LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING. I’M PAMELA OSBORNE . WE’VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING. WHEN IT COMES TO
WINTER WEATHER THIS WEEKEND,
THERE HAVE BEEN SNOW RAIN AND
NOW GET READY FOR SOME BITTER
COLD. HERE’S A QUICK LOOK
OUTSIDE ALL OVER THE VIEWING
AREA FROM ANN ARBOR TO DETROIT
TO MOUNT CLEMENTS. IT LOOKS LIKE
THE SNOW IS WINDING DOWN THIS
EVENING ARE FOREWARNED FORECAST
IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT WHAT’S NEXT
, SO LET’S HEAD ON OVER TO
BRYAN SCHUERMAN FOR A SNEAK PEEK
AT THE WEEK, BRIAN GOOD EVENING,
EVERYONE THIS LATEST ROUND OF
WINTER WEATHER WINDING DOWN
WORK. KING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR CLEAN SWEEP
FOR MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN
MICHIGAN. A FEW SNOWFLAKES
SHOWING UP RIGHT AROUND SAGINAW
WORKING INTO THE EVENING HOURS
TONIGHT, BUT WE’VE GOT ONE MORE
ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER ON THE
WAY AS WE HAD FROM MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY MONDAY
EVENING, AND WE’LL PUT THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING INTO THAT AS WELL
. 30 RIGHT NOW. HERE IN DETROIT
, 28 WORKING INTO AN ARBOR 27
RIGHT NOW OVER AND HOW AND 28 AS
YOU’RE WORKING OVER INTO ADRI,
UM CLOUD COVER STICKING AROUND
ALL DAY LONG. THE SNOW WE HAD
EARLY THIS MORNING WINDING DOWN
TOO. FORD MID TO LATE MORNING,
BUT WE WILL KEEP THAT CLOUD
COVER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES SLOW TO
FALL UPPER TWENTIES BY SIX
O’CLOCK THIS EVENING, DROPPING
INTO THE MIDDLE TWENTIES BY 10
O’CLOCK TONIGHT, BUT WE’VE GOT
SOME BITTERLY COLD AIR WITH
MULTIPLE NIGHTS THIS WEEK WITH
WIND CHILLS INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND BELOW ZERO WITH AIR
TEMPERATURES INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AS WELL. TALK ABOUT HOW
LONG THAT’S GONNA LAST. AND WHEN
WE MAY SEE THAT FREEZING MARK IT
AGAIN, YOUR COMPLETE FORWARD
FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES. ALSO A GOOD TIME TO
DOWNLOAD THAT 4WARN WEATHER.
WRAP EXACT TRACK 40 FUTURE
CASTING WEATHER ALERTS ON THE
PALM OF YOUR HAND. YOU CAN FIND
IT IN YOUR FAVORITE APP STORE.
JUST SEARCH WDIV’S ALSO NEW AT
SIX. THE COMMUNITY COMES
TOGETHER TO REMEMBER A FAMILY
WHOSE STORY HAS BROKEN HEARTS
ACROSS METRO DETROIT. YOU MAY
REMEMBER MONICA KENNEDY AND HER
TWO CHILDREN FROZE TO DEATH
EARLIER THIS MONTH WHILE
SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN PONTIAC
VIGIL STARTED FOR THEM A SHORT
TIME AGO ARE JACQUELINE
FRANCIS’S THERE AND JACQUELINE.
THIS VIGIL IS ABOUT MORE THAN
JUST REMEMBERING THOSE LIVES CUT
SHORT. PAMELA THAT’S RIGHT.
THERE WAS A BIG FOCUS ON MENTAL
HEALTH AWARENESS BECAUSE THAT
WAS WHAT’S AT THE CRUX OF THIS
TRAGEDY. BUT FIRST I WANT TO
SHOW YOU THAT VIGIL THAT ENDED A
SHORT TIME AGO. THE COMMUNITY
AND LOVED ONES RETURNING TO THE
FIELD WITH THE TWO KIDS AND
THEIR MOTHER DIED. MONICA
KENNEDY, ALONG WITH THEIR THREE
HER THREE YEAR OLD AND NINE YEAR
OLD SON’S FROZE TO DEATH EARLIER
THIS MONTH. THE MOM WAS SAID TO
BE SUFFERING A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS. MONICA’S OLDEST CHILD IN
AN YEAR OLD LILY WAS ALSO WITH
THEM IN THAT FIELD. SHE WAS THE
ONLY SURVIVOR. MEMBERS TELL US
THAT LILY IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL
AFTER BEING TREATED FOR
HYPOTHERMIA. TAKE A LISTEN.
