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STREET IN THIS DETROIT
NEIGHBORHOOD IS FLOODED BECAUSE
OF A BROKEN WATER HYDRANT. BUT
IT’S SOMETHING YOU CAN’T SEE
RIGHT NOW THAT HAS NEIGHBORS
CONCERN FOR ANY CHILDREN. NEARBY
UNDERNEATH. ALL THAT WATER IS A
BIG HOLE, AND IT’S RIGHT NEXT TO
A PARK. NEIGHBORS SAY WATER HAS
BEEN FLOWING DOWN MCGRAW NEAR
LINWOOD FOR WEEKS, BUT THE CITY
SAYS IT WAS ONLY MADE AWARE OF
IT THIS WEEK, MARA MACDONALD ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE WHERE
NEIGHBORS ARE WORRIED SOMEONE’S
GOING TO GET HURT. AND HERE’S
WHY, YOU KNOW, I’VE NEVER MET A
LITTLE KID THAT DIDN’T LOVE
SPLASHING AROUND IN PUDDLES. THE
PROBLEM HERE IS THAT IT’S
IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL THE DEPTH OF
WHAT IS HERE. SO LET ME SHOW YOU YOU’VE GOT A HOLE HERE THAT IS
YOU’VE GOT A HOLE HERE THAT IS
EASILY FIVE FT. DEEP AND MAYBE.
THREE OR FOUR FT ACROSS EASY FOR
ANYBODY TO FALL IN AND GET HURT.
IT’S HARD TO TELL THIS PIT IS
RIGHT HERE. NEIGHBORS ARE
SURPRISED NONE OF THE CHILDREN
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE FALLEN
IN OR BEEN HURT, ESPECIALLY
SINCE IT BORDERS A NEWLY
CONSTRUCTED PARK ON THE CORNER
THAT’S GOING ON. THIS IS MONTHS
OLD WITH IT STARTED IN THE LAST
MONTH. REALLY NEIGHBORS SAY THIS
HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR WEEKS. BUT
WHEN WE CALL DWS D TONIGHT TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON, THE
AGENCY SAYS IT WASN’T REPORTED
TO THEM UNTIL EARLIER THIS WEEK
. THE DWS DECONSTRUCTION
BARRICADES SHOWED THE CITY HAS
BEEN OUT HERE. AND WE’RE TOLD IT
IS SCHEDULED TO BE FIXED
TOMORROW. NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO KEEP THE NEARBY DRAIN
CLEAR SO THE WATER HAS SOME
PLACE TO GO. WE’LL WALK BY AND I
SEE PEOPLE THROWING THEIR FOOD
OUT THE CAR LIKE DIDN’T LOST
MINE. AND THEY GO RIGHT TO THE
DRAIN. YOU COME OUT A COUPLE
DAYS AT WHAT THEY DO OUT DOING?
YES GOING TO THE DRINK, SO I’LL
PICK IT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY
DON’T CARE. BUT I DO. I WANT TO
SHOW YOU SOMETHING. THE WATER
JUST ISN’T CONFINED TO THE
CORNER. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
ALONG, LINWOOD, YOU CAN SEE
WE’VE GOT A STEADY STREAM
RUNNING DOWN HERE. D W SD SAYS
THAT IT WILL BE OUT HERE ON
FRIDAY. TO FIX IT WILL STAY ON
TOP OF IT AND SEE IF SOMETHING
WORKS OUT. HERE WE ARE ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. I’M MARA
MACDONALD LOCAL 4. OKAY MARA,
THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE IS TAKING CLOSER LOOK
INTO ITS OWN ANIMAL SHELTER.
