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A man is facing a long list of charges after dozens of guns, thousands of bullets, and several grams of crystal meth were found inside an Oakland County home, officials said.

A big bust in a Madison Heights home, as police say neighbors had no idea they were living next to a man with drugs, dozens of guns, and thousands of rounds of ammo.

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After years of legal battles, a condemned Madison Heights building deemed responsible for a toxic chemical spill is getting demolished.

Two drivers got into a road rage dispute overnight while waiting in stop-and-go traffic on a freeway in Oakland County, and it led to shots being fired from a minivan through the other vehicle’s back windshield, police said.

The beautiful weather has people heading to state, metro, and county parks, but those parks are running into a snag when it comes to hiring seasonal staff.

The driver of a yellow Corvette fired a pepper ball gun at a sedan because he was “concerned for his safety” during a road rage incident while the two vehicles were merging at a construction zone in Chesterfield Township, officials said.

Don’t worry, the 24th Cheesecakerie Briarwood Mall location, at 100 Briarwood Cir., is still open and serving slices.

Michigan’s girls high school soccer playoffs kick off in less than a month, and at this point in the season, the field of title contenders is taking shape. Hudsonville Unity Christian and Madison Heights Bishop Foley are among the teams looking to make deep runs in the tournament, and both were recognized for their recent play by moving up to the top spot in their respective divisions, with the Crusaders claiming the No. 1 spot in Division 3 and the Ventures taking their place atop Division 4 in the latest Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association rankings.

In honor of National Boba Day, here’s a list of bubble tea spots in Metro Detroit.

Staff members at Madison High School jumped into action on Tuesday when a driver crashed their vehicle just outside the school, and that vehicle caught fire.

(CBS DETROIT) – Madison Heights Mayor Roslyn Grafstein says although Electro-Plating Services made headlines in December 2019 following a chemical spill on I-696, the business raised concerns in the city for years. The green ooze that was found leaking on the highway is hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen. The public health hazard pushed city council to approve for the site to be demolished. “We have some funding from the state and from the county to help with demolition costs,” Grafstein said. “Because of the nature of the contamination, it’s not just oh, it’s going to be demolished, here’s a recking ball, It all goes to landfill,” Grafstein said.

Demolition for the site will begin tomorrow at the former electro-plating services.

The filing deadline has now come and gone for political offices, and newly redrawn congressional maps in Michigan mean primary elections are going to be packed.

The battle over the toxic green ooze site in Madison Heights is heating up.

There are new questions surrounding the green ooze site along I-696 in Madison Heights.

EAST LANSING, MI-- Kent City is headed back to the MHSAA division 3 state championship final after defeating Madison Heights Bishop Foley 47-30. GAME RECAP: Kent City girls basketball seeks redemption with return to D3 state title gameThe Eagles will take on Ypsilanti Arbor Prep in the division 3 state final. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.comKent City celebrates a 47-30 over Madison Heights Bishop Foley in the MHSAA division 3 girls state semifinals at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan on Thursday, March 17, 2022. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.comKent City celebrates a 47-30 over Madison Heights Bishop Foley in the MHSAA division 3 girls state semifinals at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan on Thursday, March 17, 2022. 1 Ypsilanti Arbor Prep eyes second-ever girls basketball state title after D3 semifinal win over Glen Lake

Winning a district title over Detroit Central a few weeks ago gave the University Liggett School girls basketball team a shot at even more hardware during the postseason with a trip to the regional tournament. The Knights set off to Madison Heights last week for the regional semifinals with an opening matchup against Bishop Foley. Liggett’s slow start on offense […]

WEST BLOOMFIELD - Reese’s first state quarterfinal appearance in program history ended in a loss to Madison Heights Bishop Foley Tuesday night. Bishop Foley’s Venturers held a generous lead from the game’s first minutes. The Lady Rockets rallied in the fourth quarter to come within two points of a state semifinal appearance, but a series of turnovers slowed their comeback and ultimately left them short 55-48. Reese ends their season 20-5, while Bishop Foley will progress to their Division 3 state semifinal against Kent City at Breslin Center in East Lansing on Thursday at 2 p.m.

