April 10, 2012 ABC 12 news is reporting that five dogs were taken from a Flint home after police were tipped off about a dog fighting ring. Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said a 14 year old boy may have been the leader of this operation. The suspected youth has been questioned, but has not been charged as the investigation is on going.
April 4, 2012 An 11 year veteran of the Michigan State Police was shot outside Brothers Food Store in Flint at 12:30 this morning. Police were responding to a report of a fight in front of the store located on Saginaw and Stewart Avenue.
April 3, 2012 Say what? It certainly does not feel that way to me or my wallet!
AAA is reporting that gas prices in Flint are some of the lowest in the state. I drive from Fenton into Flint everyday and prices in the last two weeks have ranged from $4.09 a gallon to $3.80. Prices always seem to be higher in Fenton, which totally ticks me off.
March 30, 2012 Never a dull moment in Flint, Michigan that is for sure. MLive is reporting that officers found wires and batteries connected inside of a coffee container during a recent traffic stop. Also inside of the container were traces of a white substance. This was found when police pulled over a van being driven by a 43 year old unidentified male. The suspect did eventually tell authorities the the materials were for a bomb.
On December 30th, 1936 the workers of Flint, Michigan forever changed the way Americans worked. Using the power of the people, Flint stood up to the police, the National Guard, and GM and Flint won. It's easy to take what we have for granted, but take the time to be grateful and appreciative of those that came before us.
July 29, 2011 Flint, Michigan has many problems including the ever-increasing violence and dwindling job market. Perhaps the biggest of all the problems are the buck-nasty road conditions that we deal with on a day to day basis
I'm sad I didn't live in Flint when Burt Reynolds was in his prime, because apparently The Master Of The Mustache used to buy his trucks from the First Lady of Flint, Patsy Lou.
There is not shortage of crime in Flint. In fact, the city is so violent, it's reached Gotham City status. And we may not have Batman but now we have Bee Sting, Venge and Seraph, The Michigan Protectors. Yeah, I'm serious.
Considering all the cuts that have been made in the city of Flint, it's amazing that police are still even functioning. But there are some brave souls protecting our city. Check out their story.
You might not know that Flint was once a prospering metropolis. But it was. And you might not know that prospering metropolis was almost wiped off the face of the earth when an F5 tornado touched down in 1953.
Big John's is Flint. The smell of the cooking steak and onions and the taste of the red sauce have been a part of the community since 1973 and earlier this week, the man behind the meat(and mustache) passed away.
May 3, 2011 Everybody knows that crime is out of control in Flint, today you can do something about it by voting to re-open the city jail. This seems like a no-brainer with murder rates soaring but some people will tell you this is a bad idea...I am not one of those people.
