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Monday Afternoon State News Summary Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:56:13 EST (Mi Gas Prices) The Price Of Gas Went Up Significantly During The Past Week. Triple-A Michigan Says Prices Went Up Seven-Point-Two Cents Per Gallon Over The Past Week, Putting Michigan's Statewide Average Price At Two Dollars And 72-Cents Per Gallon. That's 71 Cents Per Gallon Higher Than Last Year At This Time. The Lowest Prices Among The Markets Surveyed Were Found In The Metro Detroit Area, At Tw0-Seventy Per Gallon. And The Highest Prices Were In Marquette At Two-Dollars And 77 Cents. The Price Of Crude Oil Has Been Over The 80-Dollar A Barrel Mark Since Last Week. Triple-A Michigan Surveys Over 28-Hundred Gas Stations Across The State On A Daily Basis In Compiling Their Report. (Schools Release Survey) Educators And School Officials Crying For Help In Lansing. The Group Called 'Save Our Students, Schools And State' Is Releasing A Survey Showing That Well Over 80 Percent Of Michigan's Public School Districts Will Lay Off Personnel This Coming Year. More Than 20 Percent Will Close School Buildings Too. It's All Because Of School Funding Cuts. They Want Lawmakers To Rewrite Tax Law To Bring More Of The Our Tax Revenue To Lansing...To Better Support Our Schools. (Oaklandco-Lifesaved) An Independence Township Woman Who Was Thrown From Her Car After An Accident Can Thank A Couple Good Samaritans For Saving Her Life. The Oakland County Sheriff's Department Says Two Men, Including Larry Giroux Of Oxford Township, Pushed The Nissan Versa Off The 27-Year Old Woman After It Went Off An Area Roadway And Flipped Over Around 9:15 A.M. Sunday. Authorities Say The Woman Was Listed In Very Stable Condtion Monday Afternoon At Genesys Hospital In Grand Blanc Township. It's Unclear Why The Car Left The Road, But Investigators Say The Driver Was Traveling Southbound, When She Lost Control Of The Vehicle, Went Across The Road, Before Flipping Over On Top Of The Driver. The Crash Remains Under Investigation. (Wwj, Detroit) (Kilpatrick-More Allegations) Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy Has Filed Additional Allegations Against Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. The New Information, Released Monday Morning, Shows Several Friends And Relatives Helping With Restitution Payments. Meantime, As Of Monday Morning There Has Not Been A New Date Set For A Probation Violation Hearing For Kilpatrick Who Will Have To Return To Detroit For The Hearing. Kilpatrick And His Legal Team Failed On Friday To Persuade A Michigan Appeals Court To Overturn A Decision Requiring Him To Make Special Restitution Payments To The City. The Decision Clears The Way For Wayne County Judge David Groner To Hold A Probation Violation Hearing. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Is Accusing Kilpatrick Of Violating His Probation By Failing To Provide Complete Financial Records For Himself And His Wife, Carlita, Turn Over All Tax Refunds, Disclose Any Gifts Or Benefits, Surrender His City And State Pensions, Forfeit His $7,500 Bond And Give Up All Political Funds. Kilpatrick Failed To Fully Make A $79,000 Payment By February 19th. Several Money Orders Totaling About $40,000 Were Turned Into The Court. Kilpatrick Has Until Mid-April To Come Up With Another $240,000. (Wwj, Detroit) (Msu Football-Fight) Two Players On The Michigan State University Football Team Have Received 180 Days Of Probation For Their Involvement In A Fight At A Fraternity Event Last November. Wide Receivers Mark Dell And B-J Cunningham Pleaded Guilty In January To One Count Of Misdemeanor Assault And Battery. They Were Sentenced This Morning (Mon) In East Lansing District Court. The Two Players Are Among Eleven Current And Former Players Who Pleaded Guilty To Charges Related To The Altercation. The Remainder Will Be Sentenced Later This Month, According To Reports In The Detroit Free Press. (Muskegon-Coast Guard) There Is More Horsepower Now Behind An Effort To Keep Open The Coast Guard Search And Rescue Facility In Muskegon. U-S Representative Pete Hoekstra Of Holland Along