Monday, November 23, 2009

Mourners pay respects to teen shooting victim

Mourners of all ages gathered this morning at the Second Ebeneezer Baptist Church to pay their last respects to Jamar Pinkney Jr. In a somber parade, adults and teenagers took their seats to say goodbye to the 15-year-old who was allegedly murdered last week by his father as he knelt in a vacant field in Highland Park. - 11/23/2009

Northville Twp. cops injured when cars collide during chase

Northville Township -- Two Northville Township police officers were injured this morning when their squad cars rammed into each other at the intersection of Haggerty and Six Mile during a high-speed chase. - 11/23/2009

Detroit drug busts net 20 pounds of marijuana

Detroit -- An investigative stop helped Detroit police seize nearly 20 pounds of marijuana that was already packaged for sale. - 11/23/2009

Sparks fly at mobile science center

Army retiree Rich Cadwell of the National Science Center talks to Thurston High students.

Redford Township --For Thurston High School freshmen, a field trip to the National Science Center was a short jaunt across the parking lot, where an 18-wheel Mobile Discovery Center was stationed Thursday and Friday. - 11/23/2009

Violence protest planned today outside Rib Rack

Lathrup Village -- About 50 people are expected to gather outside the Rib Rack restaurant calling attention to gun violence nationally. - 11/23/2009

Wayne briefs

Westland mayor to open Warren, Newburgh intersection

Westland - 11/23/2009

Charges bring cold case closer to closure

Detroit Police say they have suspect in 16-year-old slaying

LaDrell Clark, left, kneels with his mother Valerie Clark, standing right, and his brothers and sisters when he was 16-years-old in this family picture. The portrait at right was taken of LaDrell at 18-years-old, 24 hours before his murder.

Detroit -- The mystery of who shot Ladrell Clark and dumped his body wrapped in a gold-colored curtain in a vacant lot on Detroit's near-west side, went unsolved for 16 years. - 11/21/2009

Dearborn shelter tries to find homes for hoarded cats

Sarrah Nohner of Ferndale holds two kittens she planned to adopt at the Dearborn Animal Shelter's pet adoption on Saturday, Nov. 21.

Dearborn -- Animal control officials reduced the adoption fees Saturday for the cats they shelter to get them into homes following two hoarding incidents over the summer that resulted in about 70 cats being seized. - 11/21/2009

Three children escape Detroit house fire

Detroit -- Three children were hurt in an early Saturday morning fire on the city's east side, one of whom firefighters had to save from their burning house. - 11/21/2009

Derby girls let good times roll

Rude Awakening, a member of the Detroit Pistoffs, greets fans after a bout against the Devils Night Dames last year at the Masonic Temple in Detroit.

Detroit -- When jazz musician George Benson performed at the Masonic Temple recently, a less sedate form of entertainment unfurled several floors above. Roller derby, a refugee of 1960s' Saturday morning television, is back in a big way, proponents say, with the number of leagues more than doubling in the past five years. - 11/21/2009

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