Cori, a 19-year-old from southwest Detroit, is a Starfish success story. Once afraid of change, she now embraces it as she finishes high school, starts a new job and considers majoring in animal science in college. By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers INKSTER – As if being a teen wasn’t already hard enough, imagine trying to make it on your own without the help of family. Starfish Family Services, which has been helping children and families in southeastern Michigan to create new futures for nearly half a century, recently … [Read more...] about Life among the stars: Local agency helps lead teens away from trouble
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Sheriff’s deputy recovering after being run over by cruiser
By J. PATRICK PEPPER Times-Herald Newspapers INKSTER — A Dearborn Heights man was charged last week with multiple felonies for allegedly running over a Wayne County corporal twice in the officer’s own cruiser. Jeffrey Lamar Jones, 32, faces two counts each of assault with intent to murder; felonious assault; and fleeing and eluding; and one count each of felonious driving; carjacking; resisting and obstructing a police officer causing serious impairment; failure to stop at a personal injury accident; driving with a suspended … [Read more...] about Sheriff’s deputy recovering after being run over by cruiser