Detroit, MI
Mayor Duggan welcomes group of 30 new Detroit Department of Transportation drivers get their badges
DETROIT – Mayor Mike Duggan helped welcome 30 new Detroit Department of Transportation bus drivers.
Friday’s (Jan. 5) group of graduates completed months of classroom and on-the-road training to receive their official operator badges.
Their graduation came just one day after Duggan announced a pay raise for DDOT operators.
“This is one of the largest classes we’ve badged in DDOT history,” said a man speaking at the podium.
The ceremony was a celebration of hard work — the graduates completed months of classroom and on-the-road training to receive their official operator badges.
“The key focus of what we needed to do, first, was to be safe,” said graduate Olealcha Gray-Woods. “Practice safety. They gave us the tools and the weapons on these roads to overcome any obstacles on our routes.”
The grads cheered each other on — saying their class was like a family.
“Helping each other, making sure we got to class on time and work on time, we were more like a family group that held it down,” said another graduate.
Duggan was one of the speakers at the ceremony, emphasizing the value they bring to the city.
“Yesterday you got the news, you thought you were making $16.50 an hour and now you’re making $19.50 an hour,” Duggan said.
One by one, the operators came up to get their certificates. And from there, they’ll be ready to get behind the wheel.
Approximately 45 more DDOT drivers are expected to graduate next month.
Click here if you’re interested in becoming a DDOT driver.
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Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.
The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.
The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.
Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.
“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”
The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.
“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Human remains were found in a furnace of an home on Detroit’s west side, the Detroit Police Department tells us.
The remains was found by an individual working on the home in the 5200 block of S Clarendon just after 11 a.m.
Anyone with information can call 313-596-2260 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-SpeakUp.
Stay with WXYZ.com for updates on this developing story.
The Detroit Police Department is investigating after a 5-year-old child was shot in the arm near a park on Tuesday.
The shooting happened at about 8:50 p.m. near the Fargo-Oaklfield Playground on the city’s west side. Police Chief Todd Bettison says the child was in front of his home riding a bike with his father supervising at the time of the shooting.
Bettison says an individual at the park fired multiple shots, striking the child. He says the boy’s father reported hearing shots and the child falling from his bike.
Bettison says the child is expected to be OK.
Bettison says the person appears to have been firing shots randomly, which he calls “problematic.” He says a person of interest is described as possibly between 15 and 16 years old and wearing a mask. He says the person is known to frequent the area.
“When you fire a weapon, what goes up must go down,” Bettison said. “To parents and everyone, know where your kids are. Juveniles should not have guns, and whether you’re an adult or a child, you should not be firing a weapon inside of the city limits.”
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield released a statement, saying in part, “By the grace of God, this young boy will recover from his injury and is on his way home from the hospital. With that said, this incident was senseless and could have had a much more tragic ending.
“Every child in Detroit deserves to feel safe riding their bike, playing outside, and simply being a child in their own neighborhood. We cannot accept a reality where our children are placed in harm’s way because someone chose to recklessly fire a gun.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-Speak Up.
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