Get a taste of the Emerald Isle with a traditional boxty, or try a hearty Sheppard’s pie! You can find all of these dishes and more at the Irish Tavern in Madison Heights.

A new bill in Washington looks to add new protections to election workers in the wake of what happened back in 2020. On Friday (March 4), Metro Detroit City Clerks and the NAACP came together to discuss why they believe it’s so necessary.

A new foundation is looking to help Michigan’s firefighters in a way that has not been addressed before now.

Our brief respite from I-75 construction is coming to an end in Metro Detroit, with closures beginning once again in Oakland County this month.

Our brief respite from I-75 construction is coming to an end in Metro Detroit, with closures beginning once again in Oakland County this month.

Steaming bowls of noodles, some nice and spicy, others warm and savory, are the dishes you will find at Noodle Topia in Madison Heights. As you sit down and relax you will see the chef actually hand pulling the noodles while robots deliver your food and drinks.

Michigan’s attorney general issued a warning about price gouging to pharmacies that were charging $50 and $80 for at-home COVID tests that currently retail for under $20, she said.

MDOT says it will move ahead with plans to build an innovative interchange at a busy intersection in Madison Heights.

MDOT says it will move ahead with plans to build an innovative interchange at a busy intersection in Madison Heights.

A Madison Heights city council member is making history. In the city’s 67-year history, Quinn Wright is the first Black city councilor.He was sworn in on December 13, 2021.

Ramp closures are expected this weekend on I-75 and I-696 as crews begin preliminary work ahead of a full-scale rebuild later this winter.

Crews will start preliminary work on portions of I-75 in Madison Heights this weekend as part of the I-75 Modernization project.

Most scores are reported through the Associated Press and the MHSAA. To add your missing score, email japurcell@mlive.com with the results. Stats from the game are accepted too. BOYS BASKETBALL SCORESMadison Heights Bishop Foley 45, Royal Oak 39 (OT)Madison Heights Madison 47, Southfield Arts & Technology 34Warren Fitzgerald 49, Harper Woods 26GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORESDetroit Denby 45, Detroit Osborn 9MOREMetro Detroit high school basketball holiday tournament schedule features Motor City Roundball Classic

Most scores are reported through the Associated Press and the MHSAA. To add your missing score, email japurcell@mlive.com with the results. Detroit U-D Jesuit vs. Detroit Edison Public School Academy, ccd. Salem vs. Ann Arbor Skyline, ccd. Troy Athens vs. Berkley, ccd.

Two men -- one armed with what police called an “AR-15 style pistol” -- tried and failed to steal an SUV early Monday morning in Madison Heights, officials said.

It’s been nearly two years since toxic green ooze was first spotted along I-696 and the work to clean it all up is far from over.

The 11 Mile Road overpass above I-75 in Oakland County is back open after closing in July for construction.

Thousands of people would usually be driving up and down the stretch of I-75 between Square Lake and 8 Mile Roads.

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

Road repairs will close southbound I-75 ramps to both eastbound and westbound I-696 starting this week.

Find ghouls, fire dancers, and music at that this haunted house!

We tried Chick n’ Cone, which is now open at 361 W. 14 Mile Road in Madison Heights. This location is also the first Chick n’ Cone anywhere to have a drive-thru. There are also chocolate, vanilla and caramel waffle crunch milkshakes, chick ‘n tenders and chick ‘n sandwiches. We tried the barbecue chicken waffle cone and the Peri Peri one. The Peri Peri was spicy, but not too spicy and quite flavorful.

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A pharmacy in Madison Heights has been busted for the illegal sale of thousands of controlled substances to people without prescriptions, officials said.

