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11:02 am
Mon September 17, 2012

A violent weekend in Flint, Michigan, homicides hit 50

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The Flint Journal reports this morning about three killings over the weekend, bring the total number of homicides to 50:

Three homicides in as many days has brought the city's total to 50 slayings for the year.

The latest was a shooting and hit and run that left one man dead...

The city didn't record its 50th homicide last year until late October.

In 2010, the city set a record for the number of homicides at 66. That's in a city with a shrinking population.

10:26 am
Mon September 10, 2012

West Bloomfield Township police officer killed

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The Detroit News followed a standoff police had with a gunman in West Bloomfield Township overnight. West Bloomfield Township Officer Patrick O'Rourke was killed.
West Bloomfield Township - A 12-year veteran of the police department was fatally shot Sunday night at a home near Pontiac Trail and Halsted, prompting a police standoff with gunfire exchanges for more than 10 hours. According to authorities, police responding 10 p.m.
Law
10:30 am
Fri August 24, 2012

Pastor in West Michigan accused of embezzling more than $100,000

MLive reports the Pastor of a church with around 750 members confessed to turning in receipts for reimbursement that were never approved.

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11:00 am
Fri July 20, 2012

After Dark Knight shooting in Colorado, former Ann Arbor Police Chief in spotlight

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Current Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates is in the spotlight after the shooting that took place this morning. Oates was Chief of Police and Safety Services Administrator for the City of Ann Arbor for four years before he left for his job in Aurora in 2005. Prior to that, Oates served in the New York Police Department for 21 years.
Note: The number of victims is now reported as 12 this morning, reduced from 14. That number was changed in this story. Former Ann Arbor Police Chief Dan Oates is in the national spotlight Friday morning after his officers in Aurora, Colo., arrested the gunman accused of killing 12 and wounding at least 50 in a theater screening of "The Dark Knight Rises."
Flint
6:41 pm
Mon June 18, 2012

Gov. Snyder calls for local ideas for solving Michigan's urban problems

Credit Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio
Gov. Rick Snyder, flanked by Flint civic and business leaders, discusses what he heard during a closed door meeting on the problems facing the city of Flint.

Flint business and civic leaders sat down with Governor Snyder today to discuss possible solutions to the city’s problems.

The closed-door session focused on crime, education, economic development and other urban issues.

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