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The Oakland County Sheriff's Office has intensified its efforts to locate Lacie Nicole Santia, 38, an Independence Township woman reported missing since Saturday morning; authorities are urging the community to assist in the ongoing search. Describing her as 5-foot-6 and 130 pounds, with dark brown hair and dark eyes, the Sheriff's Office is sharing key details of Santia's appearance, stating she was last seen clad in black yoga pants and a black athletic shirt, as reported by The Detroit News.

Authorities in Farmington Hills, Michigan, are requesting assistance from the public in the search for Carle Penny, a 16-year-old girl who has gone missing. As reported by ClickOnDetroit, Penny was last seen at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday near the intersection of Grand River Avenue and 8 Mile Road.

A man is currently in a critical condition after discharging a firearm at a hospital worker, then turning the gun on himself, in a disturbing incident at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit on Saturday night. According to The Detroit News, at approximately 10:25 p.m., the man fired at a male employee who managed to swiftly retreat without injury, amid the chaos that followed.

The NFL Draft's pomp and circumstance in Detroit has wrapped up, but the materials that once formed the grand stage for announcing the league's newest players have found a new purpose; portions of the astro turf, sturdy fencing, and solid set pieces are being donated to local nonprofits, including the Detroit Dog Rescue (DDR). The repurposed elements will aid in constructing a free and low-cost spay and neuter clinic, aimed at bettering animal welfare on Detroit's east side, Kristina Rinaldi, executive director of DDR expressed her enthusiasm on Facebook, "That’s right, the same materials you see on TV will be coming to help the dogs," as per the Detroit News.

A Lansing woman has entered a guilty plea to a federal firearms charge after her toddler's grim fatal shooting last year. Emma Huver, 26, admitted to being a felon in possession of a weapon during the tragic incident that killed her 2-year-old son, The Detroit News reported.

A standoff on Detroit's west side came to a grim conclusion as a gunman, barricaded inside a home after injuring another in a shooting, was found dead, local authorities confirmed.

Motorheads and peace-seekers in Michigan could be heading towards a showdown as lawmakers target the raucous rumbles of modified vehicle exhausts. State Rep. Natalie Price, D-Berkley, took the legislative wheel last week with House Bill 5696, a move designed to amplify penalties, in step with Michigan residents' complaints about the deafening disruptions along the famed Woodward Avenue cruising strip, according to ClickOnDetroit.

It's the end of an era for Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights, as the 47-year-old shopping center is slated to permanently shut its doors on July 1, 2024. The suburban Detroit mall, a longstanding hub for Macomb County residents, will undergo a massive $1 billion redevelopment, transforming it into a new urban neighborhood replete with homes, parks, offices, and other public spaces. According to

In this article we examine changes in the diversification of individual investors' portfolios in response to two extreme events, the 2008 Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis is based on a long-standing asset allocation survey performed by the American Association of Individual Investors. The results show that this group of individual investors significantly changed their allocations to stocks, bonds, and cash before the crisis, and those changes resulted in a more diversified portfolio during the 2008 crisis. To the contrary, to weather the pandemic, investors did not change their portfolios in any significant way, and held a less diversified portfolio than the one they held during the financial crisis.

Violence erupted at a Detroit park last night leaving four injured, including two children and a pregnant teen in a shooting that escalated from a fight between two women, authorities said. The incident, which occurred at Stein Park on the city's west side, drew a large police response after a ShotSpotter alert. Detroit Police Chief James White reported that two female teenagers, one of whom was pregnant, and two young children were the unintended victims of the gunfire, as reported by The Detroit News.