LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW IT’S A MYSTERY ILLNESS, FORCING TO DETROIT SCHOOLS TO CLOSE THE
SYMPTOMS. START WITH A HIGH
FEVER. AND TONIGHT 25 CHILDREN
ARE SICK. ONE IS HOSPITALIZED
AND A KINDERGARTNER HAS DIED
THIS AFTERNOON, THE DETROIT
HEALTH DEPARTMENT SENT OUT A
BULLETIN TO DOCTOR’S OFFICES TO
BE ON THE LOOKOUT. THANKS FOR
JOINING US, EVERYBODY. I’M
KIMBERLY GILL DEVIN SCILLIAN,
THE MOTHER OF ONE OF THOSE
CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED IS TELLING
US FIRSTHAND. HOW SHE KNEW IT
WAS TIME FOR THEM TO HEAD TO THE
ER MARA MACDONALD LIVE AT GARVEY
ACADEMY ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE.
THE KINDERGARTNER WHO DIED OR,
OF COURSE, WAS A STUDENT THERE.
DEVON THAT’S RIGHT. AND NOW
GARVEY IS CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY
FOR WHAT THE DISTRICT IS CALLING
A DEEP CLEAN KIDS STARTED
GETTING SICK IN THE MIDDLE OF
LAST WEEK IN THE DETROIT HEALTH
DEPARTMENT GOT THE HEADS UP ON
MONDAY. THREE YEAR OLD DONNA
JEAN WAS ADMITTED TO THE
HOSPITAL. HER MOM AND
GRANDMOTHER SAY IT WAS JUST LIKE
SHE WILTED AND THEN EXTREMELY
ACTIVE THAT I THOUGHT I IT’S
LIKE TAKING SOMETHING OUT OF THE
OVEN WITHOUT HAVING GLOVES ON
WAS BURNING UP WITH FEVER, WHICH
IS THE FIRST SYMPTOM THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SAYS TO BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR SATURDAY, WE TOOK
HER TO THE HOSPITAL, HER LIPS
TURNED COMPLETELY BLUE LIKE NO
OXYGEN, THE OTHERS HEADACHE,
LETHARGY, NAUSEA, VOMITING AND
ABDOMINAL PAIN. SO FAR TO
SCHOOLS ARE AFFECTED. GARVEY
ACADEMY AND THE FOCUS HOPE
CENTER FOR CHILDREN. 25 CHILDREN
ARE SICK AND ONE KINDERGARTNER
AT GARVEY ACADEMY HAS DIED.
TONIGHT, THE DETROIT SCHOOL
BOARD HAD A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO
SUPPORT THEIR ARMS AROUND THE
FAMILY. SO PLEASE REMEMBER
DURING THIS MOMENT SINUS YOUNGER
STILL WILLIAMS FROM MARCUS
GARVEY. DOCTORS ARE RUNNING
MULTIPLE TEST TO TRY AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT THIS IS SO FAR, NO ONE
IS QUITE SURE AND OF ALL OF
THESE SYMPTOMS. DOCTOR MCGEORGE
SAYS. PARENTS THERE IS
DEFINITELY A HIERARCHY HERE. THE
MOST CONCERNING SYMPTOMS TO
WATCH OUT FOR OUR HIGH FEVER,
HEADACHE AND LETHARGY. THOSE
WOULD BE SUGGESTIVE MENINGITIS.
THE OTHER SET OF SYMPTOMS.
NAUSEA VOMITING, ABDOMINAL PAIN
ARE MORE VAGUE. THOSE WOULD BE
SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD
PROBABLY TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
ABOUT RATHER THAN GO TO AN
EMERGENCY ROOM. BACK HERE LIVE
SO GARVEY IS CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY
. THE DETROIT HEALTH DEPARTMENT
IS ON SCENE HERE TRYING TO HELP
THE SCHOOL FIGURE OUT THE BEST
COURSE OF ACTION HERE AS FAR AS
THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN IS
CONCERNED EMAIL WENT TO PARENTS,
SAYING IT’S GOING TO BE CLOSE
CLOSE FOR CLEANING BOTH TODAY
AND TOMORROW. BUT YOU KNOW,
THESE TWO SCHOOLS DON’T OVERLAP,
SO NO ONE’S QUITE SURE. WHERE
THIS IS COMING FROM, AND EXACTLY
WHAT IT IS. WE’RE LIVE UNDER
TREATY SIDE TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD. LOCAL 4 ONLY ADDS TO
THESE DEEP AND VERY
UNDERSTANDABLE WORRIES. SORRY
MARA UPDATES JUST AS SOON AS
THEY ARE POSSIBLE, NOW BREAKING
NEWS JUST IN FROM THE DETROIT
PISTONS FRONT OFFICE, THE TEAM
HAS FIRED ASSISTANT GENERAL
MANAGER ROB MURPHY, DETROIT FREE
PRESS REPORTING TONIGHT. THE
FIRING COMES MONTHS AFTER AN
INVESTIGATION INTO A CLAIM. OF
MISCONDUCT BY A FORMER FEMALE
EMPLOYEE. PISTON SO FAR, NOT
COMMENTING ON THE FIRING AT 11.
