On- and off-duty emergency responders were able to revive an apparently overdosing Speedway gas station customer in Lyon Township this week.
According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy was at the Speedway station at the corner of Pontiac Trail and Nine Mile Road, at about 1:35 p.m. Tuesday when another customer reported that a man was turning blue on the floor.
The deputy found an off-duty Southfield firefighter trying to administer CPR to the victim, a 35-year-old man from Brighton Township.
The deputy administered two doses of naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote. Lyon Township firefighters arrived and asked deputies to deliver a third dose.
Lorain County is on solid ground for road salt supply levels and local officials do not anticipate any shortages for the winter season.
Assistant Lorain County Engineer Bob Klaiber said he doesnât see any supply problems in the near future. Lorain County entered the winter season with about 6,000 tons of salt on hand and are contracted for an additional 10,000 tons to take them through the winter.
According to the Ohio Department of Transportation District 3, Lorain County has used 3,086 tons so far this season which is slightly above the average range of 2,000.
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âDecember weather can fluctuate so much depending on the year, some years we barely see snow and therefore there is very little salt use,â said Crystal Neelon, public information officer for ODOT District 3. This year we have already had a couple of big storms which increased our usage, but has not caused any supply issues.
December 30, 2020 By Jessica Mathews/News@whmi.com
As anticipated, legislation sponsored by a local lawmaker that would limit emergency orders issued by the state Department of Health and Human Services has been vetoed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Republican State Senator Lana Theis of Brighton Township sponsored SB 1253. It would have amended the Public Health Code to create a 28-day limit on emergency orders issued to control an epidemic - unless a request from the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to extend the order was approved by resolution of both houses of the Legislature.
Theis earlier said her bill will ensure the people have a say in the matter, stating âUnelected and unaccountable DHHS bureaucrats should not be able to issue freedom-restricting emergency orders that disrupt lives and threaten livelihoods in perpetuity.â
December 21, 2020 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
A local lawmakerâs bill aims to provide better protections for victims of domestic violence and assault.
Senate Bill 75, sponsored by State Senator Lana Theis of Brighton Township, was finalized by the Michigan Senate, Friday. The bill creates an address confidentiality program that helps protect victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking from their attackers.
Participants in the program would be allowed to have their designated address printed on official State of Michigan identification cards, keeping their real physical address secret from those wishing to do them harm. Their locations would additionally be made confidential in the stateâs Qualified Voter File system and participants would be exempt from jury duty. Children, under the law, would also be afforded the same address confidentiality if they are at risk of being threatened, of physical har
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