Savit, who took office on Jan. 1, alerted staff Monday morning in a 20-page policy directive. The move has made Washtenaw County the first jurisdiction in the state to eliminate cash bail. Washington, D.C. and New Jersey have stopped seeking cash bail, as well as the city of San Francisco and counties in Vermont and Virginia. According to the directive, cash bail places poorer people at risk of losing their jobs, homes and can place serious harm on children of defendants.

WARREN, Mich. – The Warren City Council is refusing to pay nearly $5 million in city bills because the administration won’t pay for legal services that Mayor Jim Fouts says the council sought “illegally” earlier this year. The council voted on Dec. 8 not to pay city bills until the city paid a legal firm that was hired by the council in May. Warren City Attorney Ethan Vinson argues that the city council “exceeded the scope” of its authority when securing an attorney from Plunkett Cooney on May 12. The City Council is litigating the tax rates, city budget issues, and other matters in this lawsuit. The city council is committed to paying all city vendors and contractors as this is our legal obligation.

DETROIT One local woman is suing an officer and the City of Detroit after her dog was shot and killed. The officer fatally shot the dog as police were searching the neighborhood for a robber. The owner of the dog says she cant even sit on her porch anymore because it is a reminder of the incident. Then the officer pulled her gun out, shot and killed Chino before Whites daughter could get there. Before she even got to the front as she went to the step Chino was shot already.

Attorney: Family member told medics Southfield woman they pronounced dead was breathingPublished: August 25, 2020, 5:17 pmAn attorney representing the family of a Southfield woman who was declared dead and sent to a funeral home where she was found to still be alive said a family member told medics she could still see the woman breathing.