ATF agents seize drugs, guns, cash during Dearborn Heights raid
January 13th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) made a large find during a raid in Dearborn Heights. According to court reports, agents made their way into the home of 25-year-old Demarious Cockream on Jan. 7, where he was detained while they conducted a search of the property. During...How to watch Dearborn’s inauguration ceremony, Jan. 15 at 1 p.m.
DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn announced it will be virtually hosting the 2022 Inauguration Ceremony on Saturday, Jan.15 at 1 p.m, to ensure public health and safety amid rising community spread of COVID-19. The event will include the swearing in of the mayor, City Council, city clerk and Charter Commission. Those interested in...
Dearborn police arrest suspect for larceny and attempt to steal vehicles
January 12th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department has announced the arrest of a suspect caught breaking into vehicles and even trying to steal one. During the early morning hours of Jan. 12, the police responded to a resident call from the 7900 block of Coleman Street. The caller reported a male subject attempting to open vehicle...
Arab American-owned gun shop to provide gun locks for free for the rest of the year
January 12th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A local, Arab American-owned gun shop has committed to offering free gun safety locks to residents for the rest of the year. Point Blank Firearms in Dearborn Heights is partnering with the Dearborn Heights Police Department for this initiative. The store celebrated its grand opening in July. Owners Ramy...
Clean Water Action canvassers to go door-to-door
January 12th, 20220 DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn is notifying residents that Clean Water Action (CWA) canvassers are planning on going door-to-door throughout the city. CWA is a national environmental organization with the mission of, “working for clean and safe water, waste prevention and funding for enforcement of environmental...
Career fair speakers needed for Edsel Ford and Dearborn High
January 12th, 20220 DEARBORN — Edsel Ford and Dearborn High schools are looking for career fair speakers to speak with teens about different jobs and businesses. Edsel Ford will be hosting a Career Day on Feb. 10 at the high school and Dearborn High’s will be on Feb. 24. Speakers are needed from a broad variety of careers to give students an...
Schools to follow new CDC guidelines of reduced isolation time to five days
January 12th, 20220 LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is now following the CDC in reducing isolation time for those with COVID. The isolation time is being changed from 10 days to five days for anyone who tests positive but isn’t showing symptoms. This means anyone who tests positive, but sees no symptoms or sees...
Local year in review: Despite COVID, deaths and floods, Arab Americans make history
January 9th, 20220 COVID-19 and deaths continued to besiege local communities in addition to the floods that devastated many residents in Southeast Michigan and in particular those who live in Wayne County — especially in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, where more than 12,000 homes in Dearborn alone were damaged by the flood. Despite deaths, COVID and...
Beaumont, Henry Ford report large number of staff out due to COVID-19 as cases surge
January 9th, 20220 DEARBORN — The current COVID-19 surge is taking a huge toll on both Beaumont and Henry Ford Health Systems throughout Metro Detroit. The surge in cases is the highest ever, with more than 12,000 cases reported per day on average. Henry Ford Health Systems said it has had nearly 700 employees test positive in the last week, which...
D7 to go virtual, Crestwood and Dearborn remain in person for now
January 9th, 20220 DEARBORN/HEIGHTS — With COVID cases on the rise, local school districts have had to face whether or not to return to virtual learning again. Dearborn Heights’ District 7 (D7) school district has decided to return to virtual learning beginning Monday, Jan. 10 until Friday, Jan. 21 due to the “increase and significant uptick in...
New COVID-19 variant found in France, countries are documenting cases of “flurona”
January 9th, 20220 WASHINGTON D.C. — As omicron surges and COVID-19 cases and deaths are on the rise, a new variant was located in France and some countries are documenting cases of “flurona.” The new COVID-19 variant was named IHU and has infected 12 people living near Marseilles in southern France. Health officials have found IHU has 46...
Nessel outlines potential punishments for making school threats
January 6th, 20220 LANSING — Attorney General Dana Nessel has issued a video highlighting the seriousness of making threats against schools. The video will be distributed by the Michigan Department of Education and is in response to the numerous students charged for making threats following the deadly Oxford School shootings on Nov. 30 that killed...
