Inkster News

Many people who have lost jobs to the recession may find a cure for unemployment in the health care field.

The traditional gold watch didn't seem quite sufficient to mark the retirement of Brenda Joyce Pearson from her 42-year career with Wayne County last month.

Preliminary examinations were adjourned for three men charged with holding a family hostage while robbing their Westland home in September and a fourth defendant was ordered bound over for trial.

Sarah Fisher Center has closed after more than 70 years of serving the greater Detroit community.

An Inkster police officer who shot a suspect fleeing a homicide scene after he was fired upon last week has been placed on administrative leave while the case is investigated, Inkster Police Detective Sgt.

Patrick R. Currier, 220 Franklin Circle, vehicular homicide, after jury trial, defendant found guilty as charged.

Inkster Police are investigating a fatal shooting that led to a police chase and shootout.

Police in Inkster were investigating a shootout Friday morning that included some of their own officers.

Treat yourself and family this Halloween season with a drive-by tour of some of the houses - and one business - all decorated for the holiday: Matt's Spooky Manor - on Cardwell Avenue, north off of Schoolcraft Road between Middlebelt and Inkster.

Detroit -- A retired judge may have violated conditions of her bond by failing to show up today for a routine conference on the felony charges she faces along with a former prosecutor and two Inkster police officers.

DTE Energy customers who live in Westland, Canton, Garden City, Inkster and Wa- yne are invited to attend an informational program to learn energy efficiency tips and sign up for various winter shut-off protection plans designed for low- and limited-income households.

More than 320 Delta Airlines employees will roll up their sleeves and partner with Plymouth-based Habitat for Humanity Western Wayne County as part of Delta's commitment to build at least six new homes in six U.S. cities.

Starfish Family Services in Inkster will team up with IKEA in Canton on a literacy drive this month.

Residents of the Woodbine subdivision in Farmington Hills will pay for road improvements through a special assessment district, following a City Council vote and public hearing Monday.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is set to announce today her decision about whether a 29-year-old Huron Township woman will face charges for a fire that killed two of her young children.

A deer smashed through a restaurant window during lunch on Sunday. People enjoying lunch at the L. George Coney Island in Livonia were surprised when the deer jumped through the window and then walked out the front door.

The police have an acronym J,D.L.R., which means 'just doesn''t look right.' which triggers them to investigate.

The following are excerpts from readers participating in our online forum for discussing issues, In Your Voices, on the Web at hometownlife.com. PHIL POWER: Mass transit should be a no-brainer Who are you kidding? Few residents of southeast Michigan will give up their second car and turn to mass transit.

A 29-year-old illegal Kenyan immigrant is facing identity theft charges after a Blackman Township public safety officer found copies of several elderly people's personal information in the rented car he was driving.

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox today announced multiple felony charges against two Maryland men accused of using a Ponzi scheme to defraud twenty-one African-American churches in Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Inkster, Ferndale, Highland Park, Port Huron and Ypsilanti of approximately $660,000. Michael J. Morris, 29, of Waldorf, MD and William T.