A Madison Heights woman called 911 and reported a fake shooting in the hopes that Troy officers would respond to the more serious crime and not arrest her boyfriend during a traffic stop, authorities said.

At just 15 years old, a Madison Heights teenager received her high school diploma on Monday.

Police said a vehicle was tracked to a home in Madison Heights.

One lane has reopened on northbound I-75 from I-696 to 12 Mile Road in Madison Heights after emergency repairs were done on a sinkhole that damaged the area.

“If you typically travel I-75 in this area southbound, you’re fine, but northbound? I wouldn’t even get on the freeway,” said MDOT's Rob Morosi.

MDOT said they are working to fix the issue and the lanes, but this will be an extensive project.

The Michigan Department of Transportation is holding a press briefing concerning emergency road repairs on I-75 at I-696 in Madison Heights.

Contracting crews will be replacing the northbound I-75 pavement near 11 Mile Road in Madison Heights to repair voids that were discovered on Friday, July 30.

A Troy man is charged after he is accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old baby Thursday morning in Richmond Township.

The northbound lanes of I-75 in southern Oakland County will be closed this weekend for emergency repairs.

Police said he stole the mother's car, leaving his own in her driveway.

Election results for Madison Heights races in the 2021 Michigan Primary Election on Aug. 3, 2021.

The biological father of a 5-week-old girl snuck into a Macomb County home by crawling underneath it and entering through a crawl space so he could kidnap the child, state police said.

As it struggles to emerge from COVID restrictions, Boodles Restaurant in Madison Heights is one of many on 11 Mile Road that have been devastated by the Interstate 75 construction.

MADISON HEIGHTS, MI -- Police have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 29-year-old Detroit woman who was found dead inside a Madison Heights motel room Monday. According to Fox 2 Detroit, the suspect was found hiding behind a dumpster at a gas station near the motel where the woman was found. The suspect has only been identified as a 20-year-old Detroit man and police have not identified the victim publicly. Officers discovered the woman’s body around 5:30 a.m. and determined she was living at the motel with a man. Once police identified the man living at the motel with her, they began a search and eventually found him hiding behind the nearby dumpster.

MADISON HEIGHTS, MI – A Black woman is suing a suburban Detroit restaurant where she used to work because co-workers allegedly put a razor blade in her to-go salad after she complained to managers that they were using racial slurs, The Associated Press reports. In April, after two months of hearing racial slurs and reporting them to managers multiple times, 26-year-old Zenarra James ordered a chicken salad to go at the end of her shift. When she got home and began to eat the salad, she bit into a razor blade. James filed the lawsuit Thursday in Oakland County Circuit Court against the Red Robin in Madison Heights and Farmington Hills-based Ansara Restaurant Group. She is seeking back pay, front pay and other damages in excess of $25,000.

A Black woman is suing a suburban Detroit restaurant where she used to work, saying co-workers put a sharp metal object in her salad after she complained to managers that they frequently used a racial slur in her presence.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently announced two new cities, Madison Heights and Orion Charter Township, designated with the Tree City USA honor. They are now among 124 Michigan communities, nine campuses, one healthcare...

Most scores are reported through the Associated Press and the MHSAA. Emma Bateman scored 17 points for Allen Park. Trenton 42, Gibraltar Carlson 28The Trojans stay undefeated (13-0) and were led by Kayla Everingham’s 14 points while Alayna Mulford added 8 points and 12 rebounds. West Bloomfield 52, Royal Oak 35Kira Vance scored 9 points with 10 rebounds for Royal Oak while teammate Sarah Soraghan had 7 points and 3 assists. Lexi Romesburg also had 6 points for Royal Oak (8-6).

Most scores are reported through the Associated Press. To add your missing score, email japurcell@mlive.com with the results. Stats from the game are accepted too. “Before the game, you could tell that everyone was locked in and ready. We all played for each other and were very unselfish.

