Ypsilanti News

Two Ypsilanti men remain jailed on $5 million bond apiece on charges stemming from a car theft and chase that ended in injury to two police officers.

The city of Ypsilanti is seeking applications for openings on several boards and commissions.

Ypsilanti police are trying to identify this man. Ypsilanti police hope someone will recognize the composite sketch released today of a man who robbed four people at gunpoint on a downtown street earlier this month.

Dwight Van Tuyl left his Ypsilanti apartment around noon on Nov. 7 to discover his car, parked near the corner of Washington and Emmet streets the night before, was gone.

The Ann Arbor Chronicle recently tagged along with an NBC film crew in town to follow former Biggest Loser contestant and Ypsilanti resident Pete Thomas.

Hitchingham Road, located between Textile Road and Stony Creek Road in Ypsilanti Township, will officially reopen around 4 p.m. today, according to the Washtenaw County Road Commission.

Ypsilanti police have issued a warning to the community after three home break-ins are reported in a two-day period.

This view shows Washtenaw Avenue, looking west from Arborland Mall in Ann Arbor Friday.

An intruder forced his way into an occupied home in the 1400 block of Gregory Street in Ypsilanti this evening, city police said.

Ypsilanti's City Hall closed today due to a water main break and won't reopen until Monday morning.

Come next Halloween, Ypsilanti Township resident Herbert Tackett won't set up his elaborate haunted house for neighborhood children.

Every week, Ypsilanti school district spokeswoman Emma Jackson sends a list of coming events and news to media in the area.

Ypsilanti Township officials are asking Washtenaw County to open up the township's police service contract and allow for the layoff of 10 deputies by next month.

Dominic Oyerinde appears in court today. Tom Perkins For AnnArbor.com A judge found a 20-year-old Ann Arbor man competent to stand trial today on open murder and carjacking charges in the death of his ex-girlfriend, 17-year-old Anna List.

A phishing scam is circulating around Washtenaw County, almost exactly a year after similar e-mail or text alerts made the rounds.

A car was reported stolen Sunday from the parking lot of the Metropolitan Memorial Baptist Church on Hawkins Street, an Ypsilanti police incident log said.

A 4-year-old girl was left alone in a vehicle for 25 minutes Friday at a state Department of Human Services office on Center Street, an Ypsilanti police incident log said.

In the "spotted at the Ann Arbor People's Food Co-op" department: I picked up Volume 1, Number 1 of The Bohemian , a new free monthly alternative paper serving Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and published by the Cromwell Publishing Co.

Stanley Sean Wright The Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed a Washtenaw County Trial court sentence of one to 15 years in prison imposed on Stanley Sean Wright for his conviction of resisting and obstructing an Ypsilanti police officer.

DETROIT - Two trucks overturned in each direction on Interstate 94 near Chelsea after their drivers fell asleep early today.