News across Livingston County

Special Weather Statement Issued 5:52AM for Washtenaw County, MI
A Special Weather Statement is in effect for Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, and Wayne as a plume of locally dense fog impacts southeast Michigan this morning, causing hazardous visibility reductions to a quarter mile or less; drivers should exercise…

LETTER: Support your local library and the 1st Amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” (1st…

Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth.
Rogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory.

Why every Michigan fan was posting about Tommy Carr
By Alicia Urbain If you were anywhere near Michigan football social media on Saturday, you probably saw it. Tommy Carr’s first college touchdown. Then you saw it again. And again. And again. Thousands of Michigan fans posted it, reposted it, celebrated it and shared the moment.…

LETTER: We need to elect leaders who will denounce chaos, restore integrity
“Fear is the tool of the tyrant” – Maureen Comey, federal prosecutor fired by the Justice Department in July 2025 Abdul El-Sayed is not a democratic socialist and does not intend to replace capitalism with socialism. He alone as a junior senator will not have such power and…

GUEST COLUMN: PACS Funding Nearly 95 Percent of Ann Bollin’s Campaign
State Rep. Ann Bollin, R-Brighton Township, is raking in tens of thousands of dollars for her re-election campaign from corporate and other political action committees, but has received only a handful of contributions from the people she is supposed to represent, campaign finance…

Local paper produces amazing record of September 11 and its aftermath
It’s often difficult when considering past work to determine whether your memory is too critical or too kind. But looking back at the sustained coverage provided to Livingston County after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 was eye opening: The work done by the staff of the…

Pointes hit hard by late-summer storm
Storms that rolled through the Grosse Pointes late Wednesday, Sept. 2, were just a preview of what was to come the next day. More than 3 million people in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston and Washtenaw counties faced a threat of tornadoes the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 3,…