87-year-old wins $150K from Powerball after playing same numbers for years
By FOX 2 Staff
GROSSE POINTE SHORES, Mich. (FOX 2) - For years, a Grosse Pointe Shores woman says she has played the same numbers in the Powerball and never won. Until March 27th.
In that day s drawing, Vera Giglio, 87, played her same numbers as always - 06-14-38-39-65 Powerball: 06 - and it finally it. She matched four white balls and the Powerball on that Saturday night drawing resulting in a win of $50,000. However, Giglio also had a Powerplay, which tripled her winnings to $150,000.
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A Grosse Point North High School teacher gave a resignation speech during a school board meeting on Monday after being fed up with how members handled the coronavirus. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
GROSSE POINTE, MI A Grosse Pointe Public Schools teacher reached a breaking point Monday over the district s handling of reopening campuses and publicly resigned from his position with a three-minute speech at a school board meeting.
The speech came while the Grosse Pointe Public Schools Board of Education was discussing implementing new COVID-19 protocols for campuses, according to WDIV-TV.
The board voted 6-1 to approve changing the mandatory quarantine a student must undergo from 14 days to 10 days if he or she comes into contact with someone who has COVID-19. The board also changed the definition of a close contact from 6 feet to 3 feet, the station reported.
Morning Briefing April 28, 2021: Grosse Pointe teacher roasts board of education in impassioned resignation speech, Cedar Point won’t require masks on rides this season
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During a Grosse Pointe Public Schools Board of Education meeting to discuss new coronavirus protocols, a teacher delivered an impassioned resignation speech, calling out board members for “disregarding” educators and their input amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“You tell us after your meetings that you ‘so appreciate and respect us,’ well I cry bull ,” teacher Sean McCarroll said to the board Monday. “You don’t respect us. If you respected us, you’d listen to us. You don’t appreciate us. If you did, you wouldn’t make our jobs literally impossible to do. If you cared, you would pretend that you’re listening, at least.”
Feds: Alleged drug kingpin was backed by Grosse Pointe Park man to build submarine
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Grosse Pointe Park man and an alleged international drug trafficker from Albania worked together to build a submarine with plans to smuggle cocaine across the Atlantic Ocean, according to a federal indictment.
Ylli Didani, 43, was charged this month after his arrest on March 31 in Charlotte, North Carolina, on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, according to the United States Attorney s Office.
According to Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin, Didani and other co-conspirators, including a man from Grosse Pointe Park, planned and financed the distribution of cocaine from several locations, until the Grosse Pointe Park man s death in a plane crash.