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CBS News
7 days ago
- CBS News
Fatal crash disrupting traffic on I-96 in Livingston and Oakland counties
A traffic fatality is under investigation on Interstate 96 in Livingston County, the Michigan State Police reported. The crash happened about 9:30 a.m. along westbound I-96 near Kensington Road / Exit 151 in Brighton Township. Troopers from the Brighton post are among the first responders on scene, and reported there is a fatality. "Find another route," state police said. All lanes of westbound I-96 are blocked starting at Milford Road in Oakland County, according to traffic reports from the Michigan Department of Transportation. The posted detour is southbound on Milford Road / Exit 155B, westbound on Grand River, northbound on Kensington Road, then back to westbound I-96. MDOT traffic reports can be found at MI Drive website. This is a breaking news situation. CBS News Detroit will update with additional details as they are available.
Daily Mail
21-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Little boy found abandoned at courthouse after desperate parents pleaded with cops to 'take him away'
A Missouri couple has been arrested after they allegedly abandoned their young son at a courthouse alone and pleaded with cops to 'take him away.' Jeremy Lamp, 36, and Jessica Lamp, 31, are accused of leaving their infant son behind at the Livingston County Courthouse in Chillicothe. They allegedly left the young boy with no food, clothes or plan for his care - with police saying they did so 'without remorse and without ensuring proper care.' They've both been charged with child neglect and are expected to appear in court Monday for a bond hearing. Cops say the couple showed up to the courthouse the day before for a routine drug screening with a Missouri Department of Social Services investigator, which was part of an ongoing child welfare case. Jeremy reportedly tested clean but Jessica's mouth swab came back positive for methamphetamine. This led to a social worker recommending a 'safety plan' to protect the child. But instead of cooperating, Jeremy allegedly refused all options - including having Jessica stay away from the home, having him and the baby leave the house or even allowing the child to stay with a relative. 'The investigator explained that due to the drug test coming back positive, she couldn't leave the baby with them,' the Chillicothe Police Department stated in the couple's probable cause affidavits. Officers say the Lamps returned to the courthouse the next day and left their child behind 'without remorse and without ensuring proper care.' 'Jeremy and Jessica then left the courthouse without the child,' police wrote, adding that the boy had been left with no clothes, food or other infant care. The couple was later found at a nearby medical center, where they were arrested. Jeremy allegedly admitted to abandoning the child, saying: 'The way I looked at it was that they were gonna take him anyway.' He also told officers that 'none of the options' the court presented were acceptable, according to his statement. 'Jeremy said that none of the options were viable. He said that Children's Division told him that they would take the child so he left Victim 1 with them,' the probable cause statements read. 'When I questioned him about this he said 'the way I looked at it was that, they were gonna take him anyway.' Both Jeremy and Jessica have prior criminal convictions, including assault and DWI charges for him and child endangerment for her. Authorities say the child is now in the custody of Missouri Children's Division.
CBS News
16-07-2025
- CBS News
One dead, another injured, after Brighton police pursuit ends in crash
One person is dead and another was injured in a three-vehicle crash that occurred during a police pursuit Wednesday in Brighton, Michigan. The incident started about 10:45 p.m. when a Brighton Police Department officer noticed a driver operating recklessly on West Grand River Avenue and then attempted a traffic stop on the black Dodge Charger, the police report said. The suspect vehicle failed to stop for the officer who had overhead lights and sirens and fled along West Grand River Avenue to Beaver Street. The pursuit continued onto North East Street, then Flint Road and Hilton Road. Upon turning from Hilton Road onto Old US-23, the suspect vehicle drove into the northbound lanes in an attempt to pass another southbound vehicle, the report said. While trying to merge back into traffic, the driver of the Dodge Charger sideswiped the other car, causing it to spin. The Dodge Charger then struck a northbound car and rolled over. The driver of the Dodge Charger was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the northbound vehicle that was hit sustained minor injuries, and was taken to a hospital for treatment. The driver of the southbound side-swiped vehicle was not injured. All three drivers were wearing seat belts. The Livingston County Accident Reconstruction Team responded to the scene to conduct their investigation. "This is a tragic incident, and as law enforcement officers, we never want to see a life lost," the Brighton police report said.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Homes in Livingston County sold for higher prices in April. Here's how much
Newly released data from for April shows potential buyers and sellers in Livingston County saw higher home sales prices than the previous month's median of $379,900. The median home sold for $483,100, an analysis of data from shows. That means April, the most recent month for which figures are available, was up 27.2% from March. Compared to April 2024, the median home sales price was up 39.4% compared to $346,500. sources sales data from real estate deeds, resulting in a few months' delay in the data. The statistics don't include homes currently listed for sale and aren't directly comparable to listings data. Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at Looking only at single-family homes, the $397,500 median selling price in Livingston County was down 1.9% in April from $405,000 the month prior. Since April 2024, the sales price of single-family homes was up 13.3% from a median of $350,722. Four single-family homes sold for $1 million or more during the month, compared to three recorded transactions of at least $1 million in April 2024. Condominiums and townhomes increased by 53.7% in sales price during April to a median of $538,000 from $349,950 in March. Compared to April 2024, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes was up 65.6% from $324,950. Two condominiums or townhomes sold for $1 million or more during the month, compared to one recorded transaction of at least $1 million in April 2024. In April, the number of recorded sales in Livingston County rose by 25.7% since April 2024 — from 214 to 269. All residential home sales totaled $128.6 million. Across Michigan, homes sold at a median of $240,030 during April, up 3.2% from $232,607 in March. There were 10,478 recorded sales across the state during April, down 4.1% from 10,921 recorded sales in April 2024. The total value of recorded residential home sales in Michigan increased by 24.2% from $2.6 billion in March to $3.2 billion this April. Of all residential home sales in Michigan, 1.73% of homes sold for at least $1 million in April, up from 1.24% in April 2024. Sales prices of single-family homes across Michigan increased by 1.3% from a median of $223,997 in March to $226,875 in April. Since April 2024, the sales price of single-family homes across the state was up 3.6% from $218,905. Across the state, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes rose 6.6% from a median of $294,762 in March to $314,295 during April. The median sales price of condominiums and townhomes is up 13.3% from the median of $277,375 in April 2024. The median home sales price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. The median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average sales price, which would mean taking the sum of all sales prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high sale. The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu. Our News Automation and AI Team would like to hear from you. Take this survey and share your thoughts with us. This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: Homes in Livingston County sold for higher prices in April. Here's how much
CBS News
14-07-2025
- CBS News
Body found in marsh, believed to be missing Livingston County man
The remains of a man have been found in a swampy area in Livingston County, Michigan, and the body is believed to be an 83-year-old man who had been missing since July 5. The Livingston County Sheriff's Office issued a press release Monday about the circumstances, adding that identification is pending. There were no visible signs of a struggle or confrontation, the report said. Deputies got the call about 9:45 p.m. Sunday to the area of Brophy and Botsford Road in Oceola Township. The people who made the emergency call were tending to cattle in the area. Once officers arrived on the scene, they were directed to a heavily wooded, marshy area near Neff Lake where a man's body was seen in a knee-high mud hole. The location where he was found is just over a half mile from the home of Jerry Spaulding, age 83, who was last seen on July 5. The Livingston County Sheriff's Office issued a missing person notice after his whereabouts could not be confirmed and the family's 40-acre property along Argentine Road was searched extensively. The initial efforts included Oakland County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue, Lapeer County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue, Michigan Independent Search and Rescue and the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit. Neighbors also kept a lookout and did some coordinated searches, but by July 9, Livingston County Sheriff Michael J. Murphy said "more than likely, it's going to be a recovery at this point" and asked that formal searches be halted. Officers said they do suspect the man found is Spaulding, but "due to the condition of the body, a positive identification cannot be done at this time," Monday's report said. The Howell Area Fire Department and the medical examiner's office are assisting on the investigation, and the remains were taken to the University of Michigan Sparrow Hospital.