BECAUSE OF ACCUSATIONS OF
NEGLECT. THE REPORTS OF ISSUES
INVOLVING DOGS STARTED COMING IN
THIS WEEK, AND NOW THE SHERIFF
IS STEPPING IN. MEGAN WOODS IS
IN MONROE. WITH WHAT PROMPTED
THIS. ATTENTION IS SO HIGH HERE
IN MONROE COUNTY, THAT THE
PERSON WE SPOKE TO WANTED TO
REMAIN ANONYMOUS, BUT THEY TELL
US THAT THIS ALL STARTED WITH
MULTIPLE FACEBOOK POSTS ALLEGING
NEGLECT HERE, AND MONROE COUNTY
ANIMAL SHELTER, THE RIPOSTE
SITTING IN A LOT OF PUBLIC
GROUPS THAT CAUGHT A LOT OF
ATTENTION AND SPARKED AN OUTRAGE
. THE FIRST POST SHOWED BEFORE
AND AFTER PICTURES ACCUSING THE
SHELTER OF NEGLECTING CARE TO
TWO DOGS THAT WERE BEING HELD
FOR ABOUT A YEAR DUE TO A
PENDING COURT CASE. ONE OF THEM
DID HAVE CANCER. AND WAS MOST
RECENTLY DIAGNOSED, BUT THE
OTHER ONE IS JUST AS SKINNY AND
HAS JUST AS MANY HEALTH ISSUES
FACEBOOK COMMENTS AND HUNDREDS
OF SHARES STARTED ROLLING IN,
THEN ANOTHER POST IS MADE ABOUT
A DIFFERENT DOG. THIS TIME IT
WAS A STRAY. SHE STARTED CHEWING
AWAY AT HER KENNEL, AND SHE
BROKE ALL OF HER TEETH. THEY
ALLEGE THE DOG DIDN’T GO TO THE
VET UNTIL AFTER THE SOCIAL MEDIA
BACKLASH IN A STATEMENT, THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS WHEN THEY
WERE NOTIFIED MONDAY ABOUT THE
INCIDENT, THE DOG WAS TAKEN TO
THE VET, AND IT WAS DETERMINED
THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A
RESULT OF BITING THROUGH THE
CAGE, ADDING THE DOGS INTAKE
PAPERWORK. SHOWS IT WAS ALREADY
MISSING A TOOTH. IN MONROE
COUNTY SHERIFF CAPTAIN IS THE
ONE ASSIGNED TO DO THAT FULL
AUDIT, BUT ALSO TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK AT SHELTER OPERATIONS. AND
WHILE THIS IS A START, SOME ARE
STILL CONCERNED THEY FEEL LIKE
AN OUTSIDE AGENCIES SHOULD BE
THE ONES DOING THIS AUDIT. BACK
TO YOU. SO, MEGAN, DO THEY KNOW
HOW LONG THIS ALL COULD TAKE?
WELL THE SHERIFF SAYS THEY WANT
TO LOOK AS FAR BACK AS JANUARY
2021. SO, HE SAYS, AS LONG AS IT
TAKES TO DO THAT, DURING
THOROUGH, CLOSER LOOK AT SHELTER
OPERATIONS, OKAY. MEGAN. THANKS.
BEGIN TOMORROW IN THE TRIAL OF
FOUR MEN CHARGED WITH PLOTTING
TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER.
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS QUICKLY RESTED
THEIR CASE TODAY AFTER ONE OF
THE DEFENDANTS DID TAKE THE
STAND TO TESTIFY. THAT WAS
DANIEL HARRIS. HE DENIED
AGREEING TO ABDUCT THE GOVERNOR
. HE CALLED AN FBI INFORMANT,
THE B WORD AND GOVERNMENT
WITNESSES, LIARS AND THINGS GOT
TENSE WHEN A PROSECUTOR
CONFRONTED HARRIS ABOUT TEXT
MESSAGES IN WHICH HE TALKED
ABOUT KILLING WHITMER TODAY, THE
GOVERNOR SAID SHE HAS NOT BEEN
FOLLOWING THE TRIAL EVERY DAY,
THOUGH SHE HAS SEEN THE
HEADLINES AND CALLED THEM
JARRING. I JUST HOPE THAT
WHATEVER THE OUTCOME IS THAT IT
IS THE RIGHT ONE THAT IT IS JUST
AND THAT OTHERS TAKE AWAY FROM
THIS THAT WE CAN’T MAKE IDLE
THREATS. WE CERTAINLY CAN’T MAKE
LEGITIMATE PLANS TO HURT ONE
ANOTHER ONE. WE DISAGREE. WE
SETTLE OUR DIFFERENCES IN
AMERICA, THE BALLOT BOX AND
THAT’S HOW IT SHOULD BE. WHEN
THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE
FINISHED CASE HEADS TO THE JURY.
