Detroit Tigers threw their first combined no-hitter
Matt Manning, Jason Foley, and Alex Lange combined forces during the game on July 8 against the Toronto Blue Jays to听. Matt Manning pitched the first 6 2/3 innings, reliever Jason Foley got four straight outs after Manning was pulled, and Alex Lange closed the game out in the 9th inning.听The Tigers were error-free in the game, which they won 2-0.
Drake unfazed by $230,000 fine for Little Caesar鈥檚 Arena performance
顿谤补办别听听Little Caesar鈥檚 Arena during his show on Saturday, July 8. The chart-topping rapper told the crowd, 鈥淚t鈥檚 $10,000 a minute to stay in this building past curfew, I don鈥檛 give a f鈥-. We鈥檙e doing this whole song; let鈥檚 go.鈥 The show allegedly went 23 minutes past curfew, which amounts to a $230,000 fine. He performed again at LCA the following evening.
Child marriage is officially illegal in Michigan
New legislation signed by Gov. Whitmer last Tuesday听and eliminates the 鈥渁uthority of guardians and parents to consent to a minor鈥檚 marriage.鈥 It also removes a provision that minors are emancipated if they are married. Previously, Michigan allowed for 16- and 17-year-olds to marry, with written consent of a parent or guardian.
Actor Hill Harper to run for Michigan鈥檚 open U.S. Senate seat
Hill Harper, who is best known for his roles on听CSI: NY听补苍诲听The Good Doctor, announced a week ago that听听for the vacant seat left by Debbie Stabenow, who is retiring this year. Harper, who owns a home in Detroit, served on former President Barack Obama鈥檚 cancer panel in 2012 and describes himself as a 鈥渟mall-business owner, a union member and an activist.鈥
Detroit police commissioner busted with a sex worker resigns
last Thursday afternoon听in the wake of an incident the day before that he called 鈥渁 big misunderstanding.鈥 Ferguson was cited last Wednesday morning for a misdemeanor after a squad of undercover听officers听saw a known sex worker allegedly performing a sex act with him in his parked truck on Detroit鈥檚 northwest side.
Worker survives fall off the Ambassador Bridge; saved by mail boat captain
A man working on the Ambassador Bridge fell about 150 feet into the Detroit River听last . Fortunately, Capt. Sam Buchanan, who helms the J.W. Westcott, the world鈥檚 only floating post office, spotted him from shore. With two other crew members, he was able to rescue Spencer Baker, a Canadian bridge and released from the Detroit Receiving Hospital last Thursday morning.
Co-founder and matriarch of Frankenmuth鈥檚 Bavarian Inn dies at 101
. Zehnder was born in 1921 in Reese, Michigan, and began working in Frankenmuth in the 1930s, before co-founding Bavarian Inn with her husband in 1950. U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, remembers Zehnder as an 鈥渁bsolute legend and an amazing woman,鈥 saying 鈥淒orothy passionately cared about her community. Through her work, she helped to put Frankenmuth on the map. And through her philanthropy, Dorothy helped many Frankenmuth and mid-Michigan residents.鈥
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