(CBS DETROIT) – Karen McDonald, the newly elected Oakland County Prosecutor announcing charges against two individuals involved in sex trafficking in Madison Heights. “My administration is prioritizing the protection of vulnerable individual’s and children.”McDonald says Michigan ranks among the highest in the nation for sex trafficking cases. During a press conference Tuesday she announced the first-ever trafficking unit within the County prosecutor’s office. Corey Haines Madison Heights police Chief says they’re both facing multiple felony charges for trafficking a teenage girl at hotels in the Madison Heights. A message from the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office…The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office is here to help you, not incarcerate you.

LEELANAU COUNTY, MI -- A 15-year-old girl from Madison Heights is recovering at a Traverse City hospital after she was injured in a snowmobiling accident Tuesday afternoon. According to Up North Live, the girl was reported driving the snowmobile and attempted a rapid left turn when she struck a tree and was thrown off the vehicle. Medical personnel responded to the scene around 1:10 p.m. after being called to a property on East Shandy Lane. The girl was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash and investigators say neither drugs nor alcohol appear to have played a role in the accident. The crash remains under investigation.

MADISON HEIGHTS, MI – A police officer received minor injuries when he was allegedly hit by a vehicle driven by a man fleeing from officers. A 31-year-old man is accused of striking the Madison Heights Police officer with a vehicle as he fled from law enforcement, FOX 2 Detroit reports. Around 6 p.m. on Monday, officers responded to a report of a man slumping over the steering wheel of a vehicle, police said. Officers arrived at the scene and identified the subject of the call, a man in a white Chevy Equinox. As they were speaking to him, the man fled and, in the process, struck an officer with the vehicle.

Christopher McKinney is currently being held on $510,000 bond at the Oakland County Jail according to jail records. However, those charges are expected to escalate as the stepfather died four days after the assault as a result of his injuries. McKinney reacted by punching his mother in the face, breaking her nose and then hitting the stepfather multiple times. When officers arrived, they were able to speak with the mother and stepfather who told officers what happened. As police tried to arrest McKinney, he began fighting with and spitting at the officers.

MADISON HEIGHTS, MI -- A trooper with the Michigan State Police arrested a suspected drunken driver Saturday evening after he was clocked going 97 mph while traveling along eastbound I-696. The speed limit in the area where the man was clocked is 70 mph. The trooper also stopped the man for improper lane use of wet roads according to a tweet from the department. After pulling the man over, the trooper determined the man was driving with blood alcohol content of .19. The driver was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated with a high blood alcohol content and driving with a suspended license, second offense.

MADISON HEIGHTS, MI — One man was killed and an FBI agent was wounded after a shooting outside a restaurant in Madison Heights Friday, Oct. 2. According to the FBI’s Detroit office, the shooting occurred around 4:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a Texas Roadhouse in Madison Heights. As of Friday night, the agent who was wounded was in the hospital in good condition. The man killed was identified as Eric Mark-Matthew Allport, officials said. “The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents seriously,” said Steven D’Antuono, special agent in charge of the FBI Detroit field office.

click to enlarge Michigan Department of TransportationGreen liquid oozing from retaining wall along I-696. The owner of a contaminated factory that sent a hazardous, bright green ooze onto I-696 in Madison Heights will be released early from federal prison because of the coronavirus pandemic.Gayer Alfred Sayers, owner of Electro-Plating Services, was supposed to be jailed until Nov. 9, according to the Bureau of Prisons Instead, the 70-year-old will be released from FCI Morgantown, a minimum security detention center in West Virginia, on May 20 to serve house arrest, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office in Detroit.In March, Attorney General William Barr ordered prisons to immediately maximize the release of inmates to home confident to help stem the spread of COVID-19.In November, Sayers was sentenced to a year in prison on a charge of illegally storing hazardous materials at Electro-Plating Services in Madison Heights.Some of the hazardous materials were stored in a dirt hole in the basement, where the chemicals seeped into the ground and eventually found a path onto the freeway. The green slime was groundwater contaminated with cancer-causing hexavalent chromium, which was made famous by Erin Brockovich.The EPA spent about $2 million and nearly a year to clean up the waste, but officials now acknowledge they underestimated how much toxic waste ended up in the ground. The EPA continues to clean up the property.The City of Madison Heights has filed a lawsuit against Gary Sayers in an attempt to require him to pay for the demolition of the building to make the clean-up more effective.

