RANDOLPH STREET

JACKSON, MI -- Flames and smoke damaged at least five buildings in Jackson Wednesday night, officials said. At about 6 p.m. Dec. 15, the Jackson Fire Department was dispatched to the 400 block of Randolph Street for a three-alarm fire, Jackson Assistant Fire Chief Tim Gonzales said. While the fire remains under investigation, officials believe it may have started from a stove fire on the first floor, Gonzales said. The fire reached the home’s gas meter, causing the further spread of the flames, Gonzales said. More from the Jackson Citizen Patriot:5th grader and father face charges for threatening girl’s classmate, police say‘Wind-driven’ fire destroys home in Jackson, officials sayInjured woman found walking near downtown Jackson, police sayJackson man in critical condition after gunshot to the head, police say

JACKSON, MI – Changes are coming to Randolph Street through Cascade Falls Park to help set traffic further back from the park and reduce the amount of streets the city of Jackson maintains there. The street also is being resurfaced, and intersections at High and Brown streets are being realigned. The Randolph Street project is being paid for by increasing a contract with Bailey Excavating Inc. This Randolph Street project will add an additional $486,622 to the contract. Related: Kibby Road construction begins, now closed to through trafficPlans also are in the works to continue this work along Brown Street and Denton Road, city officials said.

A 25-year-old man was shot overnight after an argument in Downtown Detroit, police said.

Police said three people -- two 18-year-olds and one 25-year-old -- were shot early Saturday morning in Downtown Detroit.

INDIANAPOLIS – Four people, including a 7-year-old child, were allegedly murdered in Indianapolis following a heated argument over a stimulus check. Detectives later learned that Halfacre allegedly fled the residence in a 2012 Chevrolet Impala, taking his six-month old daughter, Malia Halfacre, with him. When she refused, Halfacre allegedly returned to the homes and shot Jeanettrius’ daughter, brother, mother and cousin, the TV station reported. “He shot Daquan first. My Auntie Tomeeka said, ‘Malik!’ and he shot her again,” Wendy Johnson, a cousin who heard Jeanettrius’ account of the murders told the TV station.

UPDATE: Man dies after shooting in Jackson; woman arrestedJACKSON, MI – A person was shot multiple times in Jackson on Tuesday morning, police confirmed. Officers responded around 8:10 a.m., Feb.16, to Randolph Street, near S. Brown Street for a shooting victim, Jackson County Undersheriff Chris Simpson said. A suspect is already in custody, Simpson said. The crime scene is still active as police investigate and people are asked to stay away, Simpson said. Read more from MLive:What’s closed in Jackson County Tuesday after overnight snow stormAlbion College launches partnership with WMU medical schoolSnowstorm update: How much fell, how much left to fall

DETROIT A 21-year-old Eastpointe man was shot in Downtown Detroit as protests against police brutality ensued on Friday. It was previously reported early Saturday morning that a 21-year-old male victim was shot after an unknown suspect fired shots into a crowd from a Dodge Durango amid the protests. Police say all three occupants fled the vehicle but the 21-year-old victim was shot at some point. Detroit Police Chief James Craig says there is no indication that the shooting was related to the protests. Protestors March Against Police Brutality was held in Downtown Detroit on Friday following the recent death George Floyd -- a black man from Minneapolis that was killed in a police altercation on Memorial Day.