LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. STEP FORWARD TODAY TO GET METRO
DETROITERS UP NORTH BY TRAIN
DEVELOPERS WERE JUST GIVEN MONEY
TO STUDY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO
GET A PASSENGER RAIL LINE UP AND
RUNNING. IT WOULD CONNECT
DETROIT AND ANN ARBOR TO
TRAVERSE CITY AND PATOSKI WAS
STOPS ALONG THE ROUTE THAT YOU
SEE HERE. VICTOR WILLIAMS LIVE
WITH HOW THIS COULD ALL COME
TOGETHER, VICTOR. YES DEVIN AND
KIMBERLY. THIS WAS ACTUALLY AN
IDEA THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT
UP OVER A DECADE AGO. BUT NOW
THE PROJECT HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH
TRACTION THAT IT’S FINALLY ABLE
TO MOVE ON TO PHASE TWO. BLACK
THINK IT SHOULD. IT SHOULD HELP
THE COMMUNITY TRAINS WITH THE
NORTHERN MICHIGAN RAIL PROJECT
MAY SOON BE ABLE TO CARRY
PASSENGERS HERE IN ARBOR BACK
AND FORTH BETWEEN NORTHERN
COMMUNITIES LIKE CADILLAC,
TRAVERSE CITY AND PATOSKI.
WONDERFUL NEWS FOR THOSE WITHOUT
TRANSPORTATION LIKE RENE BURNS,
AND THEY NEED MORE
TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY FOR
THE ELDERLY. THE YOUNG THE ONES
THAT DISABLED HOPEFULLY ALL
THOSE PEOPLE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
OPTION TO GET AROUND TO THE
PLACES MENTIONED EARLIER, AND
IT’S ALL BEING MADE MORE
POSSIBLE. $2.3 MILLION WORTH OF
FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING. $1
MILLION CAME FROM THE STATE. THE
OTHER 1.3 MILLION FROM THE
REBUILDING AMERICAN
INFRASTRUCTURE WITH STABILITY
AND EQUITY GRANT, TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE
GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT
COMMUNITIES, CAROLINE ALSTEAD
SAYS IT’S TOTALLY NEEDED. NOT
EVERYONE CAN EITHER AFFORD OR IS
ABLE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE. SO THIS
GIVES PEOPLE ANOTHER WAY TO GET
AROUND THAT CAN MAKE THEIR LIVES
SO MUCH EASIER, SINCE THE
FINANCIAL ASPECT OF THE PROJECT
SEEMS TO BE HANDLED AT THIS
POINT. NOW A STUDY TEAM
CONSISTING OF LOCAL, STATE AND
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS
WILL TAKE A LOOK AT AN ACTIVE
LINE FROM SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN TO
TRAVERSE CITY. THOSE ON THE TEAM
WILL OBSERVE AND MAKE
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW THEY CAN MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE THE NEW
LINES EVEN GET HERE AFTER THIS
NEXT PHASE, WHICH INCLUDES
REALLY LOOKING AT HOW THE
SERVICE BOTH FUNCTION WILL BE IN
A REALLY GOOD POSITION TO GET
SOMETHING GOING, AND WE SEE THAT
MAYBE IT COULD START UP AS A
WEEKEND SERVICE AND THEN BUILD
INTO A DAILY SERVICE. WE HAVE
THE TRANSACT GO DOWN HERE, BUT
NOTHING CONNECTS WITH SOUTHERN
HALF TO THE NORTHERN HALF, SO I
THINK IT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND THE
STATE. THAT STUDY TEAM WILL BE
MAKING THEIR OBSERVATIONS AND
SUGGESTIONS OVER THE NEXT 18
MONTHS, BUT YOU CAN EXPECT THIS
RAIL LINE TO BE COMING TO
FRUITION AND REALITY, PROBABLY
IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS. VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL 4 A WHILE TO GET
THERE, BUT FUN TO THINK ABOUT
VICTOR. OUR OTHER TOP STORY
TONIGHT IS THE RUSH TO GET WATER
TO HOMES AND RESTAURANTS UNDER A
BOIL WATER ADVISORY IN PARTS OF
OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES.
VIDEO FROM DRONE FORWARD SHOWING
US WHAT’S AT THE CENTER OF THE
PROBLEM. THE BROKEN WATER MAIN
TRIBUTES DRINKING WATER. NEW
SECTION OF THAT PIPE ARRIVED
TODAY, AND CREWS ARE NOW WORKING
ON THE REPAIR PLAN. BUT IT COULD
TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS. 133,000
PEOPLE IN THESE SEVEN
COMMUNITIES ARE BEING TOLD TO
BOIL THEIR WATER FOR AT LEAST
ONE MINUTE BEFORE USING IT. THE
MAJORITY ARE IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP
, WHERE OFFICIALS ARE GIVING OUT
BOTTLES OF WATER FOR THREE DAYS.
