WINE. DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. I LOVE OF GRANDFATHER LOSES HIS LIFE TO AN
APPARENT HEART ATTACK WHILE
OUTSIDE SHOVELING SNOW TONIGHT
IS FAMILY IS TALKING ABOUT THE
CONVERSATION THEY WISH THEY HAD
BEFORE THIS LATEST WINTER STORM
ARRIVED. GOOD EVENING,
EVERYBODY. I’M KIMBERLY GILL.
GOOD EVENING. I’M KAREN DREW
INFER DEVIN SCILLIAN TONIGHT
WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A 71
YEAR OLD MENTOR, DETROIT MAN WHO
APPEARS TO HAVE DIED WHILE
SHOVELING HEAVY, WET SNOW. HIS
BODY WAS FOUND IN INKSTER EARLY
THIS MORNING. ARE JACQUELINE
FRANCIS. IS THERE LIVE? AFTER
TALKING WITH FAMILY, JACQUELINE
. EVERY TIME WE GET A BIG SNOW,
YOU HEAR THOSE WARNINGS ABOUT
HOW SHOVELING FOR SOME CAN LEAD
TO A RISK OF A HEART ATTACK?
WHILE IT SEEMS FOR ONE EXTRA MAN
THAT WAS THE CASE, AND NOW HIS
FAMILY HOPES THAT OTHERS CAN
LEARN FROM THEIR TRAGEDY. 30
PLUS YEARS AT GENERAL MOTORS,
THREE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. HE HAD
THE BIGGEST HEART AND ALWAYS
JUST TRYING TO HELP THE
COMMUNITY. 71 YEAR OLD LEROY
STEED HAD A LOT TO LIVE FOR,
LIKE SO MANY METRO DETROITERS
LEROY SPENT WEDNESDAY SHOVELING
THE WET AND HEAVY SNOW OUTSIDE
HIS HOME IN INKSTER, HIS
NEIGHBORS LAST SAW HIM SHOVELING
AROUND 6 30 THAT EVENING. THIS
MORNING. HIS BODY WAS FOUND IN
THE DRIVEWAY. NO FOUL PLAY IS
SUSPECTED POLICE AND FAMILY
GUESSING IT WAS A HEART ATTACK.
HIS DAUGHTER WHO WAS A TRAVELING
NURSE, SAID SHEENA COLLEAGUES
WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS
POTENTIAL DANGER. A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE HEART ATTACKS WHEN
THEY’RE OUT SHOVELING THE SNOW.
UM I WISH I COULD HAVE CALLED
HIM AND TOLD HIM BUT. SEVERAL
SNOW ONE. FORTUNATELY UM I DON’T
THINK YOU CAN GET A SNOWBLOWER
TO WORK. AND. THAT’S WHERE IT
ALL ENDED. THEIR FATHER HAD
HEART SURGERY ABOUT 10 YEARS
EARLIER. BUT LIKE DOING THINGS
ON HIS OWN, ESPECIALLY AS MEN WE
WANT TO KEEP THAT. WE WANT TO
STAY. WE WANT TO KEEP OUR
INDEPENDENCE IS WITHOUT WHAT I’M
TRYING TO SAY AND THE LOAD AS WE
GET OLDER WE GET WE STILL WANT
THAT MESSAGE TO OTHERS. DON’T
LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU. TALK TO
YOUR PARENTS HELP YOUR PARENTS
IF THEY’RE CALLING. I MEAN, IF
THEY DON’T CALL YOU CALL THEM
TRY TO INFLUENCE THEM NOT TO GO
OUT THERE AND SHOVEL THE SNOW.
TONIGHT THE POLICE CHIEF IS
ECHOING THAT SAFETY MESSAGE
SAYING ANY SORT OF EXERTION IN
THIS KIND OF WEATHER CAN PUT
YOUR HEALTH AT RISK REPORTING
LIVE IN INKSTER, JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4. THREE KIDS.
EIGHT GRANDKIDS HEARTBREAKING.
YEAH JACQUELINE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
GO OUT TO THE FAMILY TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT WELL, LIGHT SNOW HAS
CONTINUED FALLING THROUGHOUT
THIS EVENING IS SHOWN IN THIS
VIDEO HERE FROM CAMPUS MARTIUS
IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT. IT WAS A
PRETTY NIGHT OUT THERE IT WAS.
IT REALLY REALLY WAS. IT WAS IT
WAS NICE. IT WAS JUST A TOUCH OF
SNOW. KIM IF WE COULD DO THAT,
SOMETIMES JUST JUST TO TOUCH IT
IS PRETTY AND BECAUSE IT’S THAT
WET SNOW. IT’S STICKING TO ALL
THE TREES, SO IT’S VERY IT’S.