THREE PEOPLE ARE CHARGED IN THE
TORTURE AND MURDER OF A HOMELESS
MAN IN OAKLAND COUNTY TOMORROW.
WILSON, ALICE ANTHONY AND BRIAN
BONNER ARE BEING HELD WITHOUT
BOND FOR THE DEATH OF 50 YEAR
OLD TOBY FARRINGTON. HIS BODY
WAS FOUND NEAR TERRY LAKE IN
PONTIAC, FARRINGTON HAVE BEEN
BEATEN, STABBED, STRANGLED WITH
A ROPE AND A PLASTIC BAG WAS
OVER HIS HEAD. INVESTIGATORS SAY
HE WAS MURDERED INSIDE A PONTIAC
HOME, WHERE HE WAS PERFORMING
ODD JOBS IN EXCHANGE FOR DRUGS.
FIGHT OVER MONEY IN WAR IN THE
WAR IN CITY COUNCIL, SAYS MAYOR
JIM FOWKES IS SPENDING MONEY
THAT WASN’T APPROVED. AND TODAY
A JUDGE TOLD HIM TO STOP IT. THE
COUNCIL ACCUSES MAYOR FAULTS OF
ILLEGALLY USING CITY FUNDS TO
PROMOTE MAYOR FAULTS THEY SAY HE
SPENT NEARLY $675,000 FROM THE
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
INCLUDING 615,000 FOR
COMMERCIALS THAT START HIMSELF.
MACOMB COUNTY JUDGE ISSUED AN
INJUNCTION IN A STATEMENT FOUND,
SAYS HE DISAGREES WITH THE
JUDGES RULING AND PLANS TO
APPEAL IT. AN URGENT WARNING
FROM U. S OFFICIALS TODAY. THEY
SAY AMERICANS SHOULD GET OUT OF
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IMMEDIATELY
BECAUSE THEIR RISK OF BEING
DETAINED THEY’RE WARNING US
CITIZENS THAT THE RUSSIAN
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITY
OFFICIALS IN BOTH RUSSIA AND IN
UKRAINE, MAYBE SINGLING OUT U. S
CITIZENS BASED ON THEIR
NATIONALITY. THE FIGHTING IS
CONTINUING IN UKRAINE, BUT SOME
RUSSIAN FORCES ARE HEADING AWAY
FROM THE CAPITAL OF KIEV,
ACCORDING TO DECLASSIFIED U. S
INTELLIGENCE. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS BEING
MISINFORMED BY HIS ADVISORS
ABOUT HOW BADLY THE WAR IS GOING
BECAUSE THEY’RE AFRAID TO UPSET
HIM. NATO’S CHIEF SAYS RUSSIAN
FORCES ARE NOT LIKELY
WITHDRAWING, JUST REGROUPING FOR
STRONGER FIGHT IN EASTERN
UKRAINE AN UPDATE NOW TO A STORY
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST NIGHT
AT 11 PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCES
HE IS GOING TO RELEASE ONE
MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY
FROM THE STRATEGIC RESERVES TO
HELP TRY TO BRING DOWN GAS
PRICES. IT WOULD BE THE LARGEST
RELEASE OF RESERVES. IN U. S
HISTORY WOULD LAST ABOUT SIX
MONTHS. PRESIDENT SAYS HE
DOESN’T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL
HELP PRICES AT THE PUMP. HE
SUGGESTED IT COULD DROP THEM
BETWEEN 10 AND 35 CENTS A GALLON
RIGHT NOW IN METRO DETROIT
GALLON WILL COST YOU $4.15. IT
SAT EMPTY FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS
, BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO STAY
THAT WAY MUCH LONGER. THIS IS
REALLY GOOD NEWS RENOVATIONS
HAVE OFFICIALLY STARTED ON
DETROIT’S UNITED ARTISTS
BUILDING ON BAGLEY. IT WILL SOON
BE HOME TO RETAIL SHOPS AND 148
APARTMENTS. 20% OF THOSE WILL BE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT’S A $75
MILLION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE