Skip to contentThe Wayne County Commissioners unveiled the portraits of past commission chairs Gary Woronchak and the late Edward Boike at noon Oct. 5, inside commission chambers at the Guardian Building in downtown Detroit.Woronchak, the most recent past chairman, represented Dearborn and Allen Park on the Commission. Boike represented Taylor during his tenure.Their portraits join others of previous commission chairs in the hallway outside the chambers, located on the building’s mezzanine level.Woronchak served 14 years on the commission and was chair from 2011-2018. He previously...…Skip to contentThe Wayne County Commissioners unveiled the portraits of past commission chairs Gary Woronchak and the late Edward Boike at noon Oct. 5, inside commission chambers at the Guardian Building in downtown Detroit.Woronchak, the most recent past chairman, represented Dearborn and Allen Park on the Commission. Boike represented Taylor during his tenure.Their portraits join others of previous commission chairs in the hallway outside the chambers, located on the building’s mezzanine level.Woronchak served 14 years on the commission and was chair from 2011-2018. He previously...WW…

Skip to contentWhile on route to a different call, Dearborn Police observed a gray 2015 Chrysler 300 was driving recklessly at about 9:15 p.m. Oct. 2.Police saw as the car was traveling about 80 miles per hour in a posted 35 zone on northbound Schaefer near Henson.According to police, that car and another unknown white sedan were driving at the high rate of speed with “no regard for the safety of other motorists or citizens.”During a traffic stop officers observed that the car was in “track mode” and that the brakes smelled like they had been used to stop quickly from a high rate of...…Skip to contentWhile on route to a different call, Dearborn Police observed a gray 2015 Chrysler 300 was driving recklessly at about 9:15 p.m. Oct. 2.Police saw as the car was traveling about 80 miles per hour in a posted 35 zone on northbound Schaefer near Henson.According to police, that car and another unknown white sedan were driving at the high rate of speed with “no regard for the safety of other motorists or citizens.”During a traffic stop officers observed that the car was in “track mode” and that the brakes smelled like they had been used to stop quickly from a high rate of...WW…

Skip to contentU.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-12th District) sent a letter to USPS Inspector General Tammy Hull to request that her office initiate an investigation into the process that led to the changes outlined in Trump-appointed U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s “10-year plan” for the United States Postal Service and the impact of these changes on Michigan’s 12th District and across the country.“The USPS has a constitutional responsibility to provide a service to the public. Postmaster General DeJoy’s 10-year plan appears to put the USPS on a fast-track towards privatization, job cuts,...…Skip to contentU.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-12th District) sent a letter to USPS Inspector General Tammy Hull to request that her office initiate an investigation into the process that led to the changes outlined in Trump-appointed U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s “10-year plan” for the United States Postal Service and the impact of these changes on Michigan’s 12th District and across the country.“The USPS has a constitutional responsibility to provide a service to the public. Postmaster General DeJoy’s 10-year plan appears to put the USPS on a fast-track towards privatization, job cuts,...WW…

Skip to contentDistrict 7 Board of Education President Latanya Gater was recognized as one of Metro Detroit’s top Black leaders during a ceremony in Detroit Oct. 1.Gater was honored with the “Emerging Black Leader” award at the African American Leadership Awards gala at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The organization annually recognizes public servants, business leaders, and community leaders for their contributions to the African American community locally and statewide.“Latanya was nominated and chosen by our statewide nomination committee that includes past awardees, elected officials...…Skip to contentDistrict 7 Board of Education President Latanya Gater was recognized as one of Metro Detroit’s top Black leaders during a ceremony in Detroit Oct. 1.Gater was honored with the “Emerging Black Leader” award at the African American Leadership Awards gala at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The organization annually recognizes public servants, business leaders, and community leaders for their contributions to the African American community locally and statewide.“Latanya was nominated and chosen by our statewide nomination committee that includes past awardees, elected officials...WW…

Skip to contentJacob Voorheis, a 2019 graduate of Edsel Ford High School was recently announced as the winner of the prestigious Will Eisner scholarship, awarded by the Society of Illustrators.Voorheis is currently a student at the College of Creative Studies in Detroit.The Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation funds the scholarship, which is highly competitive and given to  the “best comics and sequential art student currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in the US.”It is given during the student’s junior year of college only.Students must be selected by school faculty and...…Skip to contentJacob Voorheis, a 2019 graduate of Edsel Ford High School was recently announced as the winner of the prestigious Will Eisner scholarship, awarded by the Society of Illustrators.Voorheis is currently a student at the College of Creative Studies in Detroit.The Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation funds the scholarship, which is highly competitive and given to  the “best comics and sequential art student currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in the US.”It is given during the student’s junior year of college only.Students must be selected by school faculty and...WW…