SHE’S DOING WELL. I MEAN, UNDER
THE CIRCUMSTANCES, SHE’S YOU
KNOW, SHE’S HOLDING UP. SHE’S
YOU KNOW, SHE’S SURROUNDED BY
FAMILY AND LOTS OF LOVE. AND YOU
KNOW, JUST ONE DAY AT A TIME,
THAT’S THAT’S ALL WE CAN ASK
WITH HER AS ONE DAY AT A TIME.
TONIGHT WE ALSO HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY LEADERS LIKE THE MAYOR
OF PONTIAC IN CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS AS THEY UNDERSCORED THE
IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH
AWARENESS AND THE RESOURCES OUT
THERE TO TRY AND PREVENT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM EVER
HAPPENING AGAIN. REPORTING LIVE
IN PONTIAC, JACQUELINE FRANCIS
LOCAL 4 ALL RIGHT, JACQUELINE.
THANK YOU. THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS
STILL GRAPPLING WITH QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE POLICE BEATING VIDEO
INVOLVING TYREE NICHOLS DOWN IN
MEMPHIS FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT
DAY, DETROIT ACTIVISTS SHOWED
THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH A PROTEST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEY
GATHERED OUTSIDE OF DETROIT
POLICE HEADQUARTERS. THEY’RE
FURIOUS OVER NICKELS DEATH AND
ARE ALSO PUSHING FOR MORE
ANSWERS ABOUT DEADLY POLICE
SHOOTINGS IN DETROIT. WE HAVEN’T
SEEN ANYTHING AS BLATANT AS
NICKEL SPEEDING, BUT WE’VE SEEN
TWO RECENT SHOOTINGS WHERE
PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHILE HAVING
MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE. ROADS.
NICHOLS DEATH ONCE AGAIN,
PUTTING A WHITE HOT SPOTLIGHT ON
ALL POLICE INTERACTIONS, AND
DETROIT POLICE ARE ASKING FOR
YOUR HELP FINDING TO CARJACKING
SUSPECTS WHO FORCED A MAN OUT OF
HIS CAR AND THEN DROVE OFF. TAKE
A LOOK AT THE PHOTO OF THE
SUSPECTS BOTH DESCRIBED AS THIN
, SLIM MEN. ONE IS WEARING A RED
HOODED SWEATSHIRT AND THE OTHER
IS WEARING ALL BLACK CLOTHING.
THE CARJACKING TOOK PLACE IN THE
19,000 BLOCK OF TELEGRAPH IN THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JANUARY,
24TH. THAT WAS LAST TUESDAY. IF
ANYTHING ABOUT THESE GUYS LOOKS
FAMILIAR TO YOU, CALL POLICE OR
1 800 SPEAK UP. THE MACOMB
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS MADE
AN ARREST IN AN ARSON FIRE THAT
SCORCHED VAN BELONGING TO THE
COUNTY. TAKE A LOOK AT THE
DAMAGE. WE’RE TOLD THE MOUNT
CLEMENS FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS
CALLED TO THE MACOMB COUNTY
PARKING STRUCTURE AROUND TWO
THIS MORNING. FIREFIGHTERS PUT
OUT THE FLAMES. THE VAN WAS THEN
TOWED AWAY. LUCKILY THE PARKING
STRUCTURE IS OKAY, ALTHOUGH A
FEW PARKING SPOTS ARE BEING
CLEANED. WE’RE TOLD A SUSPECT IS
IN CUSTODY. THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS
ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO FIND THE
MISSING 15 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO HAS
NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE FRIDAY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY ADRIANA
DAVIDSON OF SEO TOWNSHIP LAST
COMMUNICATED WITH HER FAMILY
AROUND NINE AM ON FRIDAY ON HER
WAY TO SCHOOL FRIENDS ALSO SAY
THEY SAW HER AROUND 11 AM
OUTSIDE PIONEER HIGH SCHOOL, BUT
NOW SHE CAN’T BE FOUND. THE
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY
LOOKING FOR ADRIANA. IF YOU SEE
HER, YOU CAN CALL ONE OF THE
NUMBERS ON YOUR SCREEN THERE. WE
POSTED THOSE NUMBERS AT CLICK
AND RIGHT .COM AS WELL. NOW TO
THE STORY OF A REMARKABLE
TRANSFORMATION IN THE CITY OF
INKSTER, A TROUBLED MOTEL WAS
CONDEMNED BY THE CITY, BUT IT’S
NOW GETTING NEW LIFE AS A
DESTINATION FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. A LOCAL COUPLE HAS BEEN
ON A MISSION TO REVITALIZE THE
CITY, AND WE’RE GETTING A SNEAK
PEEK AT SOME OF THE RESULTS ARE
MEGAN WOODS TAKES US TO THE SITE
FOR A PERSONAL TOUR? FROM THE
PARKING LOT TO THE ROOMS THIS
PAST YEAR, THIS PROPERTY HAS
BEEN UNDER SOME MUCH NEEDED
TRANSFORMATION. IT WAS
COMPLETELY UNLIVABLE. IT WAS 64
UNITS. WE GUTTED IT DOWN TO THE
STUDS MADE A LOT OF THE ROOMS
BIGGER. SO NOW IT’S 32 UNITS.
