Police Blotter
Campus November 28 A drinking fountain and display cases were reported stolen at 11:49 a.m. at Mark Jefferson.
Campus November 28 A drinking fountain and display cases were reported stolen at 11:49 a.m. at Mark Jefferson.
In the Dec. 3 issue of The Eastern Echo, the article “Big Bird skypes with political science class” incorrectly attributed the quote “There must have been a back order on Big Bird costumes because we had to wait” to professor Christopher Cooper, when it should have credited EMU junior Sara Box.
According to a report by The Ypsilanti Courier Nov. 28, Washtenaw County restaurant inspectors reported a bug infestation at Asia City, located at 2905 on Washtenaw Ave.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder expressed his desire Nov. 28 to get the environment and natural resources in good shape for future generations so Michigan will be “a place our kids will want to live, work and play.”
The National Council on Teacher Quality, an advocacy and policy group, listed Eastern Michigan University as one of the schools that has not handed over documents for a study regarding teacher preparation.
The City of Troy is being threatened with a lawsuit by the state of Michigan to determine when it will hold its next mayoral election.
This semester alone, Lt. Dan Karrick and Chief Bob Heighes of the Eastern Michigan University Police Department have dealt with six instances of fraudulent money being used around campus.
Evidence showed Josiah Curtis, who was arrested Thanksgiving morning for allegedly stealing a school bus to drive to Detroit and start a rapping career there, was mentally ill and had not been taking his medication prior to the theft.
According to a poll conducted by Michigan State University, 56 percent of adults in Michigan are in support of gay marriage. Just two years prior, only 48 percent were in support.
In a major environmental address Wednesday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder proposed a 599 mile hiking and biking trail from Belle Isle in Detroit to the Wisconsin border in the Upper Peninsula.
Southeast Michigan is one step closer to establishing a public mass transit system.
The polls have closed and doing so brought a change in the states of Washington and Colorado. These two states have passed laws allowing people who are 21 and older to legally possess a maximum of one ounce of marijuana.
The City of Ypsilanti can expect big changes in the upcoming year as the school districts of Ypsilanti and Willow Run merge. Many costs are anticipated with the merge.
The Ypsilanti train depot near Depot Town is one of several properties being considered by the Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority for redevelopment.
Eastern Michigan University’s Student Government kicked off the annual Club Halle Sunday with free food and a massage therapist available to those in attendance.
A man was arrested on Thanksgiving for stealing a school bus from a junkyard and driving without a license, reported Click on Detroit Thursday.
Big Bird, a protagonist of the kid’s television show “Sesame Street,” skyped with an Eastern Michigan University political science class Thursday.
The Eastern Michigan University Department of Public Safety sent out a campus notification Nov. 28 asking EMU students to be on the lookout for Michael Joshua Glenn in connection to an attempted murder, which took place Tuesday evening in the 2300 block of McKinley Road near Hewitt and Packard roads in Ypsilanti Township.
Nov. 15 A purse was stolen at 9:38 a.m. at the Halle Computer Lab. Cans were reported stolen from a donation bin at 10:31 a.m. at Mark Jefferson. The theft occurred between 10:30 p.m. Nov. 14 and 8:30 a.m. Nov. 15.
Ypsilanti railroad workers walking their routine patrol found a dead body at 9:25 a.m. Thanksgiving morning. The man was hit and killed by a passing train near Forest Avenue.