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City of Detroit hosts job fairs this week
The City of Detroit is hosting two job fairs this week to fill up to 200 available positions. Most of the jobs involve outdoor work in the city's General Services Department, including:Vehicle Operato...
Feb 22, 2016
Women’s business start up conference comes to Troy
Are you a woman who owns or would like to own her own business? A conference this week at Troy's Walsh College may help you start or improve your enterprise. Registration is now open at www.walshcolle...
Feb 22, 2016
Jury selection begins for Plymouth teen who plotted her family’s death
Jury selection is slated to begin for the trial of a Plymouth Township teen who is charged as an adult with plotting to kill her family. Prosecutors say Roksana Sikorski stabbed her 12-year-old brothe...
Feb 22, 2016
Taxi driver shot on Detroit’s west side
A cab driver was found shot to death in a minivan on Detroit’s west side. Police said someone called them to report finding the victim, a man in his 30s, slumped over the wheel of an A & A T...
Feb 22, 2016
City of Taylor shooting: one man dead and another hurt
One man is dead and another one hurt following a shooting in Taylor. WJR’s Chris Renwick has more:https://www.wjr.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/02/MP3_BC-.wav-Carts-TAYLOR-SHOOTING-RENWI...
Feb 22, 2016
Carbon monoxide causes Fenton family members’ deaths
Carbon monoxide is the cause for the death of a family of six whose bodies were found Sunday in a Fenton Township home. Police say the bodies of the two adults, Len and Heather Quasarano, and their fo...
Feb 22, 2016
More details emerge and victims identified in Kalamazoo shooting
Michigan State Police said the first shooting was reported at 5:42 p.m., after a woman was shot multiple times in an apartment complex parking lot. Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeffrey Getting said the...
Feb 21, 2016
Snowden willing to come back to U.S. if guaranteed fair trial
Via Skype from Russia, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden addressed an audience of supporters in New Hampshire. Correspondent Barbara Kusak has details: https://www.wjr.com/wp-c...
Feb 21, 2016
Tropical cyclone hits and devastates Fiji
The International Federation of the Red Cross said on Sunday that five people were killed in Fiji when Tropical Cyclone Winston struck the island nation.The storm was the most powerful on record in th...
Feb 21, 2016
Internet rights group protests against FBI
Protesters plan to lash out at the FBI by demonstrating outside Apple stores. Correspondent Barbara Kusak has details: https://www.wjr.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/02/MP3_BC-.mp3-Westwood-New...
Feb 21, 2016
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April 3, 2026 ~ Dave Beachnau, CEO of the Detroit Local Organizing Committee for the 2027 NCAA Men’s Final Four, joins Kevin Dietz live from Indy to talk about Detroit’s preparations, the economic and cultural impact of hosting the Final Four, and what fans can expect when the event comes to downtown Detroit.
April 3, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Jamie Edmonds talk with Tony Paul, a Detroit News reporter, about the Detroit Tigers’ upcoming season. They also discuss Tony’s top baseball movie character.
April 3, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Jamie Edmonds speak with Walker Hosley, a regional manager at Groundworks, about how winter weather affects home foundations and what to look for.
