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Flint State Trooper Serving In Afghanistan Wounded

Fantone — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:28:04 +0000

A Michigan State Trooper of the Flint post was recently injured as he served with the U.S. Army Reserve in Afghanistan. Check out the details of Henderson native and American hero, Sgt. Platt Weinrick. Sgt. Platt Weinrick of the Michigan State Troopers and Henderson, Michigan was helping train Afghanistan police when his base was attacked [...]

Flint Soldier and American Hero Joseph Lilly Killed In Action

Fantone — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:50:41 +0000

U.S. Army Sgt. Joesph Lilly, 25, of Flint, paid the ultimate price for his country. Lilly was killed on June 14th, in his first tour of Afghanistan, when his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device. It’s always awful to hear about a fallen soldier, but it can’t be surprising. These brave men and [...]

Local Hero And Wounded Soldier Travis Mills Expected To Return Home Soon

Fantone — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:03:59 +0000

I don’t know where to start this article, because anything I write won’t be tribute enough to Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills of Vassar, Michigan. Sgt. Mills was wounded in Afghanistan and his family is eagerly awaiting his return. As a nation we’ll never be able to give back enough when it comes to [...]

Saving Abel 'Miss America Video'

Tony LaBrie — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:35:01 +0000

This is a great salute to the troops video from Saving Abel. Count how many times you see a Machine Shop shirt in the video. If you get it right, you get to come up to the radio station and get to kick Fantone in the junk.