LOCAL TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN ON THE
HOOK FOR HIGHLAND PARK’S UNPAID
WATER BILL, AND NOW STATE
TAXPAYERS COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF
THE BILL. THE SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TODAY
APPROVED A $35 BILLION BUDGET
FOR THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. THAT
BUDGET INCLUDES $20 MILLION FOR
HIGHLAND PARK TO PUT TOWARDS THE
$24 MILLION IT OWES TO THE GREAT
LAKES WATER AUTHORITY. THE
BUDGET NOW MOVES TO THE FULL
SENATE FOR A VOTE, WHICH IS
EXPECTED IN THE COMING WEEKS.
MEANWHILE A JUDGE RECENTLY GAVE
THE CITY UNTIL THE END OF THE
MONTH TO COME UP WITH A
REPAYMENT PLAN. A MANHUNT IS
OVER FOR THE GUNMAN ACCUSED OF
SHOOTING FIVE PEOPLE IN ATLANTA
POLICE SAID THE SUSPECT, DION
PATTERSON, HAD AN APPOINTMENT
SCHEDULED AT NORTHSIDE MEDICAL
MIDTOWN HOSPITAL. AND OPENED
FIRE IN THE WAITING ROOM. HE
THEN LEFT THE SCENE ON FOOT
STOLEN, UNATTENDED RUNNING
PICKUP TRUCK AT A NEARBY GAS
SHELL STATION. HE WAS CAPTURED
WITHOUT INCIDENT AFTER AN
UNDERCOVER OFFICERS SAW AND
CONFRONTED PATERSON HOURS LATER.
OF THE FIVE WOMEN WHO WERE SHOT.
ONE IS DEAD. THREE STILL IN
CRITICAL CONDITION AT THIS HOUR,
THE OTHER VICTIM IN STABLE
CONDITION HE’S A YOUNG HERO
THAT’S EARNED NATIONAL
ATTENTION. LAST WEEK, WE TOLD
YOU ABOUT SEVENTH GRADER DYLAN
REEVES HOW HE STOPPED A SCHOOL
BUS AFTER HIS BUS DRIVER LOST
CONSCIOUSNESS ARE VICTOR
WILLIAMS IS IN WARREN, WHERE
REEVES WAS HONORED TONIGHT BY
THE SCHOOL BOARD. WELL, THIS IS
A VERY BIG DEAL FOR THE KIDS
THAT MANY ARE CALLING A BRAVE
YOUNG MAN. IT’S THE MOMENT THAT
RACKED UP TONS OF VIEWS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD THAT 13 YEAR
OLD DYLAN REEVES IS BEING
HONORED FOR. I DON’T KNOW WHAT
MADE HIM DO IT. WHY HE DID IT.
HE JUST REMARKABLE KIDS HALF OF
OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION. WHO’S
HERE? WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU,
THE WARREN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION IS CALLING
HIM A HERO FOR BEING ABLE TO
TAKE THE WILL AND SAFELY STOPPED
THE BUS WHEN HIS BUS DRIVER HAD
AN EMERGENCY DURING THE TRIP
HOME FROM CARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
MATURITY AND HIS QUICK THINKING
UNDER PRESSURE IS PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE FOR A 13 YEAR OLD
AMAZING AMAZING CHILD SEVENTH
GRADER TOOK HOME A KEEPSAKE FROM
THE DISTRICT. WE ARE PRESENTING
YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF
RECOGNITION AND A FRAME TRIBUTE
FROM GOVERNOR WHITMER ON BEHALF
OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. WE
OFFER OUR BEST WISHES FOR
SUCCESS IN EVERY ENDEAVOR AND
THE STATE CIVIL FROM SENATOR
PAUL VOY IN YOUR STORY, I THINK
SPEAKS VOLUMES WHAT WE NEED I
LOVE THAT HE’S GOING AWAY. DYLAN
DESERVES IT SO MUCH 13 YEAR OLD
IS THE MOST POPULAR KID IN
SCHOOL. HE’S STILL TAKING IT ALL
IN A LOT OF IT, BUT HE THIS IS
SO GOOD FOR HIM. YOU KNOW, HE
NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT.
WE NEED MORE OF THIS IN THE
WORLD. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE
CARRIED FOR AND TAKE CARE OF
PEOPLE AND I’M SURE THERE’S MORE
TO COME AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
HE’S RIGHT. WE’RE TOLD THAT
DYLAN IS GOING TO BE RECEIVING
MORE AWARDS AS TIME GOES ON
VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL 4 GREAT.
