CLOSE CALL ON THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AT HOWELL SCHOOLS QUICKLY TAKEN OFF HER ROUTE AFTER OTHER
DRIVERS THOUGHT SOMETHING JUST
WASN’T RIGHT, THE DISTRICT SAYS
IN A LETTER TO PARENTS AT SCHOOL
BUS DRIVER WAS DRUNK MOMENTS
BEFORE HEADING OUT TO DO DROP
OFFS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHILDREN. THANKS FOR BEING HERE
WITH US. I’M KIMBERLY GUILT
DEVIN SCILLIAN. SHE WAS IN THE
PARKING LOT AT VOYAGEUR
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GETTING READY
TO HEAD OUT WHEN HER FELLOW
DRIVERS INTERVENED. MARA
MACDONALD LIVE IN HOWELL TONIGHT
WITH MORE AMARA. HI DEVIN. SO
LET ME SET THIS UP FOR
EVERYBODY. IT’S TIME TO TAKE THE
KIDS HOME. YOU’VE GOT THE BUSSES
LINED UP HERE AT THE SCHOOL AND
HER FELLOW DRIVERS WENT TO THEIR
MANAGERS AND ESSENTIALLY SAID
THIS SHE’S OFF. THERE’S
SOMETHING HERE. THAT’S NOT RIGHT
. SHE’S NOT ACTING LIKE HERSELF
. THEY ASSUMED IT WAS SOMETHING
MEDICAL. SO THEY TAKE HER OFF
THE ROUTE, AND IT WAS ONLY AFTER
AN INVESTIGATION THAT SHE
ADMITTED THAT SHE HAD BEEN
DRINKING. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED
LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE
DRIVER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
HEADING OUT ON DROP OFFS OF
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, BUT
SHE HAD ALREADY COMPLETED THE
DROP OFFS FOR THE MIDDLE AND
HIGH SCHOOLERS IN A LETTER SENT
HOME TO HELP PARENTS, THE
DISTRICT CREDITS OTHER SCHOOL
BUS DRIVERS WITH REALIZING THERE
WAS A PROBLEM, QUOTE. WE ARE
VERY THANKFUL FOR THE ACTIONS OF
THE OTHER BUS DRIVERS WHO SAW
SOMETHING THAT DID NOT MEET WITH
THEIR EXPECTATIONS FOR
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND ACTED
ON THEIR OBSERVATIONS. A
REPLACEMENT DRIVER WAS PUT IN TO
FINISH THE ROUTE AND THE
LIVINGSTON EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
AGENCY LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION
AND DETERMINED ALCOHOL WAS THE
ISSUE HERE. THAT DRIVER WAS
IMMEDIATELY FIRED. BACK HERE.
LIVE LUCKILY, ABSOLUTELY. NOBODY
WAS HURT IN ALL THIS. BUT AS THE
DISTRICT SAID IN ITS LETTER HOME
TO PARENTS, THIS IS A PRIME
EXAMPLE OF IF YOU SEE SOMETHING
OR SOMEONE WHO APPEARS TO NEED
HELP. YOU’VE GOT TO SPEAK UP.
WE’RE LIVE IN HELL TONIGHT. I’M
MARA MACDONALD. LOCAL 4 THAT IS
SO RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MARA.
INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT REVEALING
IF THEY FOUND ANYTHING TODAY
DURING A SEARCH OF THE PROPERTY
OWNED BY D. WARNER AND HER
HUSBAND. CREWS WERE OUT DIGGING
IN A FIELD NEAR THE HOME AND
TIPTON AND RUNAWAY COUNTY WHERE
WARNER WAS LAST SEEN IN 2021.
STATE POLICE RENEWED THE SEARCH
FOR D EARLIER THIS WEEK,
SEARCHING DRAINS AND OTHER AREAS
AT THE TIME WARNER’S HUSBAND
CLAIMED SHE LEFT TO START A NEW
LIFE AND SHE’S NEVER BEEN SEEN
OR HEARD FROM SINCE. THREE MEN
ARE THREE MEN FROM NIGERIA ARE
AWAITING EXTRADITION TO THE US
AFTER BEING CHARGED IN A
SEXTORTION CASE INVOLVING A
MICHIGAN TEENAGER WHO LATER
COMMITTED SUICIDE. PROSECUTORS
SAY THE TEAM FROM MARQUETTE WAS
LURED INTO SENDING A NAKED
PICTURE HIMSELF BY THE MEN WHO
WERE POSING AS A GIRL ONLINE.
