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4 charged in boy’s death in Oakland County hyperbaric chamber explosion to return to court
The four people charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy who was killed in a hyperbaric chamber explosion at a health care facility in Oakland County will return to court Monday.
Tamela Peterson, 58, of Brighton, Jeffrey Mosteller, 65, of Clinton Township, Gary Marken, 66, of Spring Arbor and Aleta Moffitt, 60, of Rochester Hills, were charged after Thomas Cooper was killed when the hyperbaric chamber he was receiving treatment in exploded at the Oxford Center in Troy on Jan. 31, 2025. The boy’s mother was also injured in the explosion.
Royal Oak police urging residents to lock cars after weekend thefts
Police are investigating a recent string of stolen items from cars in the community.
Three incidents were reported over a single weekend, with thefts occurring in the 600 block of South Rembrandt Avenue, the 2200 block of East Hudson Avenue, and the 200 block of South Vermont Avenue.
Investigators told Local 4 that all of these thefts were preventable.
Garden City family shares warning after sledding accident paralyzes mother
The parents of a Garden City mother are sharing their story as a warning after their daughter was partially paralyzed in a sledding accident at Middlebelt Hill in Hines Park earlier this year.
In February, Jessica Wollweber was sledding at the hill with her 10-year-old daughter when she crashed headfirst into a tree. She suffered multiple fractures in her face and back and a traumatic brain injury.
“When she got to the hospital, she was maybe there for an hour, and they had to remove part of her skull because her brain was so swollen,” said Jessica’s father, Matthew Maley.
How a Michigan museum tracked down, restored Rosa Parks’ bus
On this day, 70 years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.
Parks was arrested on Dec. 1, 1955, after she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery city bus.
Weather: Chilly start in Metro Detroit with snow chances tonight -- What to know
Brrrr! December 1st marks the start of Meteorological Winter and right on cue, it feels like it.
It is a chilly start to the work week as some areas are waking up in the single digits and teens. Otherwise, mostly cloudy and cold on this Monday with highs this afternoon at or below freezing.