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HIGHLAND PARK, MI – A 57-year-old Detroit resident is dead after their vehicle rear-ended a fire truck in Highland Park. Troopers from the Michigan State Polices say the trucks from Highland Park Fire Department were blocking part of Davison Freeway near Oakland Street while rescue personnel assisted two vehicles on the embankment at 11:15 p.m. on Jan. 8. A 1996 Ford Explorer traveling westbound on the Davison Freeway lost control and struck the rear end of one of the fire trucks, police said. Highland Park firefighters were forced to cut the driver out of the vehicle and performed CPR, which was unsuccessful. Davison near Oakland Street was closed for the investigation.

A person has died after crashing into a parked fire truck in Highland Park, according to police.

A Highland Park man is charged in connection with the deadly stabbing of John O’Leary.

A Highland Park man was charged Wednesday in the murder of beloved Detroit disc jockey John O’Leary. Sean William Lamoureux, 38, is accused of fatally...

John O’Leary had a career in Detroit radio that spanned nearly 40 years.

Michigan State Police say two adult victims of human trafficking were rescued in Detroit and Highland Park after troopers found a 15-year-old also believed to be a victim.

“This isn’t real” is all a Macomb County man could say after winning $500,000 playing the Michigan Lottery’s Peppermint Payout Millions instant game.

A 23-year-old man was treated for a gunshot wound to his back that he said he suffered while driving on Davison Freeway near Woodward Avenue on Wednesday night.

The family of Emma Jean Davis, a mother of six, was very hopeful her killer would be brought to justice shortly after she was killed in her own Highland Park apartment. That was three years ago.

Track live election results for Highland Park in the 2021 Michigan General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 2.

Since Local 4 Defenders reported on the issue last week, the area behind businesses near the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Beresford Street has been more clean.

“One dumpster, three businesses. Do the math. It is definitely going to happen again,” McGee said. “They have rats up there the size of house cats.”

Residents say there’s often a dump behind a plaza on Woodward at Beresford and the large loads of trash are not just an eye-sore, but a haven for rodents.

HIGHLAND PARK, MI – A firefighter was thrown into the air and onto a Michigan freeway when a vehicle struck a fire truck on Sunday evening, WDIV Detroit reports. The Highland Park Fire Department was working to extinguish a vehicle fire on Davidson Freeway near Third Avenue when a vehicle hit the fire truck at the scene, the report said. The firefighter who was thrown in the crash was transported to a local hospital but didn’t appear to have major injuries, the report said. The driver of the vehicle was taken into custody and then to a hospital by Michigan State Police. READ MORE:Grand Rapids-area man, 27, dead after rollover crash on U.S. 131Former Cass Tech football player shot at house party in Washington, suspect in custodyFaulty air filter led to fatal plane crash near Howell, investigation determines

Authorities said the collision caused a fire fighter to be thrown into the air and onto the freeway.

After months of searching, Andrew Maas found a golden ticket and won a candy factory.

Sep. 10—For over three months, a small necklace with a golden ticket attached lay buried in the ground at Highland Park, waiting to be found. Andrew Maas, a 39-year-old father from Colorado, did just that. On Aug. 29, he walked into the park and dug up the ticket hidden beneath the Vermont Covered Bridge. And with that, he became the new owner of a 4,000-square-foot candy factory in Florida. ...

The following scores are collected from either the Michigan High School Athletic Association or the Associated Press. These are score from Thursday, Aug. 26, or Week 1 of the football season. Berkley 17, Farmington 7Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 33, East Kentwood 0Detroit Cass Tech 49, Muskegon 14Detroit Catholic Central 35, Davison 14Detroit Central 45, Detroit Cody 0Detroit Communication Media Arts 48, Detroit East English 6Detroit Martin Luther King 40, Muskegon Mona Shores 19Detroit University Prep Science & Math 1, Highland Park Sigma Academy 0Garden City 34, Redford Thurston 6Grandville 50, Detroit U-D Jesuit 0Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 38, Detroit University Prep 30Milan 27, New Boston Huron 19North Farmington 44, Lake Orion 22Northville 36, Plymouth 7Orchard Lake St Mary’s 17, Hudsonville 15Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 49, Detroit Henry Ford 6Port Huron Northern 8, Eastpointe 6Rochester Adams 24, Oxford 10Southfield Arts & Technology 33, Birmingham Groves 7Warren De La Salle Collegiate 38, River Rouge 29Warren Michigan Collegiate 48, Detroit Voyageur Prep 6West Bloomfield 30, Oak Park 12