With Members Of The Michigan Congressional Delegation Have Sent A Letter To The Chairman And Ranking Republican On The House Subcommittee On Homeland Security Appropriations, Appealing The Action To Close The Base. Last Year The Coast Guard Announced That It Will Cease Operations At The Facility After The 2010 Season. The Maritime Service Established Public Safety Air Service At The Muskegon County Airport In 1997 To More Effectively Serve Both The Community And Boaters In Southern Lake Michigan. The Delegation Opposes The Closing Citing That From 2004 To 2009 Helicopters Attached To The West Michigan Facility During The Summer Season Directly Contributed To Missions That Resulted In Six Lives Saved And 21 Assisted. The Search And Rescue Crew Operates Annually From Memorial Day Through Labor Day. (Walt Zerlaut, Wghn, Grand Haven) (Grapids-Murder) A Woman Who Allegedly Drove Her Car Onto A Sidewalk And Into Crowds Of People Outside Of A Grand Rapids Bar Early Friday Morning Has Been Charged With One Count Of Open Murder, Attempted Murder And Other Felony Counts. April Juarez Is Accused Of Deliberately Driving Up And Down A Crowded Sidewalk In Order To Run People Over With Her Car After A Fight Broke Out At The "Tap House." Nineteen-Year-Old Tifanee Crews Was Struck And Killed By The Car, And Five Other People Were Injured. (Help From: Metro Source) (Capitol-School Elections) A Senate Committee As Early As This Week Could Vote To Require Local School Districts To Hold Their School Elections In November Or In August Of Even Numbered Years. Supporters Say The Goal Is To Save Money. For Years, School Districts Have Held Stand Alone Elections On Different Dates, And Critics Say That's Too Costly. A Senate Fiscal Agency Report Says Schools In Michigan Could Safe Seven (M) Million Dollars. The Bill Does Say However That A School District Could Hold An Election In November Of An Odd-Numbered Year, But Only If At Least One City In The District Held Another Election At That Time And It Involved More Than Half Of The School District's Voters. (Macombco-Fatal) A Man Is Dead After An Early Monday Morning Accident In Macomb County's Harrison Township. Macomb County Sheriff's Department Investigators Say The Man Was Walking Along Jefferson Avenue Shortly After Midnight When He Was Hit By A Truck. Captain John Roberts Said The Victim, A 64-Year Old From Detroit, Got Out Of His Vehicle After It Ran Out Of Gas, And Then Was Hit By An Oncoming Vehicle. The Driver Involved, A 20-Year Old From Clinton Township, Stopped At The Scene And Called Police. The Victim's Name Isn't Being Released At This Time. The Investigation Is Ongoing. (Wwj, Detroit) (Mi-Deroche Charged) Former Michigan House Speaker Craig Deroche Has Been Charged With One Misdemeanor Count Of Operating While Intoxicated. The Novi Republican Was Charged Thursday In Washtenaw County. Deroche Was Arrested Last Month On Suspicion Of Drunken Driving In Saline. When Arrested , He Registered A .249 Blood Alcohol Content Level, More Than Three Times The Legal Limit. If Convicted, Deroche Faces Up To 93 Days In Jail And 500-Dollars In Fines. (Detroit-Viper To End) The Production Of The Final 500 Models Of The Dodge Viper Will Reportedly Begin Later This Month. Those Vehicles Are Built At Chrysler Llc's Conner Avenue Assembly Plant In Detroit. The Future Of The Viper Has Been In Doubt Since The Automaker Reorganized Under Bankruptcy Protection Last Year. The 2010 Viper Will Reportedly Have Over Seven-Thousand Color And Option Combinations. Chrysler Llc Has Been Behind Competitors In The Race To Introduce New Vehicles. The New Jeep Grand Cherokee Is Scheduled To Begin Production In May. Updates To The Chrysler 300 And Dodge Charger Are Expected To Go On Sale In November. The Automaker Will Also Begin Production Of The Fiat 500 At Its Facility In Toluca, Mexico In December. (Metro Source) (Det School Cameras) Increased Security Measures Will Be In Place In The Detroit Public Schools District Beginning Next Year. Last Week, Dps Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb Announced A 41-Point-Seven-Million-Dollar Technological Upgrade, Which Will Include A State Of The Art Alarm And Digital Camera System. Every High School In The District Will Have 100 New Cameras Which Will Be Placed Throughout The Buildings. Under The Initiative, K-8 Schools Will Each Receive 32 Cameras And Elementary Schools Will Get 24 Cameras. Bobb Also Announced Every High School Student Will Be Given New Identification Badges Which Will Help Monitor Attendance And Keep Non-Students From Entering School Buildings. Most Of The Funding For The Upgrades Will Come From The Over 500-Million-Dollar Bond Issue Detroit Residents Approved Last Year. (Metro Source) (Race Fixing) State Police Have Executed Search Warrants At Three Homes, In Connection With A Probe Into Race Fixing At Three Horse Race Tracks. Warrants Were Executed In Three Southeast Michigan Homes. The Investigation Is Targeting Races At Hazel Park Harness Raceway, Northville Downs And Sports Creek Raceway. As Many As 30 Harness Drivers, Trainers, Owners, And Gamblers Could Be Targeted. Track Operators Do Not Appear To Be Involved And Are Cooperating With The Investigation, According To The Gongwer News Service. (Mi/Wash-Jobs Bill) The U-S Senate Is Poised To Act This Week On A 15 (B) Billion Dollar Jobs Bill That Offers A Series Of Tax Credits And Other Stimulus Measures To Create An Estimated 300-Thousand Jobs. The "Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment" (Hire) Act Provides 13 (B) Billion Dollars In Small Business Incentives To Hire And Retrain New Employees, With A 2010 Exemption For The Employer Share Of Social Security Taxes. It Also Provides A One-Thousand Dollar Income Tax Credit For Every New Worker They Keep Employed For 52 Weeks, And A Payroll Tax Holiday. The Senate Also Expects To Approve A One-Year Extension Of Unemployment Benefits, Which Senate Democrat Carl Levin Says Michigan Sorely Needs. The "Hire" Act Also Extends Capital Expenditure Tax Deductions Up To 250-Thousand Dollars For Small Business Expenditures In 2010, And The Highway Trust Fund For Billions In New Infrastructure Investments, Nationwide. The "Hire" Act Would Be Fully Paid-For, Under Congressional "Paygo" Rules. (Lansing-Money Back College) College Students Are Getting An Offer They May Not Be Able To Refuse. Lansing Community College Is Set To Launch A Pilot Program That Will Refund A Students Tuition If They Don't Get A Job Within One Year. The Program Is Designed For Students In Four Newly Created Job Training Courses At The College. Money Back Guarantees Have Been Offered For Various Courses At Oakland Community College And Henry Ford Community College. The Program At Lcc Is Slated To Begin In May For Those Students Taking Courses In Pharmacy Technician, Quality Inspection, Customer Service And Home Technology Installation. (Metro Source) (Harrison-Explosive Defused) State Police Explosives Experts Were Called To A Clare County Home Saturday After Authorities Discovered A Home-Made Explosive Device. The "Bay City Times" Reports Clare County Sheriffs Deputies Were Called To A Suspicious Situation In The White Birch Subdivision Near Farwell Where They Found Several Marijuana Plants, Firearms And The Explosive Device. A Bomb Squad From Lansing Disposed Of The Explosive 49-Year-Old Farwell Man On Suspicion Of Being A Felon In Possession Of Firearms, Felon In Possession Of Body Armor And Possession Of An Explosive Device. (Mi-Fugative Captured) A Michigan Man On The Run From Authorities For Nine Years Has Been Captured In New Mexico. Michael Smith Was Serving Time For Marijuana Possession, Fraud And Attempted Assault When He Escaped In August Of 2001. He Used The Alias Of Michael Redd And Had Also Lived In Colorado During His Time On The Run. Federal Officials Were Notified Of His Location When He Submitted Fingerprints As Part Of Pre-Employment Requirement To Be A Truck Driver. (Metro Source) (Powerball Fever) Lotto Fever Is Hitting Michigan Once Again As No One Matched All Six Numbers In Saturday Night's Drawing. Wednesday's Jackpot Is Now Estimated To Reach 170-Million Dollars. Saturday's Numbers Were: 0-29-33-41-59, Powerball: 15, Power Play: 2. |
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