West side Detroiters say lagging US mail service has been hit or miss
By Randy Wimbley and David Komer online producer
Published It’s terrible how they’re doing us, said Martina Johnson.
West side Detroit neighborhoods complain about spotty US mail service
Short-staffing may be to blame for spotty mail delivery in some Detroit neighborhoods.
Johnson says it’s been hit or miss for her. We haven’t got our mail in two weeks, she said.
Johnson lives in the Warrendale area on Detroit’s west side and went to her post office on Joy Road near the Southfield freeway this weekend to pick up her mail and file a complaint.
NORRISTOWN â A Plymouth Township man faces a trial on charges he illegally purchased guns for a multi-county gun trafficking network.
Quinn OâDonnell Whisted, 22, of the 3000 block of Runnymede Drive, was ordered to stand trial, after a preliminary hearing before District Court Judge Edward C. Kropp Sr., on charges including corrupt organizations, conspiracy, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, unlawful transfer of a firearm, criminal use of communications facilities and false statements in connection with a gun trafficking organization that allegedly relied heavily on so-called âstraw purchaseâ schemes.
Whisted, who remains in the county jail, will face a formal arraignment on the charges in county court in May, after which a judge will scheduled a trial date.
Detroit man, 71, shot in party store parking lot
Detroit A 71-year-old man who was shot Tuesday morning in a party store parking lot on Detroit s west side was able to drive himself home and call 911, police said.
The shooting took place about 12:35 a.m. on the 15400 block of Joy Road, said Janae Gordon, a Detroit Police Department spokeswoman. That s just east of Greenfield.
Police say the victim was approached on foot by another man, who pulled out a gun and shot him, then fled on foot.
Detroit police do not immediately have a description of that man.
The victim got back in his vehicle and drove himself home before calling 911 for help. Medics transported him to a hospital, and he s listed in temporary serious condition.
March 8, 2021
George Walter Norwood of Millsboro was born April 2, 1928, to the late Arthur Hill Norwood and Annie Jane (Street) Norwood in Harbeson. He was the longest survivor of his 11 siblings. On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, George slipped away peacefully for eternity at Beebe Healthcare Lewes at the age of 92.
He completed the eighth grade at the Hollyville Elementary School in Harbeson and later in life went back to school to obtain his GED.
George was a proud veteran, drafted during the Korean War in the 599th Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army, later serving in the Reserves with an honorable discharge Sept. 7, 1956. As a child, he farmed on the homestead, and as an adult continued to help his brothers with their operations while maintaining his own farm. He built a career in the poultry industry and retired as a U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector in 1991 from Townsends Poultry Plant.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. The Ohio River continued rising Thursday, reaching the Evansville flood stage of 42 feet a day earlier than expected, covering low-lying areas and closing many area roads.
Just above Henderson, the river had reached 36.78 feet by early Thursday afternoon, causing the Henderson County Road Department to close and barricade a dozen roads.
Nearly as many roads were closed as of midday Thursday in Vanderburgh County.
In Warrick and Posey counties, the river was already well above flood levels. At noon Thursday, it was over 45 feet at the Newburgh Dam seven feet over flood stage. It was just over 40 feet at Mount Vernon, which is five feet above flood stage there.