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>> WELL, THE SNOW, IT CAME AND
IT WENT, BUT NOW WE HAVE AN
ARCTIC COLD FRONT COMING IN AND
THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO
CRATER TONIGHT.
I’LL HAVE A COMPLETE FORECAST
AHEAD.
KAREN.
>> Karen: WIXOM POLICE ARE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT THE DEATH AFTER
FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY.
AND ARREST COULD BE COMING.
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN’S MESSAGE TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
WHY THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE MUST
BE STOPPED.
AND HERE IS PAULA.
>> THE HELP WANTED SIGN IS UP IN
HISTORIC IDLE WILD MICHIGAN AND
AN NFL PLAYER INVESTS AND IS
LOOKING TO BUILD HIS OWN TEAM.
>> AND WHO I DEVELOP MY PEOPLE
WITH.
>> IT’S SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT
AND ONLY WE HAVE THE DETAILS.
>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT 4:00
STARTS NOW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M KAREN
DREW.
WIXOM POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
THE DEATH OF A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY
AND MADE AN ARREST.
IT STARTED LAST SATURDAY WHEN
POLICE WERE CALLED TO BEACHWOOD
STREET REPORTEDLY UNCONSCIOUS
WITH SHALLOW BREATHING.
AND THEY FOUND THAT HE SEEMED TO
HAVE LIFE THREATENING INJURIES
TO HIS SKULL.
POLICE ARRESTED THE ONLY ADULT
WITH THE BOY.
D’ANGELO HOFFMAN, HE’S HELD ON
$1 MILLION BONDMENT IN SPITE OF
THE LIFE SAVING TREATMENT, THE
FOUR-YEAR-OLD DIED FROM HIS
INJURIES YESTERDAY.
PROSECUTORS WILL NOW CONSIDER
NEW CHARGES IN THE CASE AND NEW
AT 6:00, WHAT COMES NEXT IN THE
INVESTIGATION AND WHAT WE’RE
LEARNING ABOUT PREVIOUS TROUBLES
IN HAWKINS PAST.
INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR
ANSWERS AFTER THE DEATH OF AN
OFFICER WITH THE DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOL’S DISTRICT.
SOME OF THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO
HIS DEATH ARE CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
HOME VIDEO CAMERA IS SHOWING THE
FIGHT THAT BROKE OUT AT HENRY
FORD HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THE OFFICER RESPONDED AND
SERIOUSLY INJURED AND LATER
DIED.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN,
THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT A
WEAPON WAS INVOLVED.
HE WAS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
20 YEARS.
AND NIKOLAI VITTI IS CAUTIONING
UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION IS
COMPLETE.
ANOTHER 1800 CASES IN THE PAST
TWO DAYS WITH A DAILY AVERAGE
ABOUT 910.
THE SEVEN-DAY POSITIVITY RATE IS
THE LOWEST SINCE JULY OF 2021.
THANKS TO NUMBERS LIKE THAT, THE
STATE IS TWEAKING ITS GARIN
GUIDELINES AND IF YOU TEST
POSITIVE IT’S NO LONGER
NECESSARY TO QUARANTINE FOR 10
DAYS AND YOU ISOLATE FOR FIVE
DAYS, AND IF SYMPTOMS IMPROVE,
YOU CAN LEAVE HOME IF YOU’RE
WEARING A WELL-FITTED FACE MASK
FOR FIVE DAYS.
MORE ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
A DISTURB UPDATE ON A SMALL FIRE
AT A POPULAR DELI AT CORKTOWN
AND WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT ON
MUJIE’S AND THEY BLAME ARSON
OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT FOR THE
FIRE.
MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS IN THE
WINE SHOP AND THE DELI’S PREP
KITCHEN WAS DESTROYED.
RIGHT NOW THEY’RE DOING TAKEOUT
AND DOES PLAN TO BE OPEN FOR
SUNDAY’S ST. PATRICK’S DAY
PARADE.
HAVE NE OF YOU RECEIVED YOUR
AUTO REFUNDS, THE TRANSFER OF $3
BILLION BACK TO DRIVERS HAS
BEGUN.
THE MONEY COMES FROM SURPLUS AT
THE MICHIGAN CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS
ASSOCIATION, ELIGIBLE MICHIGAN
DRIVERS WILL RECEIVE $400 PER
VEHICLE AND ANYONE WITH A CAR,
MOTORCYCLE OR RV THAT WAS
INSURED ON OCTOBER 31ST OF 2021
IS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE.
AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES MUST
SEND OUT REFUND CHECKS OR
DEPOSITS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND
NO LATER THAN MAY 9TH.
ALL RIGHT.
IN TODAY’S FIRST FORECAST, IT
LOOKS LIKE THE SNOW IS GONE, BUT
MORE BITTER COLD IS MOVING IN.
METEOROLOGIST PAUL GROSS TELLS
US HOW THE WEATHER WILL AFFECT
YOUR WEEKEND PLANS.
>> AT LEAST THE GOOD NEWS HERE,
WE’RE DRY ON STORM TRACKER 4.
WE’LL START OFF IN THE METRO
ZONE, GENERALLY LOW TO MID 30’S.
30 AT WEST BLOOMFIELD.
32 AT TROY.
CANTON AT 31, TAYLOR AT 34
DEGREES AND MT. CLEMENS YOU’RE
AT 32.
WE’RE AWAY FROM THE URBAN PART
OF THE AREA.
31 OVER DEERFIELD AND DUNDEE AND
31 AT SALINE AND OUR WEST ZONE,
WASHTENAW, MILFORD 27.
HOWELL AT 28 DEGREES AND IN THE
NORTH ZONE, IT’S BASICALLY
ALMOST ALL 20’S HERE, WE HAVE 30
AT PORT HURON AND ROMEO AND MOST
OF THE REST OF US, MID TO UPPER
20’S AND SANDUSKY.
THROUGH THE EVENING, FAIRLY
QUIET UNTIL THAT ARCTIC FRONT
COMES THROUGH, TEMPERATURES
INITIALLY SLOW TO FALL AND I’LL
BE BACK IN A FEW, KAREN.
>> Karen: IF YOU WERE WATCHING
LOCAL 4 YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN JOE
BIDEN WIDEN OUT PUNISHMENT FOR
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
AND KIMBERLY GILL IS TRACKING
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
>> Kimberly: RUSSIA’S INVASION
OF UKRAINE IS NOW IN ITS 16TH
DAY AND NEW CITIES ARE TARGETED
AS WELL.
AND NEW SOLDIERS ARE RECRUITED
AND THERE’S A WORLDWIDE BATTLE
OUT OF DISINFORMATION OUT OF
RUSSIA, THEY’RE TARGETING MORE
URBAN AREAS, INCLUDING THE
EASTERN CITY WHICH IS A MAJOR
INDUSTRIAL HUB AND UKRAINE’S
FOURTH LARGEST CITY.
NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE SMOKE AND
DAMAGE TO THAT CITY AND RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MET
WITH THE LEADER OF BELARUS.
PUTH CLAIMS THERE ARE POSITIVE
DEVELOPMENTS IN PEACE TALKS AND
NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THE WAR.
AND HE’LL ACCEPT FIGHTERS FROM
THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTICULARLY
FROM HIS OLD ALLY SYRIA.
AND THE U.S. AND ALLIES WILL
REJECT RUSSIA MOST FAVORED
NATION STATUS WHEN IT COMES TO
TRADE.
>> PUTIN IS AN AGGRESSOR, HE IS
THE AGGRESSOR AND PUTIN MUST PAY
THE PRICE AND CAN’T THREATEN THE
VERY FOUNDATION, THAT HE’S
DOING, FOR PEACE AND STABILITY
AND ASK FOR FINANCIAL HELP FROM
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
>> THE UNITED STATES IS ACCUSING
RUSSIA OF SPREADING FALSE
ALLEGATIONS ABOUT AMERICAN
BIOLOGICAL
BIOLOGICALS.
AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY SAYS HE’S WORRIED
BECAUSE THEY WARN OTHERS ABOUT
WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
>> Karen: THANK YOU.
TEXAS SAYS THEIR BATTLE AGAINST
THE MOST RESTRICTIVE LAW.
THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT REJECTED
A SUIT CHALLENGING THE LAW KNOWN
AS SENATE BILL 8.
THE LAW PROHIBITS ABORTION AFTER
A HEARTBEAT IS HEARD USUALLY SIX
TO EIGHT WEEKS OF PREGNANCY AND
MANY WOMEN MAY NOT KNOW THEY’RE
PREGNANT AND LAWSUITS AGAINST
ANYONE WHO AIDS OR ABETS
ABORTIONS.
AND ABORTIONS HAVE BEEN CUT IN
HALF SINCE THE LAW WAS IN
EFFECT.
AND MISSISSIPPI COULD ROLL BACK
ROW VERSUS WIDE.
A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND IDLE
WILD, MICHIGAN.
WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE
PROGRESS OF THE HISTORIC BLACK
COMMUNITY AS MANY WORK IT KEEP
ITS HISTORY ALIVE AND REBUILDING
THE LEGACY.
PAULA TUTMAN SHOWS US WHAT’S
HAPPENING ON THE ROAD TO
REVIVAL.
>> NESTLED IN A SNOW BANK IN
IDLE WILD, WHAT USED TO BE THE
RED ROOSTER BAR AND RESTAURANT.
THERE’S A PROMISE WAITING TO BE
FULFILLED AT THIS PRECISE
LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE.
IT’S CALLED COME BACK AND THAT
PROMISE IS BEING WAGED BY A
COMEBACK KID HIMSELF.
DETROIT BORN FOOTBALL STAR,
DEVON FONCHEZ, MICHIGAN
STANDOUT.
TODAY A FREE AGENT AND IS COMING
BACK AND HE WANTS TO BRING THE
HISTORIC BLACK RESORT COMMUNITY
IDLE WILD WITH HIM.
>> SOME OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS GO
UP THERE ALL THE TIME.
IT’S THE FIRST BLACK RESORT TOWN
AND THERE WAS A BAR, THE RED
ROOSTER, IT WAS UP FOR SALE.
>> LAST YEAR HE PURCHASED IT.
I USED MY POPULARITY WITH WHAT I
DO IN MY JOB, TO BRING AWARENESS
TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> IDLE WILD IS FAMOUS AND IT
WAS CALLED BLACK EDEN, ONE OF
THE ONLY PLACES IN MICHIGAN IN
THE EARLY 1900’S TO THE 1906’S
WHERE BLACKS COULD PURCHASE
PROPERTY AND THEY DID.
IT WAS THE HOT SPOT FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, TOP TIER
ENTERTAINERS WITH AN EXCITING
VIBE THAT LARGELY MELTED AWAY
WHEN LEGALIZED DISCRIMINATION
ENDED.
>> THE RED ROOSTER WAS KIND OF
LIKE A CHEERS TYPE OF RESTAURANT
BAR.
>> THEY’RE DAUGHTER AND
GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE ORIGINAL
OWNERS OF THE RED ROOSTER AND
THEY FOUGHT TO KEEP THE
RESTAURANT AND THE HISTORY ALIVE
DURING COVID.
>> IT GOT TO THE POINT WITH A
SMALL BUSINESS WE COULDN’T HOLD
ON ANY LONGER.
THEY SHUT DOWN TO REALIZE
WAITING ON THE SIDELINES WAS
DEVON WHO WANTED TO INVEST
HIMSELF AND HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER
INTO THE HISTORY OF IDLE WILD.
>> I WANT TODAY MAKE SURE THAT
WHEN WE PASSED THE TORCH, IT WAS
GOING TO BE TO SOMEONE THAT
WOULD HONOR THAT LEGACY AND
INVEST IN THAT LEGACY AND MAKE
IT BIGGER AND BETTER.
>> THE LIQUOR LICENSE, CHECK.
REFURBISHMENTS, CHECK.
READY TO GO, NOT CHECK.
FONCHEZ RENAMED IT PAYTON PLACE
AFTER HIS DAUGHTER AND AN
IMPORTANT PIECE, HE CAN’T FIND
STAFF, BUT HE PROMISES AN
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR A
YOUNG CHEF TO MAKE THEIR MARK ON
HISTORY, TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN
MENU AND RUN THEIR OWN KITCHEN.
LOOKING FOR A BRIGHT INNOVATIVE
GENERAL MANAGER AND REIGNITE THE
START AND STAFF WHO WANT TO BE
PART OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF
IDLE WILD.
>> AND IN MY NETWORK, WHO I
DEVELOP MY PEOPLE WITH.
WE CAN’T WAIT TO SIT AT THE BAR
AND LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT
HE’S CREATED.
>> AND THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS
GOING ON IN IDLE WILD RIGHT NOW.
KEEP IN MIND.
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY IS RIGHT
THERE.
GOT TO BE A GRADUATING SENIOR
LOOKING FOR THE FIRST BIG START
AND THEY WANT TO WORK FOR AN NFL
TEAM OR BE PART AFTER TEAM
PLAYER LIKE THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO PUT INFORMATION
ON OUR WEBSITE,
CLICKONDETROIT.COM, SO THAT YOU
CAN CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH DEVON
AND HIS TEAM IF YOU’RE
INTERESTED AND WORKING FOR HIS