IT’S A VERY PRETTY SNOW. BUT IF
YOU ARE OUT ON THE ROADS
TONIGHT, JUST BE AWARE THAT
THERE COULD BE SOME SLIPPERY
SPOTS BECAUSE IT IS COMING DOWN
AT A MODERATE RATE IN PARTS OF
ANN ARBOR JUST NOW MOVING INTO
THE WESTERN PARTS OF WAYNE
COUNTY, SO LET’S GO IN A LITTLE
BIT CLOSER AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE
THE HEAVIER BANDS ARE RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS NOTHING LIKE WE SAW
YESTERDAY, BUT IT IS COMING DOWN
IN CANTON, ALSO OUT OF THE
AIRPORT AND ROMULUS, INKSTER AND
TAYLOR GETTING A FEW LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS, BUT IT’S DRY AT THIS
HOUR IN DETROIT EQUALS AND
RIVERVIEW AND THEN WHEN WE GO
DOWN INTO PARTS OF MONROE RIGHT
ALONG, I 75 MORE SNOW THERE, SO
WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE A LITTLE
BIT OF LIGHT SNOW FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS. AND THEN
TOMORROW MORNING. IT SHOULD BE
DRY FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE,
BUT NOTICE ATTEMPTS ONLY IN THE
LOW TWENTIES, SO THERE WILL BE
SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS. AND THEN IN
THE AFTERNOON AROUND 34 O’CLOCK
HERE COMES ANOTHER ROUND OF
SNOW. WE’LL TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH
AND ALSO MORE SNOW FOR THE
WEEKEND WILL HAVE YOUR FORECAST
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. OKAY.
KIM. BREAKING IN LANSING TONIGHT
. TWO MAJOR BILLS COMING OUT OF
THE LEGISLATURE ONE DEALS WITH
REDUCING THE TAX ON PUBLIC
PENSIONS. THE OTHER BUMPS UP THE
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT IN ALL,
IT’S ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS OUT
OF THE STATE AND BACK TO YOU.
MARK MACDONALD LIVE AT THE STATE
BUILDING TONIGHT WITH MORE ON
THIS STORY, MARA KIMBERLY.
EARLIER TODAY. THE MICHIGAN
SENATE PASSED ITS VERSION OF
THESE BILLS LATE TONIGHT, THE
MICHIGAN HOUSE PASSED ITS
VERSIONS. LET ME SHOW YOU. HE
PUSHES IN LAST NIGHT’S STATE OF
THE STATE ADDRESS WAS TARGETED
TAX CUTS. NOW TWO BILLS ROLLED
OUT OF THE MICHIGAN SENATE TODAY
NUMBER ONE, BUMPING UP THE
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT TO 30%
THAT’S FOR LOW TO MODERATE
INCOME WORKERS. IT’S EXPECTED TO
HELP ABOUT 700,000 FAMILIES IN
THIS STATE. IT PASSED WITH
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN BOTH
CHAMBERS. ONLY EIGHT REPUBLICAN
REPS SAID NO IN THE STATEHOUSE.
WE’VE GOT A LOT DONE IN JUST THE
LAST WEEK AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO
STOP ALREADY MOVED FASTER BY A
PASSING SOME BILLS THIS WEEK
THAN ANY SENATE THAT WE CAN THAT
WE CAN COUNT. THE COST OF LIVING
IS SUCH A BIG ISSUE. IN OUR
STATE AND IN OUR REGION. I HEAR
IT EVERY DAY. AND SO THE CREDIT
SENIORS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GET
BASED IN MORE. I THINK PEOPLE
NEED RELIEF NOW AND NOT FOUR
YEARS FROM NOW, BUT OVERALL, I
CAN SUPPORT THAT. AND I WILL
SUPPORT IT. NUMBER TWO,
REPEALING THE TAX ON PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE PENSIONS AS WELL AS
BOOSTING THE EXEMPTION FOR OTHER
FORMS OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
THAT PASSED WITH FEWER
REPUBLICANS ON BOARD BECAUSE GOP
MEMBERS IN BOTH CHAMBERS DON’T
THINK IT DOES ENOUGH FOR ALL
RETIREES. BACK HERE LIVE. LET’S
SEE WHAT VERSION OF THESE BILLS
. THE OTHER CHAMBER IS WILLING
TO PASS, BUT BOTH HAVE MADE IT
THROUGH. WELL THE HOUSE HAS ITS
VERSION. SENATE HAS ITS VERSION
. BOTTOM LINE, THEY BOTH
POLICIES BROUGHT ON BY THE
SNYDER ADMINISTRATION. WE’RE
LIVE IN MIDTOWN TONIGHT. I’M
MARA MACDONALD LOCAL 4 OKAY,