JENNIFER MARIE OF A H. M
INVESTMENT IS PART OF THE
HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM BEHIND THE
CONSTRUCTION. IT’S ONE OF THEIR
BIGGEST PROJECTS YET WE HAVE
WORKED IN THE CITY OF INKSTER.
AND OPERATED OUR BUSINESS OUT OF
THE CITY OF INKSTER FOR 20 PLUS
YEARS, SO WE HAVE BEEN INVESTED
INTO THIS CITY. UM SO IT DOES
MEAN A LOT OF PROPERTY IN
DECEMBER. 2021 I’VE BEEN WORKING
EVER SINCE TACKLING OUTSIDE
FIRST COMPLETELY REDID THE
PARKING LOT AREA NEEDED A LOT OF
WORK UNDERGROUND. THERE WAS SOME
SEWER LINES AND SANITARY DRAINS
THAT WERE COLLAPSED. THEN
THERE’S THE UPPER WALKWAY. THIS
USED TO BE CONCRETE DOWN HERE.
AND WHAT WE DID IS WE REPLACE IT
WITH THE TRUCKS FLOORBOARDS.
IT’S MAINTENANCE FREE. IT LOOKS
NICER AND THE UNIQUE WAYS THEY
COVERED EXTRA DOORS. WHEN THEY
COMBINE THE ROOMS FILLED THESE
IN WITH, YOU KNOW, DECORATIVE
WOOD. TRIM THEM OUT WITH
ALUMINUM. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK
AND MONEY TO TURN THIS INTO THIS
, BUT IF YOU ASKED JENNIFER WHY
SHE’LL SIMPLY ANSWER WHY NOT?
THERE IS A NEED AND WHAT WE
DON’T NEED IS ANOTHER HOTEL. WE
HAVE PLENTY OF THEM HERE.
THEY’RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. WHAT
PEOPLE NEED IS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, SHE SAYS RENT WILL BE
IN THE $700 RANGE AND MANAGED BY
ANOTHER COMPANY. SHE BELIEVES
THIS WILL NOT ONLY CHANGE HOW
PEOPLE LOOK AT INKSTER BUT SET A
NEW STANDARD. IF WE CAN, YOU
KNOW, KIND OF SET THE BAR THAT
LOOK WHAT WE’RE DOING, AND IT’S
SUCCESSFUL. MAYBE SOME OF THESE
OTHER PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW SUIT.
WE’RE GOING TO JUST SET THE BAR
THERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN
INKSTER. MEGAN WOODS LOCAL 4.
THE COUPLE EXPECTS TO BE
FINISHED AND READY TO MOVE
PEOPLE IN BY SPRING. THEY’RE
ALSO RENOVATING INKSTER’S OLD
ICE ARENA TO BE RECREATION
CENTER AFTER BEING ABANDONED FOR
SEVERAL YEARS. THERE’S MUCH MORE
NEWS AHEAD, INCLUDING A
DEVASTATING TRAGEDY OVERSEAS.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE DIED DOING
SOMETHING MANY OF US DO EVERY
DAY. FIRST DATING APP DANGER.
POLICE IN OREGON LAUNCHED A
MANHUNT FOR SUSPECTS. THEY FEAR
IS GOING ONLINE WITH POSSIBLE