Two metro Detroit students were honored after they helped save their teacher. During a student-teacher basketball game on March 22, Oak Park Schools coach and physical education teacher, Al Kattola, collapsed due to sudden cardiac arrest. Within seconds, Isreal DuBose, a 17-year-old Oak Park student began CPR. “Until something happens, you don’t know how you’ll react,” said
A 3-story, $3 Million Mario-like go-kart track is opening today in metro Detroit. The 30-foot, 1,500-foot-long track will be opening as part of C.J. Barrymore’s 50th anniversary. The indoor/outdoor entertainment center is on Hall Road in Clinton Township. The track will open to the public today, May 3rd, at 8 PM. The amusement park has
Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent Nikolai Vitti is sounding the alarm on the surge of student use of edible marijuana and the use of vape pens containing marijuana. “Since the legalization of marijuana, our District has observed a distressing escalation in drug-related infractions.To illustrate, from 2019-2021 we recorded 289 drug-related incidents, which have surged
A new luxury airline for dogs will launch this month. BARK Air is the world’s first air travel experience designed specifically for dogs first, and their human companions second. “BARK Air has taken the white glove experience typical of a human’s first-class experience and redirected all that pampering to pooches – from booking to arrival,
Several metro #Detroit hospitals received a letter “D” rating for hospital safety, according to a newly released report. Those include McLaren Oakland, McLaren Macomb, DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, and DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital. The lowest letter rating in Michigan was the letter D. The Leapfrog Group released its spring 2024 Hospital Safety Grades, assigning an “A,”
A barricaded gunman situation has ended after the male subject shot his his girlfriend’s brother multiple times on Detroit’s west side. The incident happened in the block of Carlin, near Joy Road and Schaefer, Tuesday around 2:00 p.m. The suspect shot his girlfriend’s brother three times in the leg before barricading himself inside the home.
A new bill will crack down on vehicles with modified exhaust in Michigan. According to State Rep. Natalie Price (D-Berkley), who introduced House Bill 5696, the issue is particularly prevalent along the M-1 Highway, or Woodward Avenue. “Day and night, Woodward is often used as a racetrack by drivers who have modified their vehicle’s exhaust systems
A man was shot multiple times by a Wayne County Sheriff Deputy while on Belle Isle in Detroit. The incident happened at around 11:00 a.m. Monday. The Wayne County Sheriff Tether unit was attempting to arrest a suspect charged with criminal sexual conduct and did not show up to court. During the arrest, the suspect
Law enforcement officers from state, county, and local agencies will begin conducting Operation Ghost Rider throughout Michigan today. The goal is to reduce distracted driving deaths and injuries. Operation Ghost Rider uses unmarked spotter vehicles, which contain a law enforcement passenger. When the spotters observe a distracted driver, they radio a fully marked law enforcement
A new weekly comedy show is starting in May. Detroit Dej Comedy Jam, at Biscuits and Bourbon in Pontiac is starting May 3-4th and will be hosted by Comic J Will (@comicjwill). The first show is next weekend at 8-10 pm on May 3-4 featuring Detroit’s first lady of comedy COCO (@cocothecomic). There’s two shows each day