THEY THEN TURNED AROUND AND
BLACKMAILED HIM, THREATENING TO
SEND THE PHOTO TO FRIENDS AND
FAMILY. THE THREE MEN NOW FACE A
LONG LIST OF CHARGES TO AN ISSUE
THAT’S BEEN A BIG CONCERN FOR
DETROIT PARENTS. AN OUTBREAK OF
ILLNESSES HAS NOW CLOSED TO
DETROIT SCHOOLS MARCUS GARVEY
ACADEMY AND THE FOCUS HOPE
CENTER FOR CHILDREN ARE BOTH
CLOSE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE
ILLNESS AT MARCUS GARVEY REMAINS
UNKNOWN. WHILE THE FOCUS HOPE
CENTER IS DEALING WITH A SPIKE
IN HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
BOTH SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO REMAIN
CLOSED THROUGH THE WEEKEND SO
THEY CAN BE CLEANED. IT WAS
EXPOSED WHEN TRUCKLOADS OF
CONTAMINATED SOIL FOR EAST
PALESTINE, OHIO WERE BROUGHT
HERE TO METRO DETROIT TONIGHT,
LOCAL U. S REPS HELD A FORUM TO
TALK ABOUT HAZARDOUS WASTE. THE
FORMAT WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT INCLUDED E P
ADMINISTRATORS OF STATE
ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR FROM
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
LISTEN TO THIS EXCHANGE WHEN THE
PANEL WAS ASKED WHY SO MUCH
HAZARDOUS WASTE IS BROUGHT HERE
TO MICHIGAN. OKAY? I WAS REALLY
HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU TIPPING
RIGHT WHERE WE WERE IN THE
MIDWEST. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT
THE TIPPING REGUS MUCH YOU PAY
PER TIME? AND WE’RE CHEAP. IT’S
39 CENTS A TIME, THE AVERAGE
TIPPING RIGHT IN THE MIDWEST
EXCEEDS $5 IN WISCONSIN IS $13,
AND THEY’RE GONNA HELP ME GET
CHICKEN. THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NO
REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSED
COMPANIES TO DISCLOSE WHAT SORT
OF HAZARDOUS WASTE IS BEING
BROUGHT TO MICHIGAN THAN SIX
YEARS IN THE MAKING. THIS IS
BLOSSOM FLOWER. SHE’S A YORKIE
THAT WENT MISSING SIX YEARS AGO
. SIX YEARS FLASHFORWARD TO
TODAY, DOGS BACK HOME NOW WITH
HER OWNERS, JACQUELINE FRANCIS
LIVE TONIGHT WITH A PRETTY
INCREDIBLE REUNION. IF THAT DOG
COULD ONLY TALK, JACQUELINE
DE’VEON. IF THAT DOG COULD TALK
, SHE WOULD SAY I’M HOME
SPENDING TIME WITH BLOSSOM TODAY
, YOU’D NEVER KNOW. SHE SPENT
SIX YEARS AWAY FROM HER FAMILY.
TAKE A LOOK. EVERY DOG HAS ITS
DAY AND FOR BLOSSOM IT WAS THIS
WEEK. HER STORY STARTS IN 2017
WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED FROM HER
FAMILY’S DETROIT BACKYARD, SEVEN
YEAR OLD DALLAS WAS DEVASTATED
HER MOM BY HER SIDE, I HAD TO
LITERALLY COAXED HER OUT OF BED.
AND TELL HER THAT BLOSSOM
WOULDN’T WANT HER TO LIVE LIKE
THIS. SHE HAS TO GO ON WITH LIFE
. YOU KNOW, WE’RE JUST PRAY THAT
SHE’S IN A BETTER PLACE. SO WE
PURCHASED MARKER FOR HER. WE
HAVE IT IN ON THE MANTELPIECE,
AND IT’S A LITTLE CIRCLE WITH A
POP PRINT. AND IT SAYS GONE, BUT
NOT FORGOTTEN. THEY NEVER DID
FORGET BLOSSOM AND IT TURNS OUT
BLOSSOM NEVER FORGOT THEM. SIX
YEARS LATER, THE PHONE RANG AND
HE SAID, YES, THIS IS RAY MULISH
ANIMAL SHELTER, AND WE’RE
CALLING BECAUSE WE FOUND YOUR
DOG. AND I KIND OF PAUSED FOR A
MOMENT TO THINK LIKE MY
DAUGHTER. AND I WAS LIKE I
FIGURE YOU’RE KIDDING ME? YOUR
EFFING KIDDING ME? IT WASN’T A
JOKE. SOMEONE HAD SEEN A TOY OR
KEY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
MATTERED AND THEN CAMPED. THEY
TOOK THE DOG TO THE SHELTER
BECAUSE BLOSSOM WAS CHIPPED. THE
FAMILY’S INFO POPPED UP RIGHT
AWAY BLOSSOM PALACES. MOM WANTED
IT TO BE A SURPRISE, TAKING HER
NOW TEENAGE DAUGHTER TO RECLAIM
THEIR DOG AFTER SIX LONG YEARS.
