THURSDAY, July 28
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22-YEAR-OLD BEATEN BY HER FATHER DIES
@ The Oxford woman whose father beat her severely with a baseball bat has died.
Megan Roberts, 20, died Wednesday morning, according to her family. She had been in a coma since May 9, when her father, Robert Brian Kelly, is accused of entering her bedroom and beating her on the face and head.
PHILLIPS FILE MUGS (Megan Roberts and father Robert Brian Kelly); Video with guardian today

on the gatefold
JALEN ROSE JAILED FOR DRUNK DRIVING
@ Former Michigan and NBA player Jalen Rose was sentenced Wednesday to jail by a judge who talked at length about the dangerous consequences of drunken driving.
Bloomfield Township’s 48th District Court Judge Kimberly Small sentenced Rose to 93 days in jail, with him serving 20 days beginning Aug. 2 and the remainder of the sentence held in abeyance.
Rose was given 12 months of write-in probation and must attend an alcohol awareness program.
ZANIEWSKI PHOTO & VIDEO use photos of both the judge and Rose

ROCHESTER FATHER-DAUGHTER RACE
@ ROCHESTER HILLS — For the first time a father-daughter team will compete in the 115-mile GORE-TEX Transrockies run and Kelly and Michael Donoughe of Rochester, Michigan are doing their training and racing with purpose. Kelly is the President of Cornerstone Youth Development Fund, a Detroit-based nonprofit that works to provide resources to support activities focused on properly preparing youth in Detroit and Eastern Africa to lead productive lives for the benefit of society.
BYRON PHOTO VIDEO & SCREEN GRAB

PONTIAC AND FERNDALE POST OFFICES TO CLOSE
@ Jesse Johnson drives to the Phoenix Post Office at 45 Oakland Avenue in Pontiac two or three times a week.
Johnson, who lives 2.5 miles away on Fourth Street, said he’d heard the Phoenix location was one of the post offices slated to close at the end of this year.
HOPKINS VIDEO & SCREEN GRAB
Photo of post office on the front, photos of patrons with the jump


A-3 -- send to Macomb

ORION SAYS FREE FOOD SIGN “LESS OF A CONCERN”
@ Orion Township Supervisor JoAnn Van Tassel said the free food sign put up by New Beginnings Baptist Church is not what prompted a code enforcement officer to issue two tickets to the church.
“The ticket was issued for what’s in the photos,” Van Tassel said, referring to photos taken on July 18 by a code enforcement officer. “Free food never entered into it.”
WORKMAN submitted art

COURT DATE SET FOR MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING 4-MONTH OLD
@ A pre-exam for a Commerce Township man accused of killing his 4-month-old son has been set for Sept. 22.
Richard Gillis III, 22, will appear at 9 a.m. in front of 52-1 District Judge Dennis Powers for a pre-exam. He is charged first-degree felony murder and first-degree child abuse.
HOPKINS



MUST RUNS

STANDALONE PHOTO — west blm fire dept equipment

STANDALONE PHOTO — novi police and fire academy

VACANT HOME FIRE
Fire in Auburn Hills; short story
PHILLIPS no photo

MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TRESPASSING
@ A Waterford man accused of six incidents against his neighbor recently plead guilty to one charge of trespassing.
Elmer Austin who lives on Silver Lake Road had been accused of incidents such as trespassing, malicious destruction of property, and assault and battery, all misdemeanors.
HOPKINS file art



ALSO AVAILABLE

Photo of found dog -- possible story from Hopkins


STANDALONE PHOTO — weather shot

STANDALONE PHOTO — Pontiac Garden Club (Dillaber copyblock)

ZUCHOWSKI FUNDRAISER
@ Coaches, youth ministers and friends of Thomas “T.J.” Zuchowski who incurred a spinal cord injury July 7 are doing everything they can so the former athlete can lead a normal life.
Zuchowski, 23, is in the rehabilitation unit at Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital undergoing therapy.
His family has no doubt the young man who won 12 letters in sports at Hamtramck High School will turn what some would think is a tragedy into a successful recovery.
WOLFFE