Dearborn Heights mayor encourages residents to stay safe during winter weather
January 5th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - With the winter season finally making its appearance, Mayor Bill Bazzi is encouraging residents to take extra caution. “We hope everyone takes the appropriate cautions and exercises some good common sense,” Bazzi said. “So far, we have been fortunate with only limited snowfall and only a couple of spells of...
Dearborn’s Mayor Abdullah Hammoud appoints “historically diverse” executive team
January 5th, 20220 DEARBORN — Residents of Dearborn now have a deeper view of the city's much-anticipated new administration, with the city's new mayor announcing the names of his executive team. Mayor Hammoud announced the executive team on Wednesday, including directors of key municipal departments and offices. The new leadership team will helm a...
Hamtramck schools extend virtual learning through COVID surge
January 5th, 20220 HAMTRAMCK — The Hamtramck Public Schools District announced this week its schools will be continuing virtual learning for all students until Jan. 14, amid a COVID-19 surge in the region. HPS originally scheduled virtual learning for students upon the week following the district’s holiday break, Jan. 3 – 7, but is now......
Rashida Tlaib to run for newly-drawn 12th District, including Dearborn and Dearborn Heights; Brenda Lawrence to retire from Congress
January 4th, 20220 DEARBORN — U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) has officially announced she will be running for the newly drawn 12th Congressional District covering Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and surrounding cities, and Southfield, in this year's election. This mean the neighboring 13th Congressional District, covering Detroit, Hamtramck and...
A new era for Dearborn: Mayor Abdullah Hammoud’s first day in office
January 4th, 20220 DEARBORN — Abdullah Hammoud, Dearborn’s newly elected mayor, began his duties on Monday, Jan. 3 at the Dearborn Administrative Center. Hammoud is the first Arab American mayor of the large and historic city, home to the Ford Motor Company headquarters, with a population of close to 110,000. His election made international...
Whitmer calls for special election to fill Abdullah Hammoud’s MI House seat
January 4th, 20220 LANSING — Governor Whitmer announced Monday that she has sent a letter to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson calling for a special election to fill a vacant seat in the Michigan House of Representatives. The vacancy is caused by the election of Representative Abdullah Hammoud, who previously represented the 15th House District, as...
Hamtramck’s all-Muslim elected government is sworn in during historic inauguration
January 4th, 20220 HAMTRAMCK — New members of Hamtramck’s first all-Muslim City Council and its first Muslim Arab American mayor, Amer Ghalib, were sworn in on Sunday, Jan. 2 Judge Alexis Krot swore in Ghalib and new Council members Khalil Al-Refai, Amanda Jaczkowski and Adam Albarmaki. They joined current Councilmen Mohammed Hassan and Mohammed......
Dearborn’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic is moving
January 4th, 20220 DEARBORN — After nearly a year of being housed at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, the COVID-19 vaccine clinic is moving. Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 4, the vaccine clinic will be held at the Dearborn Ice Skating Center (DISC). The clinic will be open for vaccinations and boosters Monday through Saturday from 12 p.m....
Community mourns passing of longtime local teachers union president John McDonald
January 1st, 20220 The passing of a longtime local teachers union president and college professor is being mourned by many in the Dearborn community. John McDonald served as the president of the Henry Ford College (HFC) Federation of Teachers, Local 1650 for an unprecedented 43 years and was a faculty member at HFC for nearly 53 years. McDonald also......
Redistricting Commission adopts final maps, offering possibilities for Arab American enclaves
December 29th, 20210 The state’s citizen-led, bipartisan Redistricting Commission has adopted its final versions of political maps by the expected timeline. Although experts are now anticipating legal challenges to the maps, residents at least get a good glimpse into how they could be represented in state House and Senate seats as well as the important...
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell receives profanity-filled, threatening voicemail, says it’s not the first one
December 28th, 20210 DEARBORN — In a recent interview with CNN, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) shared a threatening, profanity-filled voicemail she received. In the voicemail the caller calls her a series of names before telling her he hopes her family dies in front of her. “You f***ing old, senile b*tch, you’re as old and ugly as......