THEY FOUND HER. HE KNOWS. HE
SAID. WE FOUND A DOG AND THAT’S
WHEN I JUST STARTED TO BREAK
DOWN. LIKE I COULDN’T BELIEVE
IT, AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT. AWESOME. IT
WAS LIKE NO TIME HAD PASSED ONCE
YOU FIRST SEEN US HER LITTLE
TAIL JUST STARTED TO WAG REALLY
FAST, AND I WAS LIKE, SHE
DEFINITELY REMEMBER THIS FAMILY
NOW COMPLETE AND TO HAVE HER
BACK IS NOTHING SHORT OF A
MIRACLE. IT LOOKS LIKE BLOSSOM
SPENT SOME TIME ON THE STREETS
REFER WAS MATTED AND HER I
INFECTED, BUT NOTHING THAT HER
FAMILY CAN’T TAKE CARE OF OUR
LIVE IN DETROIT, JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4. UNFORTUNATELY
BLOSSOM CAN’T TELL US BUT DO WE
KNOW WHERE BLOSSOM HAS BEEN ALL
THIS TIME? I MEAN, THERE WILL
ALWAYS BE SOME MYSTERY TO IT.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS AN
OWNER IN BETWEEN, BECAUSE WHEN
THEY FOUND BLOSSOM, HER EARS AND
HER TAIL WERE CROPPED. THAT
WASN’T THE CASE BEFORE. SO IT
LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS AN OWNER.
BUT AGAIN, WE’LL NEVER KNOW WHAT
A MYSTERY BUT WHAT AN AMAZING
FINISH TO THE STORY. ALL RIGHT,
JACQUELINE. GREAT ENDING TO THE
STORY. ALL RIGHT. I’M OVER HERE
WITH KIM ADAMS AND BEAUTIFUL
LOOK OUTSIDE. TONIGHT WE GOT
SAUCE GOT TO SEE THE SUN, WHICH
WAS GREAT IN TEMPERATURES STILL
IN THE FIFTIES, SO THAT’S NOT
BAD IN THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING
GOOD TO KNOW RIGHT? ABOUT TIME.
WE REALLY DESERVE THIS. RIGHT
YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE YOUR
CHRISTMAS TREE BACK DOWN NOW.
RIGHT KIDDING ALL WEEK, RIGHT?
HAVE TO KEEP IT UP. YEAH YOU
MIGHT WANT TO KEEP IT UP JUST IN
CASE DO WE GET PAST MOTHER’S
DAY? WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES
RIGHT NOW IN THE UPPER FORTIES
IN MOUNT CLEMENS, 50. ONE IN
PONTIAC, WHETHER STORY A CHANCE
OF RAIN. UH TOMORROW MORNING,
BUT WELL NORTH OF METRO DETROIT,
BUT I’LL SHOW YOU THAT COMING UP
IN THE FORECAST, BUT MOST OF THE
AREA IS GOING TO STAY DRY. WE’VE
GOT SEVENTIES ON THE HORIZON FOR
THE WEEKEND, THEN A LITTLE BIT
UNSETTLED FOR NEXT WEEK, WHICH
IS BASICALLY OUR WAY OF SAYING
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE AS NICE AS
TOMORROW. SUNSHINE TOMORROW 66
DEGREES WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AGAIN THAT
SHOWER NORTH. WE’RE TALKING
NORTHERN PARTS OF OAKLAND AND
LIVINGSTON COUNTIES. BUT REALLY,
THIS IS MORE UP TOWARDS FLINT
AND LAPIERRE AND SAGINAW. BUT I
HAVE TO KIND OF PUT IT IN THERE
BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME
VIEWERS THAT ARE THAT FAR NORTH,
BUT MOST OF THE AREA IS GOING TO
BE DRY TOMORROW. FINALLY WE MAKE
IT TO NORMAL, WHICH IS 66
DEGREES AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
TEMPERATURE TREND. WE’RE HEADED
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS WE GO
UP AND UP ALL THE WAY INTO THE
SEVENTIES ARE AVERAGE HIGH NOW
IS 66. YOU CAN ALWAYS KEEP TRACK
OF THESE UPS AND DOWNS YOURSELF
BY JUST GOING TO YOUR FAVORITE
APPSTORE. YOU TYPE IN WDIV’S
DOWNLOAD THE 4WARN WEATHER APP.
AND THEN YOU PUT IN YOUR