The following scores are collected from either the Michigan High School Athletic Association or the Associated Press. Ann Arbor Huron 41, Detroit Southeastern 0Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 35, Macomb Dakota 21Byron Center 42, Birmingham Seaholm 28Capac 22, New Haven 0Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 45, Detroit Catholic Central 20Dearborn 19, Brighton 13Dearborn Fordson 38, Canton 23Dearborn Heights Robichaud 1, Highland Park Sigma 0Detroit Leadership Academy 48, Detroit Pershing 0Detroit U-D Jesuit 34, Grosse Pointe North 13Flat Rock 34, Melvindale 6Fraser 16, Holly 7Grosse Pointe South 42, Detroit Renaissance 0Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse 21, Utica 16Hazel Park 1, Southfield Bradford Academy 0Lake Orion 33, Utica Eisenhower 7Livonia Churchill 38, Salem 21Livonia Clarenceville 34, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 6Madison Heights Lamphere 22, Sterling Heights 8Madison Heights Madison 34, Royal Oak Shrine Catholic 6Marine City Cardinal Mooney 28, Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 0Milford 21, New Boston Huron 20Richmond 49, Clinton Township Clintondale 18Riverview 64, Dearborn Divine Child 42Rochester 35, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 2Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 27, Saginaw Valley Lutheran 0Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 48, Port Huron 17Roseville 42, Monroe 11Royal Oak 35, Ferndale 28South Lyon 48, Walled Lake Western 28St Clair Shores Lakeview 36, Dearborn Heights Crestwood 18Troy 21, Auburn Hills Avondale 0Warren Fitzgerald 64, Warren Cousino 6Warren Mott 34, Detroit Mumford 8White Lake Lakeland 41, Waterford Kettering 20Yale 28, Dearborn Heights Annapolis 8Ypsilanti Lincoln 51, St Clair Shores Lake Shore 36Zeeland East 45, Warren Woods Tower 14

HIGHLAND PARK, MI – It’s been 45 years since a young woman was found dead in Highland Park, and she has still not been identified. Police are sharing a facial reconstruction image to try to identify the “Jane Doe” who was found dead at a Highland Park residence on March 25, 1976. It is believed that she was 17-20 years old and could have been a runaway from Ohio, Highland Park Police said in a news release. The facial reconstruction image was completed by a forensic artist for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Please contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST with any information that could help identify her.

Police are raising awareness about a young woman who was found dead 45 years ago in Highland Park. She has never been identified.

Federal officials have charged 14 people from Wayne and Macomb counties in connection with a fraud scheme to steal COVID unemployment benefits.

Election results for Highland Park races in the 2021 Michigan Primary Election on Aug. 3, 2021.

The project aims to connect neighborhoods in Detroit, Dearborn, Hamtramck and Highland Park.

An anonymous tip to Highland Park police ended up with a man arrested and charged with third-degree animal cruelty after a Zoom doorbell captured the incident.

A State of Emergency was declared Saturday by Highland Park mayor Hubert Yopp after multiple roads, businesses and homes were flooded.

HIGHLAND PARK, MI - A Michigan food staple is about to serve its last Coney dog. Red Hots Coney Island in Hazel Park will close next month after 100 years in business. I said we can’t afford to remodel and our customers deserve it,” Rich told MLive at that time. They depend on us.”The Harlans make their Coney dogs a little differently than most Coney Island restaurants. Rich told MLive his style and why he does it.

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Red Hots Coney Island made it through the Great Depression, a World War and the closure of the Ford Plant in Highland Park but now it’s closing down.

Chinyelu Humphrey’s mother was across the street when the shooting happened.

Chinyelu Humphrey’s mother was across the street when the shooting happened.

Police are investigating a shooting that killed one person and injured two others in Highland park early Monday morning.

The COVID pandemic has led to a dramatic rise in death by suicide for young people who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.

DTE Energy has received state approval to add nearly 800 megawatts of renewable energy projects in Michigan through 2025 – including new solar farms in Detroit, Highland Park and River Rouge. DTE would offer renewable energy bill credits to low-income customers “if the company is successful in securing the necessary funding” for the projects, per a DTE news release. The goal is to have the first one operating by late 2022 or early 2023, said Brian Calka, director of renewable solutions at DTE Energy. The program allows customers to pay extra to support new renewable energy projects in Michigan. Participating in the program creates more renewable energy per dollar than installing and maintaining rooftop solar panels, he said.