OKAY, VICTOR. THANK YOU. POLICE
ARE CALLING A MAN’S DEATH
SUSPICIOUS IN AN INVESTIGATION
THAT SPANS FROM TWO CITIES.
INVESTIGATORS FOUND THE BODY OF
A 70 YEAR OLD CANTON MAN. IN
DEARBORN. THEY SPENT THE MORNING
COLLECTING EVIDENCE AT THE
VICTIM’S HOME ON NORTH RIVER
WOODS NEAR BECK ROAD IN MICHIGAN
AVENUE IN CANTON, POLICE SAY A
FRIEND OF THE VICTIM OF 55 YEAR
OLD MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
IN DEARBORN. WE DON’T KNOW THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE
DEATH OF AN EIGHTH GRADER IS
SUING A DETROIT CHARTER SCHOOL
ALLEGING SHE WAS STRIP SEARCHED
OVER CLAIMS SHE WAS CARRYING OF
A PIN IN HER UNDERWEAR. SUIT
TARGETS THE GEORGE CROCKETT
ACADEMY ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
AND SOME OF ITS EMPLOYEES, IT
ALLEGES ANOTHER STUDENT WITH
KNOWN ANIMOSITY TOWARD THE
EIGHTH GRADER MADE THE CLAIM.
THEN THE SCHOOL STAFF FORCED THE
EIGHTH GRADERS TIPPED STRIPPED
DOWN TO HER UNDERWEAR WITHOUT
CALLING HER MOTHER AT ANY POINT
IN THE PROCESS. SO SAYS THE
CLAIM WE’VE REACHED OUT TO THE
GEORGE CROCKETT ACADEMY FOR ITS
REACTION. BUT WE HAVE NOT YET
HEARD BACK. WE ARE HEARING FROM
A WOMAN WHO SAYS SHE WAS FORCED
TO ENDURE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
WHILE WORKING AT FOUNDERS
BREWING COMPANY DILLARD FILED A
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY JUST
HOURS BEFORE FOUNDERS ANNOUNCED
IT WAS CLOSING ITS DETROIT TAP
ROOM FOR GOOD. THE FORMER PART
TIME MANAGER CLAIMS SHE WAS
RETALIATED AGAINST FOR SPEAKING
UP ABOUT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
AND OTHER ISSUES. DILLARD IS THE
SECOND EMPLOYEE TO FILE A
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY FOR
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OF
SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED IN THE
PREVIOUS SUIT BACK IN 2019. I
WANT FOUNDERS TO ADMIT WHAT
THEY’VE DONE. TAKE
ACCOUNTABILITY. UM AND NEVER DO
IT AGAIN. WHAT I DISCOVERED
THROUGH TALKING TO NEMAZEE THAT,
UH, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. IT
DOESN’T SEEM LIKE A FEW BAD
APPLES. IT SEEMS LIKE A ROTTEN
TREE. RESPONDING TO THE LAWSUIT
, FOUNDERS SAYS IT IS SORRY THAT
THE INDIVIDUAL DID NOT HAVE A
GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THE COMPANY
. 100 NEW JOBS ARE COMING TO
MICHIGAN AFTER A NEW $400
MILLION INVESTMENT BY THE GREEN
HYDROGEN COMPANY, NELL. IT’S A
COMPANY THAT MAKES DEVICES THAT
TAKE WATER AND SPLIT IT INTO
HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN, KNOWN AS
ELECTROLYZERS. NELL PLANS TO
BUILD A NEW AUTOMATED GIGAWATT
ELECTROLYZER PLANT. THIS IS A
YET ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION ABOUT
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER AND I
ARE COMMITTED TO DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN USING ALL OF
OUR POWER TO CREATE JOBS IN
MICHIGAN, AND WE WILL GO
ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE TO GET
THOSE JOBS. GOVERNOR RIVER WENT
TO NORWAY IN JANUARY TO SECURE
THIS DEAL AND MISSES US BRINGING
JOBS HOME TO MICHIGAN LITERALLY
FROM OVERSEAS. WE’RE REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND WE’RE
PROUD OF WHAT IS GOING TO MEAN
FOR JOB CREATION AND INNOVATION
IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN IS A
NORWEGIAN COMPANY OFFICIALS ARE
WORKING TO DETERMINE STILL WHERE
THE PLANT WILL BE BUILT AN
ORANGE ERROL ALERT FOR DRIVERS
IN OAKLAND COUNTY. THE BUSY ROAD
IS CLOSING FOR THREE WEEKS AS
PART OF THE I 6 96 CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT M DOT SAYS FARMINGTON
UNR OWED WILL BE CLOSED OVER I 6
96 FOR BRIDGE REPAIR WORK. IT
CLOSES TUESDAY AND WILL REOPEN
IN LATE MAY. THERE WILL BE
DETOURS ON 11 AND 12 MILES. THIS
YEAR. CREWS ARE REBUILDING THE
EASTBOUND LANES OF I 6 96 FOR MY
2 75 TO TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION