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09-02-2025
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FOX 2's Al Allen has died • Macy's in Troy closing • Teacher falls from Mt. Holly ski lift
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - Beloved FOX 2 reporter Al Allen has passed away at the age of 79, Macy's at Oakland Mall in Troy is closing, and a teacher fell from a Mt. Holly ski lift during a school trip: here are the top stories from FOX 2's Week in Review. 1. Al Allen, FOX 2 reporter for decades, dies at 79Al Allen, a beloved member of the FOX 2 family, has passed away. A family spokesperson told FOX 2 that Allen passed away at a Metro Detroit hospital Tuesday night. Allen was 79 years old. 2. THC vapes sold in Michigan recalled over oil that could harm lungs Customers are advised not to use certain vapes sold in Michigan because they contain an oil that could cause lung damage when inhaled. The Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) announced the voluntary recall of several flavors of Platinum Vape brand vape cartridges that contain Medium Chain Triglyceride Chain (MCT) oil. 3. Man shot by Detroit police headed to trial after dragging officer with car As authorities review officers' conduct after a police-involved shooting, a man is headed to trial for hitting and dragging a Detroit officer with his car last month. Police approached Raymonte Darrell Adams, 19, after spotting him inside a car that was blocking the sidewalk around 11:40 p.m. Dec. 11. 2024. 4. Mother believes Detroit officers used excessive force in police-involved shooting Body cam footage has been released of an officer-involved shooting that took place in December 2024. Officers with the Special Operations Unit were on patrol on St. Mary's, not far from Seven Mile, around 11:40 p.m. Dec. 11. 2024, when they spotted a car blocking a sidewalk, according to Detroit Police Capt. Shaun Dunning. They say as they went up to the vehicle, their commands were ignored by the two men in the vehicle. The car began to maneuver towards the officers before shots were fired. 5. Mt. Holly ski lift incident: Hamtramck teacher falls off lift during school tripA fun day of skiing for a group of students at Mt. Holly Ski Resort turned into panic Wednesday after a teacher took a huge fall from a ski lift at Mt. Holly. That teacher from a school in Hamtramck is recovering after the freak accident. FOX 2 heard that the teacher is expected to be okay. 6. Michigan State Police searching for pedestrian running on I-75 find Ohio man's bodyPolice searching a Detroit freeway Sunday night after receiving calls that a person was in the road found the body of an Ohio man who had been struck by a vehicle. Callers first reported a pedestrian walking on northbound I-75 around 7:45 p.m. Another caller then reported that a person was running on the freeway. Michigan State Police troopers responded and began looking for the pedestrian. During their search, they found a 42-year-old Twinsburg, Ohio man dead in the road near W. Grand Boulevard. 7. Michigan's sturgeon season ends in just 17 minutes, setting new recordAt 8 a.m. on Saturday, nearly 800 anglers hit the ice at Black Lake hoping to reel in a sturgeon. Just 17 minutes later, the quota for the season was filled. Black Lake sturgeon season is always a very quick one but this year blew the previous record out of the water - literally. 8. Macy's in Troy is closing. Here's what could take its placeDeals are everywhere at the Macy's outlet in the Oakland Mall in Troy, where another big box clothes retailer is shutting down. The Macy's will close by the end of March, the latest in a series of closings for the massive store brand. While some fret about the changing business landscape, others see opportunity. 9. Detroit mother charged with murder after 9-year-old son's body found in shallow graveA mother is accused of murdering her son before burying him in a shallow grave in Detroit and fleeing the state, authorities said. Brandee Katrice Pierce, 41, is now charged with first-degree murder, first-degree child abuse, felony murder, tampering with evidence, and concealing the death of an individual for allegedly killing 9-year-old Zemar King III. 10. Passenger's fear of near miss at Detroit Metro was 'routine maneuver' FAA saysA plane coming from Paris to Detroit missed another plane while attempting to land at Detroit Metro Airport, according to the pilot. Tammy Sambrano was on a trip to France and was on a flight back to Michigan when the incident happened. She said they had almost landed when suddenly her plane launched back into the air.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
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Detroit news legend Al Allen has died
(CBS DETROIT) - Al Allen, a Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame honoree who worked in broadcast news in Detroit for over 50 years, died Tuesday. He was 79. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and moved to Detroit with his family. His first reporting was at Mumford High School for its student broadcast program. He returned to Little Rock in 1969 to be the news director at KOKY radio, then two years moved back to Detroit. While in Michigan, he worked as a reporter and news director at WCXI-AM and WGPR-FM, then worked as news and public affairs director at WJLB-FM. In 1984, Allen joined WJBK-TV2, which was then a CBS affiliate and is now Fox 2. He retired from that station in 2012. During his career, Allen won honors from the United Press International, Associated, Press, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. He was also nominated for an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Wayne State University's journalism faculty honored him in 2019 with the Working in the Spirit of Diversity Award. In 2021, he was named to the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, which was established to recognize Michigan journalists with extraordinary careers. Allen's memoir, "We're Standing By," was published in 2018. He was married to Alfreda Long. They had a son, Andrew Long Jr.; daughter-in-law, Yolanda; and two grandchildren. He was the uncle of CBS News Detroit vice president of news, Kennan Oliphant. Concern DOGE could stop Social Security, Medicare payments Hubble Telescope captures cosmic collision from 50 million years ago Latest news on federal worker buyout proposal, Trump's shocking Gaza plans
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Climate
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Longtime Fox 2 Detroit reporter Al Allen dies, leaves behind legacy of devotion to TV news
When Al Allen braved wind, sleet, snow and hail to cover the weather for metro Detroit, viewers — and his own mother — noticed. "My mother would call the station, Lord help her. 'Tell that boy to put a hat on his head,' " the veteran WJBK-TV (Fox 2 Detroit) reporter told the Free Press six years after his retirement. Allen died Tuesday night at age 79 at a local hospital, according to Fox 2 Detroit. A beloved figure in Motor City TV news for almost 30 years, he won several awards and was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame for his dedication to his craft. During his career, Allen covered a wide array of stories, including the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance and the ceremonies in Washington, D.C., to honor civil rights legend Rosa Parks after her passing. But he became especially iconic for his live early morning segments on WJBK covering weather and traffic, even in massive blizzards. 'Out of all the stories I've done, thousands, they only remember one. Standing out in the cold, in the snow, (through) all those snowstorms," he said in 2018, during an interview to promote his memoir, 'We're Standing By.' Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Allen moved to Detroit with his family in his teens. He started reporting while a student at Mumford High School for an internal news broadcast called "Spotlight on Mumford." After returning to Little Rock to work in radio news for a few years, he came back to Detroit and was a staffer at several radio stations before joining what was then called Channel 2 in 1984. His book was laced with stories about his lifetime in broadcast journalism. In one, he described changing his name from Andrew because his first radio program manager didn't think it was catchy enough. "Where I got Al Allen from, I have no idea," he said during the 2018 interview. Another anecdote revealed that former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young nicknamed him Columbo, as in the famed TV detective played by Peter Falk. Explained Allen, 'He said, 'Because you wear that oversized, raggedy-ass trench coat and stand in back of the room and wait until the very end and ask the most asinine question.' And I said, 'Really?' We had some good times." One of his most memorable encounters was with music superstar Aretha Franklin. When he arrived during a sound check to report on a Detroit concert she was doing, "She saw me coming and she says, 'Oh hello, Mr. Allen.' It caught me (by surprise). I thought, 'She knows my name!' All I could say was, 'Hello, Miss Queen.'" Although Allen was a warm and engaging presence on television, he took TV news seriously. Surveying the pressure for speed in journalism six years ago, he said. 'We had the three-person rule when it comes to sources. If three people told you pretty much the same thing, then you've got a story.' Toward the end of his career, he added, 'they'd say, 'Al, go cover this, that and the other.' They'd start getting information, and I'd say, 'Who told you that?' Well, it came across Twitter or somebody emailed. I'd say, 'OK, do we know if this actually happened?'" Still, Allen loved his job and recommended it to young people. 'You are the voice of the voiceless. You are the hope of the hopeless. When you're standing in the middle of chaos and confusion, you are the calming voice," he told the Free Press. "They can depend on you. They can rely on you for the information that they need. I think that's a great job." Contact Detroit Free Press pop culture critic Julie Hinds at jhinds@ This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Fox 2 Detroit reporter Al Allen dies, remembered for devotion to news