click to enlarge Michigan Department of TransportationGreen liquid oozing from retaining wall along I-696. The owner of a now-shuttered factory that was so contaminated that it sent a hazardous, bright green ooze onto I-696 in Madison Heights reported to federal prison on Friday.Gary Alfred Sayers, 70, was sent to FCI Morgantown, a minimum security detention center in West Virginia, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons . He is scheduled to be released on Nov. 9.In November, Sayers was sentenced to a year in prison on a charge of illegally storing hazardous materials at Electro-Plating Services in Madison Heights.Some of the hazardous materials were stored in a dirt hole in the basement, where the chemicals seeped into the ground and eventually found a path onto the freeway.The green slime was groundwater contaminated with cancer-causing hexavalent chromium, which was featured on the movie Erin Brockovich.The EPA spent about $2 million and nearly a year to clean up the waste, but officials now acknowledge they underestimated how much toxic waste ended up in the ground.Environmental officials, who insist there is no immediate danger to the public, now say they need to demolish the building to fully clean up the contamination.

U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPit in the basement at the factory responsible for toxic ooze on I-696. The toxic, bright green liquid discovered oozing onto I-696 in Madison Heights came from a shuttered factory that environmental officials spent about $2 million and nearly a year to clean up.So how did the green slime, which was groundwater contaminated with cancer-causing hexavalent chromium, end up on a freeway?State and federal regulators are investigating.Heres what we know: Environmental regulators forced Electro-Plating Services to close in 2016 after inspectors discovered hundreds of containers of hazardous waste at the site. The owner, Gary Sayers, was sentenced to one year in federal prison on a charge of illegally storing the waste.Environmental Protection Agency records indicate that much of the hazardous waste was dumped into an overflowing dirt pit. Clean-up crews emptied the pit and filled it with gravel, concluding that the site posed no immediate harm.But now it appears chemicals seeped into the ground beneath the defunct factory before it found a path onto the freeway.State and federal environmental officials continue to insist there's no risk to the public's health. More test results are expected Friday.Photos showing contamination at the factory responsible for the toxic ooze are available here

The Honorable Stephen J. Murphy issued the sentence, having accepted each of their pleas of guilty to a federal hazardous waste storage felony on Feb. 14, 2019. After these chemicals no longer served their intended purpose, they became hazardous wastes, which required handling in compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Ultimately, the EPAs Superfund program spent $1,449,963.94 to clean up and dispose of the hazardous wastes. Starting in 1996, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) repeatedly sent him warnings about his illegal handling of hazardous waste. In January 2017, the EPA initiated a Superfund removal action, after determining that nature and threats posed by the stored hazardous waste required a time-critical response.

Madison Heights is one of few municipalities with 'No Hit Zone' resolutions aimed at preventing hitting and spanking of kids in public places. How the No Hit Zone worksIn Madison Heights, the official resolutions states in the No Hit Zone, No adult shall hit another adult, no adult shall hit a child, no child shall hit an adult, and no child shall hit another child.The city is placing No Hit Zone signs in city-owned spaces with information about the resolution. The No Hit Zone messageA similar resolution was presented in Sacramento, California, Soltis says, but it was not passed. Soltis says No Hit Zone designations are most often found in hospitals. As of this posts original publication, he says he doesnt know of any other Michigan organizations trying to officially designate themselves as a No Hit Zone.