The situation has gotten so bad at the Bella Vista Glen Senior Apartments that officials with the city of Highland Park have stepped in.

HIGHLAND PARK, MI -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges Wednesday against a detective with the Highland Park Police Department and a co-conspirator, who are accused of trafficking fentanyl-laced heroin. Detective Tiffany Lipkovitch, 45, has been with the police department since 2011 and was charged alongside her friend, Amber Bellamy, 38. In those calls and meetings, Lipkovitch allegedly gave the source “samples” or “pictures” of the drugs that Bellamy allegedly had for sale. After eventually introducing the source to Bellamy, the source eventually bought 45 grams fentanyl/heroin mixture. The citizens of Highland Park have expectations, as they should, that law enforcement officers obey the laws they swore to enforce,” said Highland Park Mayor Hubert Yopp in a statement.

A Highland Park detective has been charged in federal court with conspiring to distribute fentanyl-laced heroin while on the job. Tiffany Lipkovitch, 45, is accused...

Just after 1 p.m., officers exited their patrol vehicle on John R. Street to investigate two men, who reportedly put their SUV in reverse, grazed one of the officers and sped off.

Tiffany Lipkovitch, a Highland Park police detective, is accused of selling drugs on the job while in complete uniform.

Big portions of the city of Highland Park have gone without streetlights for years and an activist group is trying to change that.

In 1982, just eight days before Chinese-American automotive engineer Vincent Chin was to be married, two white men brutally beat him outside of the Highland...

Openlands Lakeshore Preserve in Highland Park is closed to the public until further notice after military materials were found on two separate occasions in one week.

Residents were evacuated from their townhomes Friday after a vehicle crashed into a building, causing a fire in Highland Park.

HIGHLAND PARK, MI -- Police checking in on an abandoned car along I-75 discovered more than they were expecting Thursday morning. Troopers with the Michigan State Police approached the vehicle around 4 a.m. when they heard a noise coming from inside the car. As they approached the vehicle, they heard a bark come from inside and soon they discovered a puppy trying to stay warm. Police say the dog -- who they named Davis -- was happy to see the troopers and was taken into their care immediately. The abandoned car was impounded and police are searching for the owner of the car.

What hasn’t changed is that Big Shouldered resilience, that dedication to offering a hand — or a meal — to the ones who need it most. That enduring spirit, that creative spark. You’ll find it in each of the Chicago Tribune’s Critics’ Choice Takeout Award winners — this year’s pandemic friendly version of our annual Dining Awards — and we’re certain we’ll see plenty more of it in the post-pandemic days to come.

DETROIT – Wayne County announced it will open several vaccination clinics for residents 65 and older. According to county executive Warren Evans, the vaccination clinics for residents of Canton Township, Highland Park, Hamtramck, Inkster, Melvindale, Pontiac Romulus and the city of Wayne will begin Feb. 23. ”I’m pleased Wayne County is now in a position to begin vaccinating seniors,” Evans said. “I also want to thank the state of Michigan for working with Wayne County to ensure we have more doses to vaccinate our seniors more quickly. The vaccine distribution process is limited by the available vaccine -- of which no one is getting enough -- but Wayne County is putting shots in arms as fast as we get them.”More information can be found on the official Wayne County website here.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – Efforts to vaccinate citizens against COVID-19 are underway in Highland Park. Highland Park Mayor Hubert Yopp said people were supposed to be vaccinated at a Highland Park CVS, but the CVS has closed. According to a communications director with CVS, the Highland Park store did not renew its lease and closed on Jan. 2. We made the difficult business decision to not renew the lease for our Highland Park store and it closed on January 2. All employees at our Highland Park store who wanted to remain with CVS were transferred to one of our other locations.

ORIGINAL STORY: Wayne County announces new vaccination clinics for seniors“I have really talked to a number of ladies, particularly that each and every one of them has indicated that, you know, they’re all waiting,” Coutilish said. “Up to now, particularly in Wayne community, everything has been located in the Detroit area with very little elsewhere,” Coutilish said. “I’m hopeful that they are now going to spread it around a little bit.”So far Wayne County has given out over 36,601 vaccines. “I also want to thank the state of Michigan for working with Wayne County to ensure we have more doses to vaccinate our seniors more quickly. The vaccine distribution process is limited by the available vaccine -- of which no one is getting enough -- but Wayne County is putting shots in arms as fast as we get them.”More information can be found on the official Wayne County website here.

WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – Officials in Wayne County said vaccination clinics will be opening in six cities for people 65 and older. The clinics will only be open to residents in those specific communities. People will have to make an appointment by calling the vaccine site closest to their home. READ: Half dozen new vaccination clinics to open in Wayne CountyThe full list of clinics and how to register is available below:(App users: If the table does not appear, click here)More information can be found on the official Wayne County website here.

DETROIT – Seniors and first responders living in Highland Park do not have access to the Detroit Health Department’s vaccine program. When Albom’s charity SAY Detroit opened a clinic in 2006 he didn’t think they would end up being on the frontlines of a pandemic. AdThrough an initiative of the Wayne County Health Department, doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have become available for people in Highland Park and Hamtramck at the SAY Detroit family health clinic. That would be only people who live in Highland Park or Hamtramck. Anyone who wants it can call 313-590-0470 for an appointment or just walk inside the SAY Detroit clinic on Glendale Avenue.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – Police are investigating a shooting Tuesday in Highland Park that left one man dead. The incident happened in the area of Buena Vista Street and Woodward Avenue, south of Davison Freeway. Officers said the man in his late 20s was sitting on his porch when two men approached and opened fire. The man staggered to a friend’s home and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. You can watch the full report in the video above.

There also were moments of levity, even as the coronavirus pandemic shut down the world in 2020 and solidified the long-distance status of their friendship for at least another year. During the Bendat-Appells’ going-away party at a Highland Park synagogue, the Yildirims brought photos of their get-togethers, including one of Fatih Yildirim posing in his living room with a thumbs-up sign as an unknowing Rabbi Bendat-Appell was in the background, engrossed in an interview with a journalist. The picture remains in a scrapbook of the Bendat-Appells’ favorite memories in Illinois.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – A Metro Detroit couple was carjacked Tuesday morning at a Marathon gas station in Highland Park. Surveillance video from the gas station shows the moment Henry Warren left the store. Highland Park police are asking anyone who has any information to come forward. You can contact Highland Park police at (313) 852-7338. READ: More Highland Park crime coverage

East Grand Rapids is currently Michigan’s wealthiest school district, according to new Census data. That’s based on median family income, using the Census Bureau’s five-year average for 2015-19. The median is $163,500 for families living in the East Grand Rapids school district, compared to a state median of $72,600. Below is an interactive map shaded specifically by 2015-19 estimated average median income for families with children. If you search by county, you’ll see a ranking of school districts in that county.

HIGHLAND PARK, MI – A suspect who struck a police officer with a vehicle led police in a high-speed chase early Thursday before attempting to flee on foot. The incident began around 2 a.m. on Jan. 14 when a Highland Park Police officer was hit by a Dodge Ram pickup truck during a traffic stop, WWJ Newsradio 950 reports. Police pursued the vehicle through Highland Park and into Ferndale, where they lost sight of it. After city police lost the trail, a trooper spotted the vehicle on 8 Mile Road near Woodward Avenue. MSP is investigating the vehicle pursuit while Highland Park is handling the original incident, police said.

Within days, there were hundreds of responses. Some people suggested possible jobs or teaching; one told him to consult an attorney. But the majority spoke of his kindness and how he always went above and beyond. Others said they missed him at Parkway. One Highland Park resident reminded Levin that he was Levin’s delivery boy back in the day and said he and a friend were talking about him recently and that he is in the home care industry and would reach out for ideas.

HIGHLAND PARK, MI – A 19-year-old woman was shot and killed in the early hours of Saturday, Dec. 26, in Detroit. The female Wayne State University student was sitting in a vehicle in a residential area of Highland Park with a male victim when two suspects approached and opened fire around 2 a.m. on Saturday, FOX 2 Detroit reports. One of the two suspects was carrying a long gun and fired multiple shots into the vehicle, striking Willis. The suspects then ran to a vehicle, which police say could have been a light-colored Chevy Impala, and fled the scene. The campaign information says Willis was a Wayne State student and worked two jobs, including at Alternatives for Girls - an organization dedicated to helping homeless and high-risk girls avoid violence, teen pregnancy and exploitation - where she was a board member.

