DNA may help in 1978 cold case, Shirkey censured by Hillsdale Republicans: Jackson headlines Feb. 6-11
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
Sgt. Christian Grow, a combat medic with the Michigan Army National Guard, gives a vaccine during a drive through COVID-19 vaccination clinic put on by the Jackson County Health Department at a Jackson County Road Commission garage on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. The drive through allows people to get the vaccine while still staying in their vehicles. The heated garage is easier on the workers.J. Scott Park | MLive.com
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JACKSON, MI – A DNA test may help police solve the mystery of a homicide that occurred 43 years ago and remains unsolved.
Man threatens family member with shotgun, refuses to leave Jackson home, police say
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 01, 2021
An armed man refused to leave his house after threatening a family member Jan. 31, 2021.Nikos Frazier
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JACKSON, MI – An armed man threatened a family member and refused to exit his home Sunday night in Jackson.
Jackson police responded just after 8 p.m., Jan. 31, to a home in the 400 block of E. Prospect Street, where a 54-year-old man had threatened a family member with a short barrel shotgun, Jackson Police and Fire Services Director Elmer Hitt said.
The man refused to leave the home, but police were able to get everyone else outside, Hitt said.
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2020 was rough for everyone. Especially if you own a business. If you were able to stay open and to make it to the end of the year, that s a blessing.
Chances are you were like the rest of us. Looking forward to the end of the year and the start of 2021. A fresh start and hopefully the beginning of a better year.
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But what happens when ON NEW YEAR S DAY you find out that someone tried to turn your business into a drive through?
Family loses everything in Christmas Day fire, new stores coming to Jackson mall: Jackson top headlines Dec 26-31
Updated Jan 01, 2021;
Posted Jan 01, 2021
A fire broke out Christmas evening, 2020, in a home on Hutchison Road in Concord Township, destroying the home and leaving Kara Brown and her four children with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Images courtesy Karissa Siegrist.
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Christmas Day started with presents and sweets, but the festivities would not last.
Five new businesses are coming to the Jackson Crossing Mall.
The former Sears will be converted into five new storefronts, said Patrick Vassar Director of Underwriting for Ignite Funding. Ignite Funding is based in Las Vegas and has developments in 28 states, Vassar said. They chose Jackson because there was a lot of potential for the site.