JASON COLTHORPE IS THERE LIVE
FOR US TONIGHT, JASON AT FIVE.
YOU TOLD US THEY ALREADY RAN OUT
OF WATER FOR THE DAY. THEY DID.
IT ONLY TOOK THREE HOURS TO KIM.
THEY HAD 1000 CASES OF WATER
SPLIT UP BETWEEN THREE
DISTRIBUTION SITES. THEY RAN OUT
OF THAT AND TOMORROW THEY’RE
ONLY GOING TO HAVE HALF THAT
MUCH 500 CASES AND ON WEDNESDAY
THEY’LL HAVE 750. THEY’RE HOPING
TO GET MORE FROM THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ALSO RAN OUT
OF WATER TODAY AND AGAIN. THIS
IS ANOTHER CRISIS THAT
INDIRECTLY AFFECTS RESTAURANTS
BECAUSE THEY ARE USING WAY MORE
WATER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. TACO
LOCO ON 24 IN VAN DYKE IS
USUALLY SLAMMED ON MONDAYS RIGHT
FROM THE START. IT’S NOT WHERE
WE’VE BEEN OPEN FOR A HALF HOUR.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE TABLE SO WE’RE
HOPING YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO
PICK UP CUSTOMERS ARE CALLING
RATHER THAN WALKING IN ASKING
ABOUT THE WATER SITUATION, AND
WE EXPLAINED TO THEM, YOU KNOW,
WE’RE BOTTLING. WE’RE BOILING
OUR WATER. FOR THE FOR THE MEALS
WERE GIVEN BOTTLED WATER.
GENERAL MANAGER LUIZ BIAS SEEMS
PERFECTLY CALM, BUT MAKE NO
MISTAKE A BOIL. WATER ADVISORY
IS A TREMENDOUS WORRY. WE USE
WATER AND EVERY SINGLE AND GREET
EVERY SINGLE THING. WE MAKE THE
BEANS, THE RICE, THE BEEF SALSA
, OF COURSE, THE HUNT EVERYTHING
HERE IS WATER BASE, NOT TO
MENTION BESIDES MARGARITA.
WHAT’S THE NUMBER? ONE THING
PEOPLE WANT TO DRINK WHEN EATING
SPICY FOOD EVERY STORY. WE GO TO
EVERY GAS STATION, WE GO TO THE
WATER. OUT OF ICE. WE WERE LUCKY
ON SATURDAY TO PICK UP A LOT,
BUT SINCE THEN IT’S HARD TO COME
BY. AND AFTER THE STRUGGLES OF
COVID, THE RESTAURANT SIMPLY
CAN’T SHUT DOWN AGAIN FOR TWO
WEEKS, SO, AS LOUISE SAYS,
THEY’LL FOLLOW HEALTH CODES AND
JUST MAKE DO AND FOR THE MOST
PART, WE’RE HOPING THAT THEY
COME BACK OUT LIKE THEY DID ON
SATURDAY. YEAH AND THEY’RE NOT
CHARGING FOR BOTTLED WATER
EITHER THERE, BUT THEY’RE NOT
QUITE SURE HOW LONG THEY’LL HAVE
THAT TO GIVE OUT TO PEOPLE HERE
OR ICE TO GO WITH IT SLIGHTLY.
GOOD NEWS IS IT’S A DECENT CROWD
ON A MONDAY. THEY’D LIKE TO HAVE
A FEW MORE HERE TONIGHT. SO
THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE HOPING FOR.
AND IF YOU DO MAKE IT OUT THIS
WAY, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE
TACOS OR IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP
TONIGHT JASON COLTHORPE LOCAL
FORUM. OKAY JASON. WE APPRECIATE
IT. AND BY THE WAY,
CLICKONDETROIT’S COM HAS A LOT
OF RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE IN THESE
SEVEN COMMUNITIES THAT WE’RE
SPEAKING OF. IT’S ON THE HOME
PAGE. YOU CAN FIND ANY NEW
INFORMATION ON THE TIMELINE FOR
FIXED. THEY’RE THE BEST HEALTH
PRACTICES FOR DEALING WITH A
BOIL, WATER ADVISORY AND A LIST
OF WHERE YOU CAN PICK UP THAT
FREE BOTTLED WATER THAT JASON
WAS TALKING ABOUT WILL BE
UPDATING THAT CONSTANTLY AS THE
INFORMATION COMES IN. TURNING
NOW TO FOREWARN WEATHER AS
THINGS START TO WARM UP AGAIN
AROUND HERE, YOU KNOW THERE WAS
A HINT OF FALL JUST A HINT.