The median household income for Lake Angelus was $214,375, while Highland Park, which is in Wayne County, had a median household income of $18,474, according to the Census Bureau’s five-year average for 2015-19. The Michigan median household income for 2015-19 was $57,144, up 4% from $54,938, for 2014-18. In addition, you can choose a county and see a top-to-bottom ranking of all its cities and townships by median household income. Next is an interactive map that shades Michigan’s cities and townships by median household income for 2015-19. Lake County had the lowest median household income, $37,320.

Published: November 27, 2020, 5:02 am Updated: November 27, 2020, 7:17 amDETROIT – Police from multiple departments have set up a perimeter on Detroit’s east side early Friday morning. The heavy police presence is happening at Gitre Avenue and E. McNichols Road. Highland Park, Detroit and Michigan State police are currently at the scene. Stay with Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit as we share updates on this developing story. More: Local News

DEARBORN, Mich. – A Dearborn family is pleading for answers after an 18-year-old man was killed in September in Highland Park. On Sept. 14, Yaser Boumelham was shot to death on Gerald Street. We’re restless,” Ibrahim Boumelham said. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of $2,500 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers at 800-Speak Up or www.1800speakup.org.

Dearborn Family seeking answers in shooting death of 18-year-old manIf you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.

DEARBORN, Mich. – The family of a Dearborn teenager murdered in Highland Park said they have been the target of threats. Family members of Yaser Boumelham, 18, are fearing for their safety. Boumelham was shot and killed on Sept. 14 in Highland Park. His family said they don’t know why he was on Gerald Street, they don’t know who killed him and they don’t know why he was killed. READ: Woman shot 11 times in 4th Highland Park homicide in 6 weeks, police sayWatch the video above for the full report

Concerned residents have contacted Local 4, questioning why a city that’s less that three square miles is home to 36 marijuana business licenses. Be InformedWhen Michigan’s chief medical executive offered new advice for restaurant customers on Wednesday, it came as a surprise -- especially for restaurant owners. The Drug Enforcement Administration laid out reasons for all of us to participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24. Researchers have discovered much shorter exposures can also spread the virus, especially if those exposures are repeated. Read MoreWednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 -- Friday, Oct. 23, 2020

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – The city of Highland Park has decided to go all in on legal marijuana -- but some people are wondering if the move is too much. Concerned residents have contacted Local 4, questioning why a city that’s less that three square miles is home to 36 marijuana business licenses. On Hamilton Avenue -- where most people see blight -- the Highland Park City Council sees an opportunity for prosperity. The city council recently approved an ordinance that allows Highland park to participate in recreational and medical marijuana businesses. City council president Carlton Clyburn says that the 36 marijuana licenses don’t necessarily mean that 36 marijuana businesses will suddenly flood the town.

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The Best 2021 Private High Schools In MichiganNiche is a website that rates schools across the country on a variety of criteria. In their recent list, they analyzed and came back with a list of the best private high schools in Michigan. Niche Releases A List Of The Best High Schools in MichiganNiche is a website that rates schools across the country on a variety of criteria. In their recent list, they analyzed and came back with a list of the best high schools in Michigan. Niche Rates UofM As Top Public University In The U.S.The website Niche.com has named the University of Michigan the top public university in the U.S.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – A woman was shot 11 times Wednesday in Highland Park, marking the fourth homicide in the city in about six weeks. Highland Park Det. It was dark at the time of the shooting, so nobody saw the person who killed Green, according to officials. There was one homicide in Highland Park in all of 2020 until the last six weeks. “We need the people to help us,” Highland Park police Chief Kevin Coney said.

Woman shot 11 times in Highland Park's fourth homicide in past 6 weeksIf you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – Police are still looking for a gunman wanted in the deadly shooting of a 39-year-old man outside of a Highland Park Coney Island restaurant that occurred in August. “Me and my family have a $10,000 reward,” said the victim’s mother, Deanna Hill. Highland Park police weren’t able to comment on the investigation. It’s unclear why the gunman was with Hill when they got to Highland Park that night in August. Anyone with information related to this case is urged to contact the Highland Park Police Department at 313-852-7338.

New video released in deadly Coney Island shooting in Highland ParkIf you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – Police are investigating a fatal shooting at a Highland Park Coney Island restaurant located in the 17000 block of Hamilton Avenue. According to authorities, the shooting happened at about 7:30 a.m. Friday at Parkside Coney Island restaurant. Sources told Local 4 the gunman is in his mid- to late-20s. He was seen running south toward Hill Avenue wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and tan pants. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Highland Park Police Department at 313-852-7338.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – Police said a case of road rage on the Davison Freeway led to shots being fired. The incident happened around 6:15 p.m. on Thursday on the right shouder of the westbound lanes near Hamilton Avenue. Michigan State Police shut down westbound lanes of the Davison Freeway from I-75 to The Lodge for most of the night to search for evidence. The shooting is still under investigation. READ: More local crime reports

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. Video captured a man trash Azzos Liquor in Highland Park after the store owner claims he was turned away for not wearing a mask Sunday. The surveillance video captures a man in a white shirt holding a bag over his mouth. When he approaches the counter, the owner turns the man away for not wearing a real mask and the man angrily storms out of the store. If youre against wearing a mask, dont take it out on a store. The mask order is still in place for anyone indoors and the fine for not wearing a mask is $500.

WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. A $200,000 two-part donation is set to provide masks to about 25,000 children in Wayne County, Wayne County Commission announced Thursday. The Commission approved the donation from Ballmer Giving LLC of Bellevue, Washington. The other half of the donation will be allocated toward the Save-A-Life Program for convalescent plasma donation as a treatment for COVID-19. This is a wonderful gift and we are very grateful to receive it, Commission Chair Alisha Bell said in a news release. According to the release, Ballmer Giving LLC was created by Steve Ballmer, who is the former Microsoft CEO and current Los Angeles Clipper owner.

A Highland Park family pleads for help catching a killer. If you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.

In our section of Highland Park, it will definitely hurt, he said. Im thinking of the local pizza (parlor) and restaurants where people would normally go to eat. Its going to devastate them because those 15,000 people wont be showing up on those nights when theres a big draw. Those dollars are not going to be there.

Highland Park has arguably the greatest collection of bungalows anywhere in Southeast Michigan. There you can find lots of homes similar to this one on Colorado Streetthough it probably wont be in nearly as good a shape. This charming little home was built all the way back in 1912, according to the listing. The large living room, with its brick fireplace, flows through a wide entryway into the dining roomboth have coffered ceilings. Of course, some will balk at buying a home in Highland Park, which has suffered economically for years.

Detroit (CBS Detroit) The Detroit Public Library has retooled its bookmobile, modernizing it to match the expanded services of their library branches while building on a beloved, 80-year-old program. Now called the Mobile Library, the trailer will roll around Detroit and Highland Park. Were really excited about our brand new Mobile Library, says Detroit Public Librarys Katie Dowgiewicz. You can request a book by phone or online and send it on the Mobile Library, then pick it up once when it gets to your local stop. So we have computer stations on-board, we have laptops, we have WiFi, printers, a gaming system and video consoles.Im the Mobile Library operator, I drive this thing, says Mobile Library Vehicle Operator Jamika Robison.

Highland Park, MI (CBS Detroit) For twenty years now, The Ruth Ellis Center has established a national reputation for quality and innovation in providing trauma-informed services for homeless, runaway and at-risk lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth and young adults of color. The Ruth Ellis Center was incorporated in 1999, explains Pamela Alexander, Deputy Director of The Ruth Ellis Center, and came together through the gathering of LGBT concerned citizens in the community who were challenged with learning about young people who were becoming homeless, because their parents were putting them out.Ruth Ellis Center is named in honor of the life and work of Ruth Ellis, who was respected and loved for her longevity and endurance as one of Detroits oldest and proudest African-American lesbians, the first woman in the City of Detroit to own her own printing company, and for her many years of service to all people in need. The problem was much worse than they realized, continues Alexander, so they created the Ruth Ellis Center in 1999. Its a safe place, know that people love you and they want you to have a good life.Helping a young person find hope, find some sense of a future goal, even if that goal is a week or a month away, adds Jerry Peterson, Executive Director of The Ruth Ellis Center. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

In Grixdale Farms, north of Highland Park and near the State Fairgrounds, a museum-like homeand everything in itis for sale. Called the Lion Gate Estate, its like nothing weve ever seen. The whole estate on West Grixdale Avenue first hit the market in 2018 for $550,000, but has been steadily reducing its asking price. In an ideal world, the new owner will preserve this estate and possibly turn it into a museum (admit it, you want to see this). The automotive artifacts alone would be worth the price of admission.