Radio news anchor killed, 4 others injured in Chesterfield Township
Jim Matthews, whose legal name was Jim Nicolai, was found murdered in his Chesterfield Township condo Friday. His 35-year-old girlfriend and mother of his two young children were in the home along with their ten-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter.
Gov. Whitmer says Michigan wonโt move to phase 5 of reopening plan this week
Gretchen Whitmer confirmed to Local 4 that the rest of the state wonโt be moving to phase five of her coronavirus (COVID-19) reopening plan this week. Click here to read about what it takes to get to phase five of the reopening plan. โMy hope was to do it this week, (but) weโre not going to do it this week,โ Whitmer told WWJ Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick. Six of the stateโs eight regions -- divided up in Whitmerโs reopening plan -- are in phase four, or โImproving.โ Only the Upper Peninsula and the Traverse City Region are in phase five. Michigan hasnโt yet seen spikes as a result of reopening, though there have been some isolated outbreaks, such as 18 people who tested positive after visiting a bar in East Lansing.