MARA. THANKS. THE MINIMUM WAGE
IN MICHIGAN WILL NOT BE GOING UP
NEXT MONTH, AND THAT’S BECAUSE
OF A COURT RULING TODAY. THE
MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS
UNANIMOUSLY RULED A MOVE BY
REPUBLICANS BACK IN THE 2018
STATE LEGISLATURE TO WEAKEN
MINIMUM WAGE LAWS WAS
CONSTITUTIONAL. BACK IN 2018
ADVOCATES TURNED IN ENOUGH
SIGNATURES TO RAISE THE MINIMUM
WAGE. THE LEGISLATURE ADOPTED
THE CHANGES, WHICH THEN KEPT THE
ISSUE OFF THE BALLOT. BUT WATER
DOWN THE LANGUAGE. WELL, TODAY’S
DECISION MEANS HOURLY MINIMUM
WAGE WILL NOT BE INCREASING FROM
10. DOLLARS AN HOUR TO ABOUT $13
AN HOUR. THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY
WAS ESPECIALLY ON EDGE BECAUSE
ON FEBRUARY 19TH THE MINIMUM
WAGE FOR TIPPED WORKERS WOULD
HAVE RISEN FROM 3 84 AN HOUR TO
MORE THAN $11 AN HOUR. ONE IN
SIX RESTAURANTS TOLD US THAT
THEY WOULD CLOSE THEIR DOORS
PERMANENTLY. IF THEY WERE GOING
TO SEE FEBRUARY 19TH COME TO
PASS. UH, YOU WOULD SEE A LOT
LESS SERVERS WORKING IN THE
INDUSTRY BECAUSE BUSINESSES WITH
IMMEDIATELY TRY TO ADAPT THEIR
BUSINESS MODEL TO SHRINK THEIR
LABOR FOREST OUT OF NECESSITY
OUT OF JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE IN
STATE AND KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN.
SO YOU SEE A LOT OF FEWER
PEOPLE, WHICH MEANS YOU PROBABLY
WOULDN’T HAVE AS GOOD A SERVICE
AND YOU WOULD PROBABLY SEE ABOUT
15 TO 20% INCREASE IN YOUR MENU
PRICE DECISION WILL BE APPEALED
TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT NEW
INFORMATION TONIGHT INTO A
DEADLY CHILD ABUSE CASE IN
DETROIT. FIVE YEAR OLD ETHAN
BELCHER WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS
THREE YEAR OLD BROTHER SERIOUSLY
HURT IN A HOME ON DETROIT’S EAST
SIDE OVER THE WEEKEND. ETHAN’S
MOTHER, VALERIA HAMBLETON, AND
HIS STEPFATHER, SHANE SHELTON,
OR CHARGED WITH MURDER. LOCAL
FORESTS LEARNED THE FAMILY HAS
BEEN ON THE RADAR OF POLICE AND
STATE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. LINCOLN
PARK POLICE LAUNCHED AN ABUSE
INVESTIGATION 18 MONTHS AGO BUT
DID NOT GET AN APPROVAL FOR AN
ARREST WARRANT. THE FAMILY LATER
MOVED TO DETROIT. THE WORST
ABUSE CASE I HAVE EVER SEEN, AND
I AM NOT SENSATIONALIZING IT.
THE LOSS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG
LIFE BY SOMEONE THAT THAT HE
TRUSTED AND LOVED AND IT’S JUST
IT’S UNSPEAKABLE. THEIR DETAILS
ABOUT THIS CASE THAT I WILL
NEVER FORGET. AND I KNOW OUR
OFFICERS WON’T FORGET, AND IT’S
JUST HORRIBLE. IN A STATEMENT TO
LOCAL FOR TODAY, THE MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
PREVENTION SERVICES. AN UPDATE
NOW ON THAT I’M GOING LEGAL
BATTLE OVER A VAN GOGH PAINTING
AT THE D I A AND APPEALS COURT
HAS ORDERED THE DETROIT
INSTITUTE OF ARTS TO HOLD ONTO
THE PAINTING, KNOWN AS THE NOVEL
READER, OR THE READING. LADY.
BRAZILIAN ART COLLECTOR SUED THE
DIA, CLAIMING THE PAINTING
BELONGS TO HIM. LAST WEEK, A
JUDGE RULED THE PAINTING COULD
NOT BE SEIZED BECAUSE IT WAS
PROTECTED BY FEDERAL LAW. THE
VAN GOGH EXHIBITION AT THE DEA
ENDED OVER THE WEEKEND. WHAT WAS
THE NICE SMILES, HUGS AND
SPEECHES OVER AT AN EVENT IN
GREEKTOWN DETROIT BRANCH OF THE
HELD ITS ANNUAL INSTALLATION
CEREMONY, SWORN IN WHERE SIX
ELECTED OFFICERS OF PRESIDENT
THREE VICE PRESIDENT AS
SECRETARY AND A TREASURER, AS
WELL AS 16, MEMBERS OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE
REVEREND DR WENDELL ANTHONY, IS
STARTING AT HISTORIC 16TH TERM
AS PRESIDENT. HE DELIVERED A
SPEECH URGING EVERYONE TO FIGHT
AGAINST IGNORANCE, WHICH HE
CALLED THE ROOT CAUSE OF RACE.