FOR NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN WITH AN OAKLAND COUNTY TEENAGER’S DISAPPEARANCE THAT
HAS FRIENDS AND FAMILY BAFFLED
AND BEGGING FOR HER SAFE RETURN
. 15 YEAR OLD LAKEN LEWIS
VANISHED TWO WEEKS AGO AND
COMMERCE TOWNSHIP SHE WAS LAST
SEEN IN THE STRATFORD VILLA
MOBILE HOME PARK ON AUGUST 18TH
. NEIGHBORS SAID THEY SAW HER
OUT FOR A WALK. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY
WALKING BACK HOME, BUT NEVER
ARRIVED. MARK MACDONALD LIVE
THERE TONIGHT. POLICE ARE ASKING
FOR SOME HELP HERE, MARA DE’VEON
THEY TELL US THAT THEY HAVE
ESSENTIALLY RUN OUT OF LEADS AND
THAT THE TIPS THEY’VE GOTTEN
HAVE LED THEM NOWHERE. TAKE A
LOOK BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE THIS
IS WHAT IS LEFT OVER FROM THE
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR LAKE IN
TONIGHT AND TRULY WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT HER DISAPPEARANCE ON
AUGUST 18TH, NOBODY REALLY
UNDERSTANDS WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
WE’RE GONNA BOW OUR HEADS AND
TRUST THAT THE LORD IS GOING TO
BRING LAKE AND HOME PRAYER
TONIGHT FOR 15 YEAR OLD LAKEN
LEWIS, WHO BANISHED THE NIGHT OF
AUGUST 18TH FROM THE STRATFORD
VILLA MOBILE HOME PARK THAT’S
VERY OUT OF CHARACTER. SHE WOULD
NEVER RUN AWAY. SHE EVEN IF SHE
WAS GOING TO BE A MINUTE LATE,
SHE WOULD CALL FROM A FRIEND’S
PHONE. AND SHE’D SAY HEY, MAMA
MADE A COUPLE MINUTES LATER.
OKAY SHE WOULD ALWAYS GET IN
CONTACT WITH ME. ALWAYS NONE OF
THAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
NEIGHBORS SAY THEY SAW HER NEAR
HER HOME AND DIDN’T THINK
ANYTHING OF IT. THEY ALSO SAY
THEY SAW A MAN AND A WOMAN WHO
THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE IN THE
IMMEDIATE AREA. AND WHILE THEY
THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD, DIDN’T
THINK THERE WAS AN ISSUE NOW
THEY WONDER. POLICE SAY THE
LEADS AND TIPS HAVE GONE NOWHERE
, AND THEY NEED HELP. HER
FRIENDS AND FAMILY JUST WANT HER
HOME. I LOVE YOU LIKEN AND I
REALLY WANT YOU TO COME HOME.
I’VE KNOWN YOU FOR A SIX YEARS.
I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS. YOU GUYS
ARE LIKE NICE. I GIVE FAMILY.
BACK HERE. LIVE SOME THINGS TO
CONSIDER NUMBER ONE LAKEN WENT
ON A WALK ALMOST EVERY DAY SO
THAT SHE WAS OUT WALKING THE
MOBILE HOME PARK WAS NOTHING NEW
. IT WAS SORT OF A DAILY
ACTIVITY FOR HER NUMBER TO HER.
MOM SAID SHE WAS REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO STARTING HIGH SCHOOL
. SO WHY WOULD A TEENAGER WHO
REALLY WANTED TO GO TO SCHOOL?
NOT BE HERE. NOW NOBODY HAS ANY
ANSWERS. WE’RE LIVE IN COMMERCE
TOWNSHIP TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD. LOCAL 4. ALL RIGHT,
MARA. THREE DAYS HAVE PASSED NOW
SINCE MONDAY’S STORMS IN DTS
REPORTING 68,000 CUSTOMERS STILL
REMAIN WITHOUT POWER, WITH
RESIDENTS FRUSTRATED BY ANOTHER
WIDESPREAD OUTAGE NONPROFIT IN
ANN ARBOR IS HOPING THE CITY
WILL ESTABLISH ITS OWN PUBLIC
POWER UTILITY. MEGAN WOODS IS
LIVE IN ANN ARBOR WITH WHAT THE
NEXT STEP IS NOW. HERE, MEGAN
YEAH. KIMBERLY THAT NEXT STEP IS
DOING A STUDY TO SEE IF THIS
IDEA IS WORTH IT. WE’RE HERE AT
AN INTERSECTION IN ANN ARBOR,
WHERE THE POWER HAS GONE OUT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO
MULTIPLE PEOPLE OUT HERE ON AND
OFF CAMERA WHO SAY THAT THIS IS
HAPPENING WAY TOO MUCH TO CHANGE
NEEDS TO HAPPEN. IT JUST
WOULDN’T BE LIKE THIS, THAT IT’S
THIS MANY TIMES THAT IT HAPPENS
. LINDA JOE DOCTOR SAYS SHE
LOSES POWER MULTIPLE TIMES A
YEAR. IT’S HAPPENED IN THE
SUMMER. IT’S HAPPENED IN THE
WINTER. IT’S FRUSTRATING AND
INCONVENIENT. FOR MANY,
INCLUDING GREG WOODRING CAUSES
EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE TO
BECOME MORE DIFFICULT. UM, AND
YOU’RE JUST HELPLESS, PRESIDENT
OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION IN
ARBOR FOR PUBLIC POWER OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS, THEY’VE WORKED
TO GET TO THIS VERY MOMENT. THE
CITY ATTRACTING A STUDY ON HOW
FEASIBLE IT WOULD BE TO HAVE ITS
OWN PUBLIC POWER UTILITY. WE GOT
1300 PETITION SIGNATURES AND
BROUGHT THAT FORWARD TO THE AN
ARBOR ENERGY COMMISSION, AS WELL
AS THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL.
SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE
THEIR OWN PUBLIC POWER UTILITY,
INCLUDING LANSING CITY OF ANN
ARBOR, WOULD COMPEL THE TO EAT.
TO SELL ITS ELECTRICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN THE CITY
OF ANN ARBOR WOULD THEN
ESTABLISH ITS OWN UTILITY THAT
WOULD USE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN
ORDER TO PROVIDE POWER TO THE
ENTIRE TO OTHER RESIDENTS OF ANN
ARBOR IN JANUARY, CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZED THE FEASIBILITY STUDY
AND TUESDAY THEY WILL DECIDE ON
THE FUNDING FOR IT. THIS WOULD
HELP US FIGURE OUT AN IDEA OF
WHAT THE COST OF THAT
ACQUISITION WOULD BE. AS WELL AS
THE OPERATING COSTS OF RUNNING A
UTILITY. AND THEN IT WOULD
COMPARE THAT AGAINST THE REVENUE
THAT THE UTILITY WOULD BRING IN.
WE SHOULD EXPLORE THIS OPTION,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME WOULD
ENCOURAGE DT TO REALLY THINK
THROUGH. WHAT ARE THINGS THAT
THEY CAN DO IN ORDER TO ENHANCE
THE SERVICE THAT WOULD PREVENT
THIS FROM HAPPENING? THIS STUDY
COSTS MORE THAN $450,000. NOW,
THIS NONPROFIT THAT WE SPOKE TO
SAYS THE BENEFITS HERE ARE THAT
IT WOULD BE A LOT LESS OUTAGES.
IT WOULD COST LESS FOR CUSTOMERS
, AND IT WOULD BE GREENER ENERGY
. BUT AGAIN, THAT’S WHY THEY
NEED TO DO THIS STUDY TO FIGURE
OUT IF THIS IS WORTH IT IF THIS
WILL BE MORE BENEFICIAL THAN
WHAT THEY’RE DOING RIGHT NOW
LIVE IN ANN ARBOR. I’M MEGAN
WOODS, LOCAL 4. OKAY, MEGAN,
THANK YOU. THE MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT WILL HAVE TO ACT QUICKLY
IN THE BATTLE OVER WHETHER AN
ABORTION RIGHTS PROPOSAL SHOULD
BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. THE
GROUP REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR
ALL FILED AN APPEAL WITH THE
HIGH COURT LATE THIS AFTERNOON
STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERS AS WE
REPORTED YESTERDAY, SPLIT ALONG
PARTY LINES, KEEPING THE
PROPOSAL OFF OF THE BALLOT FOR
NOW. OPPONENTS ARGUE THAT
PETITIONS WERE A MESS WITH WORDS
SCRUNCHED TOGETHER, SPACE IS
MISSING. ADDED UP TO A CONFUSING
A BIT OF WORDAGE. THE APPEAL
ARGUES THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE
PETITION SHOULD NOT BE
DISENFRANCHISED BECAUSE OF A
FORMATTING ISSUE. THE COURT MUST
ACT QUICKLY BECAUSE THE BALLOTS
HAVE TO BE FORMATTED BY
SEPTEMBER 9TH NEW BOOSTER SHOTS
THAT TARGET THE NEWEST OMICRON
STRAINS WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE
TONIGHT. THE CDC SIGNING OFF ON
THE NEW SHOTS WITH FIZER
EXPECTED TO DELIVER THREE
MILLION DOSES AROUND THE COUNTRY
BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NEW
UPDATED SHOTS ARE ONLY FOR USE
AS A BOOSTER WITH FIGHTERS
BOOSTER FOR PEOPLE 12 YEARS OF
AGE AND OLDER. WHILE MODERNA’S
IS FOR ADULTS ONLY TO SCHOOLS
TONIGHT, RESPONDING TO VIDEO
POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA INVOLVING
STEVENSON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
PLAYERS IN STERLING HEIGHTS
VIDEO OF THESE NINTH GRADERS WAS
BASED ON A TIKTOK VIDEO
REFERENCING THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD. STOP RESISTING RESISTANT
VIDEO SHOWS MEMBERS OF THE
FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM AT AN OFF
CAMPUS TEAM BREAKFAST EARLIER
THIS MONTH. SOME HAVE WATER GUNS
POINTED AT A BLACK STUDENT
PRETENDING TO BE HANDCUFFED AND
ON THE GROUND. ONE PARENT SAYS
SHE HOPES THE DISTRICT IS TAKING
ACTION TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS. THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN
AGAIN. IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THOSE
BOYS WHO WERE DOING THAT EVEN IF
THE KID PARTICIPATED TO
UNDERSTAND WHY THAT’S NOT OKAY
TO CONTINUE TO DECONSTRUCT THAT
THOUGHT, BECAUSE THAT IS RACIST
DISTRICT HAS OPENED AN
INVESTIGATION AND SAYS ALL
PLAYERS WERE PUNISHED. THE
DISTRICT ALSO RELEASED A
STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART
QUOTE IN A CASE WHERE A DIVERSE
GROUP OF STUDENTS INVOLVED MAKE
A POOR CHOICE REGARDLESS IF
THEIR STATED INTENT WAS NOT TO
DELIBERATELY HARM OR ANTAGONIZE
OTHERS. THE SCHOOL WILL USE IT
TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHY
THIS IS OFFENSIVE AND HARMFUL TO
THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR
COMMUNITY. END QUOTE, PRIMETIME
SPEECH AND PHILADELPHIA
PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING FOR
UNITY WHILE ALSO WARNING THAT
EXTREMISM IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY QUOTE THREATENS THE VERY
FOUNDATIONS OF OUR REPUBLIC.
ALICE BAR IN WASHINGTON WITH THE
PRESIDENT’S BLISTERING SPEECH
TONIGHT, ALICE. PRESIDENT BIDEN
WALKING A NARROW LINE IN A PRIME
TIME SPEECH TONIGHT, THE MAN WHO
PROMISED TO UNITE THE TWO
POLITICAL PARTIES BLASTING A
PORTION OF THE GOP DONALD TRUMP
AND THE MAGA REPUBLICANS.
REPRESENTATIVE EXTREMISM. THAT
THREATENS THE VERY FOUNDATIONS
OF OUR REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT
INSISTING HE’S NOT AGAINST WHAT
HE CALLS MAINSTREAM REPUBLICANS
BUT ARGUING THOSE WHO DENY
ELECTION RESULTS OR PROMOTE
POLITICAL VIOLENCE ARE A THREAT
TO DEMOCRACY EMBRACE ANGER. THEY
THRIVE ON CHAOS. THEY LIVE NOT
IN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH, BUT IN
THE SHADOW OF LIES BUILD BY THE
WHITE HOUSE. AS AN OFFICIAL
ADDRESS, THE PRESIDENT SPOKE
FROM BATTLEGROUND PENNSYLVANIA
AND WITH THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
LOOMING, RETURNED TO HIS CENTRAL
CAMPAIGN MESSAGE ABOUT THE
BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE
NATION, MASKING OUR NATION TO
COME TOGETHER. UNITE BEHIND THE
SINGLE PURPOSE OF DEFENDING OUR
DEMOCRACY, REGARDLESS OF YOUR
IDEOLOGY, BUT AHEAD OF THE
SPEECH, HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
KEVIN MCCARTHY BLAMED PRESIDENT
BIDEN FOR THE COUNTRY’S
DEEPENING DIVISIONS. PRESIDENT
BIDEN HAS CHOSEN TO DIVIDE THE
MAIN DISPARAGE HIS FELLOW
AMERICANS. IT COMES AS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAWYERS
AND THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAMS
SQUARED OFF IN COURT TODAY FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE FBI
SEARCH OF FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S FLORIDA STATE THE TRUMP
TEAM ARGUING FOR AN INDEPENDENT
SPECIAL MASTER TO REVIEW SEIZED
EVIDENCE OF HIGHLY CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS, A FEDERAL JUDGE SAID
TO RULE IN THE COMING DAYS AS
THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S LEGAL
TROUBLES AND THE CURRENT
PRESIDENT’S WARNING OF A
DEMOCRACY IN PERIL COLLIDE. ON
THE ROAD TO THE MIDTERMS IN
WASHINGTON. ALICE BARR, NBC NEWS
, ALICE OAKLAND COUNTY IS
PUTTING MONEY INTO A GUN BUYBACK
PROGRAM BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
APPROVING OF $45,000 PILOT
PROGRAM TONIGHT STRICTLY
VOLUNTARY AND NO COMMUNITY WOULD
BE FORCED TO HOST A GUN BUYBACK
DAY. THIS IS JUST A PILOT
PROGRAM FROM US. WE JUST WANT TO
SEE IF THIS WILL WORK AND WE
FEEL IF YOU GET ONE GUN OFF THE
STREETS, IT’S WORTH IT. SO FAR,
SEVEN POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE
COUNTY OF EXPRESSED INTEREST IN