IGNORED IT IN THE AIR THIS
WEEKEND, BUT WE’RE NOT THERE YET
. KIM RIGHT? DIDN’T FEEL IT. I’M
IN COMPLETE DENIAL ABOUT IT. NO,
IT’S WE’VE GOT A LOT OF SUMMER
LEFT. IN FACT, I’LL SHOW YOU IN
THE FORECAST THE TEMPERATURE
TREND OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS,
AND IT’S CERTAINLY GOING UP. BUT
RIGHT NOW I WANT TO TAKE YOU IN
AND DO SOME STREET LEVEL MAPPING
HERE RIGHT ON A LITTLE AREA THAT
I JUST PICKED UP ON OUR EXACT
TRACK. 40 RADAR THAT LOOKS LIKE
WE’RE GETTING A BRIEF SHOWER.
JUST OUTSIDE DEARBORN, REDFORD
HIGHLAND PARK RIGHT ALONG GRAND
RIVER AVENUE. JUST A VERY, VERY
SLIGHT AREA OF RAIN RIGHT HERE
THAT WE’RE JUST GOING TO TRACK
THE OWNER TRY TO GET IN A LITTLE
BIT CLOSER HERE AND IT LOOKS
LIKE AGAIN WE ARE GOING TO SEE
ISOLATED SHOWERS. TONIGHT NO ONE
IS GETTING WIDESPREAD RAIN.
LET’S GO IN A LITTLE CLOSER AND
DO SOME STREET LEVEL MAPPING
HERE AND YOU CAN SEE OAKWOOD
BOULEVARD RIGHT NEAR GREENFIELD
VILLAGE. JUST GETTING A COUPLE
SPRINKLES RIGHT NOW. NOT A BIG
DEAL, BUT THE REST OF METRO
DETROIT IS DRY AND QUIET. IT’S
SO CAN’T RULE OUT FOR THE NEXT
HOUR. SOME OF THESE LITTLE
ISOLATED SHOWERS POPPING UP BUT
OTHERWISE THIS EVENING, THOSE
ISOLATED SHOWERS COME TO AN END.
AS WE LOSE THAT DAYTIME HEATING.
WE DROPPED DOWN TO THE UPPER
SIXTIES. BUT I’M GOING TO SHOW
YOU THAT TEMPERATURE TREND. AND
IF YOU LIKE SUMMER YOU’RE GOING
TO LOVE IT COMING UP IN A FEW
MINUTES. KIM. THANK YOU. DETROIT
POLICE OFFICER PLEADS NO CONTEST
AND CONNECTION TO THE CRASH THAT
KILLED ATTORNEY CLIFF WOODARD’S
PROSECUTORS SAY OFFICER TERROR
FUNDERBURG WAS SPEEDING THROUGH
A RED LIGHT WITH LIGHTS ON AND
SIRENS ON WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO
WOODARD’S CAR THAT HAPPENED IN
FEBRUARY OF 2021 ON WEST
CHICAGO. NEAR I 96 WOODARD’S
LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
TODAY THUNDERBIRD PLEADED NO
CONTEST TO WILLFUL NEGLECT OF
DUTY CHARGES. AS PART OF THE
PLEA, FUNDERBURG MUST GIVE UP
HER LAW ENFORCEMENT
CERTIFICATION, SERVE ONE YEAR
PROBATION AND PERFORMED
COMMUNITY SERVICE. MANSLAUGHTER
CHARGES WILL BE DISMISSED AT
SENTENCING, WHICH WILL TAKE
PLACE NEXT MONTH. THE ROLE OF AN
FBI INFORMANT WAS FRONT AND
CENTER AT THE RETRIAL OF TWO MEN
ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER. PROSECUTORS
QUESTION DAN CHAPEL TRYING TO
MAKE IT CLEAR HE WAS ONLY
MONITORING THE ALLEGED PLOT IN
SPITE OF PAYING FOR THINGS LIKE
TRAVEL MOTELS, FOOD DURING THE
ALLEGED PLANNING CHAPEL TOLD THE
COURT. IT WAS ADAM FOX, WHO WAS
ACTUALLY THE LEADER BUT AT ONE
POINT CHAPEL ADMITTED HE DID
SUGGEST THEY COULD QUOTE PUT A
ROUND THROUGH HER WINDOW TO
DEESCALATE OR SCARE WHITMER AS
SHE IMPOSED COVID LOCKDOWNS,
ADAM FOX AND BARRY CROFT JUNIOR
OR ON TRIAL AGAIN AFTER THE
FIRST JURY COULDN’T REACH A
VERDICT. TRIAL CONTINUES
TOMORROW. REDFORD MAN IS FACING
20 COUNTS FOR FIRING SHOTS AT
DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS, POLICE
SAY SAHAR RICHARDSON TOOK OFF
DURING A TRAFFIC STOP LAST WEEK
ON FOURTH STREET AND SCHAEFER
HIGHWAY IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT.
DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS CHASED
AFTER HIM AND SAY HE OPENED FIRE
ON THEM. RICHARDSON WAS
EVENTUALLY CAUGHT, AND HE’S
FACING CHARGES THAT INCLUDE
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER.
STERLING HEIGHTS. POLICE ARE
TRYING TO STOP CRIMES BEFORE
THEY HAPPEN, AND THEY’RE DOING
IT WITH A NEW UNIT IN THE
DEPARTMENT HAS LED TO NEARLY TWO
DOZEN FELONY ARRESTS AND
HUNDREDS OF TRAFFIC STOPS IN THE
LAST MONTH AND ONE CASE LAST
WEEK. IT LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF
A GUN AND TASER. PRIYA MANN HAS
MORE ON HOW THE UNIT OPERATES.
DIRECTED PATROL UNIT WAS CREATED
THIS YEAR. IT’S A GROUP OF
OFFICERS WHO ARE TARGETING HOT
SPOTS, AND IN THIS CASE, A
TRAFFIC STOP LED TO WEAPONS
BEING TAKEN OFF THE STREETS.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED
DIRECTOR PATROL UNIT DOING AND
WE’VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE JULY
FIVE MEMBER TEAM COMPRISED THE
NEWLY FORMED DIRECTED PATROL
UNIT. THESE OFFICERS ARE NOT
ASSIGNED 911 CALLS THEIR JOB IS
TO FLOAT THE CITY LOOKING FOR
SUSPICIOUS, DANGEROUS THINGS.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. ON
FRIDAY NIGHT, THOSE OFFICERS
FOUND A GUN, MULTIPLE MAGAZINES
AND TASER DURING A TRAFFIC STOP
. THIS IS WHY WE REALLY STRESS
PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT. IF YOU
SEE SOMETHING UNUSUAL, STOP THE
CAR, TALK TO THE PERSON TO FIND
OUT. WHAT’S GOING ON IN DETROIT
WOMAN WAS DRIVING YOUR VAN DYKE
IN 14 MILE WHEN SHE WAS PULLED
OVER FOR NOT WEARING A SEATBELT.
POLICE FOUND A GUN IN SEVERAL
MAGAZINES HIDDEN BEHIND THE
DRIVER’S SEAT, INCLUDING AN
EXTENDED MAGAZINE CAPABLE OF
HOLDING UP TO 30 ROUNDS. POLICE
SAY THE WOMAN HAD OUTSTANDING
WARRANTS AND DID NOT HAVE A
LICENSE OR PERMIT FOR THE WEAPON
. THEY FOUND THE TASER IN THE
DRIVER’S SIDE DOOR. THIS IS WHAT
YOU WANT POLICE OFFICERS DOING
IT’S CALLED PROACTIVE PATROL,
AND UNFORTUNATELY CITIES ARE SO
STRAPPED FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
THEY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS
ON THE ROAD. THEY GO FROM RUN TO
RUN TO RUN. THE DIRECTED PATROL
UNIT WAS CREATED LAST MONTH
AFTER STERLING HEIGHTS POLICE
CLOSED THEIR DEPARTMENTAL JAIL.
IF YOU’RE ARRESTED IN STERLING
HEIGHTS ARE TRANSPORTED TO THE
MCCONE COUNTY JAIL. THE DECISION
SAVE THE DEPARTMENT $700,000,
THE CHIEF HIRED SEVEN NEW
OFFICERS TO FOR COMMUNITY
SERVICES AND FIVE FOR THE
DIRECTED PATROL UNIT. HE SAYS
THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES. IT’S JUST BEEN OVER
A MONTH AND WE ALREADY HAVE 20
PLUS GOOD ARREST. FELONY ARRESTS
, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF TRAFFIC
STOPS, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN. I’M
PRIYA MANN LOCAL 4 AND THAT