Detroit, MI
Preparations underway before annual Christmas tree lightning in downtown Detroit
(CBS DETROIT) – Downtown Detroit is about to get a lot brighter, just in time for the Christmas season.
“The countdown is officially on here at Campus Martius Park,” Laura Dean, director of Parks and Public Spaces at Downtown Detroit Partnership.
It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year for Detroit, especially with a tree standing 66 feet tall. It made its way to Motown via the City of Manton, Michigan.
“We found it in August, and we cut it down yesterday on private property, and it was donated to us to serve as our centerpiece this year,” Dean said.
The Norway Spruce sits high for all to see. Over the next two weeks, a process will begin, to get it all dressed up. It takes 10 people to make it happen.
“Twenty-five thousand LED lights that go on here, and sparkling bulbs that light up,” Dean said. “We start wrapping our trees at the end of August, and it takes until about tree lightning day for everything to finish.”
The city is getting ready, from Cadillac Square to the ice skating rink. But this year, the Downtown Detroit Partnership is adding a new attraction called Chalet 313 to the park.
“There will be a bar and light appetizers served there, you will basically be able to go into the structure, go upstairs, and then look into the tree,” Dean said.
An estimated 100,000 people will show up for the tree lighting.
CBS News Detroit learned that the tree has a few bald spots, so teams will climb in to fill the gaps before it’s time.
“These are cut from the bottom of a tree, and they just help fill in where maybe we aren’t looking the best,” Dean said.
The 21st tree lighting is on Nov. 22 in the heart of Downtown Detroit at Campus Martius Park.
Detroit, MI
Houston Texans Release First Injury Report vs. Detroit Lions
The Houston Texans are fresh off a tough loss against the New York Jets on Thursday Night Football. Leading up to the contest, New York was quite an abysmal football team, so the loss to drop the Texans’ record to 6-3 hurt that much more.
The Texans are without wide receivers Nico Collins and Stefon Diggs — who suffered a season-ending knee injury — so the result wasn’t exactly shocking. However, Collins is eligible to return from Injured Reserve, which would make a huge difference for Houston.
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Collins wasn’t listed on the Texans’ first injury report before their coming contest against the Detroit Lions, though that’s because he hasn’t been taken off of Injured Reserve quite yet. Here’s how the injury report played out for Houston on Wednesday:
Did not participate:
- DE Will Anderson Jr., ankle
- DE Derek Barnett, calf/shoulder
- DT Foley Fatusaki, groin/shoulder
- OG Kenyon Green, shoulder
- DE Dylan Horton, illness
- RB Dameon Pierce, groin
Limited particpant:
- LB Azees Al-Shaair, knee
- LB Jake Hanses, ankle
- DE Jerry Hughes, hip
- OG Shaq Mason, hip
- CB Jeff Okudah, ankle
- OT Laremy Tunsil, rest
- S Jimmy Ward, groin
The Texans’ injury report was quite hefty, and the defense could be quite banged up as they take on the Lions — who are a very rounded, solid squad with an electric offense.
Despite the game being at NRG Stadium in Houston, Detroit enters the matchup as a 3.5-point favorite. The Lions are 7-1 on the season and are regarded as one of the best teams in the league.
Houston needs both Collins to return and the rest of the injury report to be cleaned up if they want to take down such a strong NFC opponent.
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Detroit, MI
Rashida Tlaib, Shri Thanedar win Detroit-area races for Congress
DETROIT, MI — U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Shri Thanedar have been reelected to represent the Detroit area in Congress for another two years.
Both Democrats had over two thirds of the vote in their respective Michigan districts with most ballots counted, the Associated Press reported, calling the races.
Results so far for the Nov. 5 election show six of Michigan’s 13 seats in the U.S. House went to Republicans, while six went to Democrats and one race still hasn’t been called.
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In District 12, Tlaib had 69% of the vote against Republican James Hooper, who had 26%, while about 5% went to third-party candidates. The district includes parts of Detroit, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Garden City, Inkster, Livonia, Redford, Westland, Southfield and surrounding areas.
In District 13, Thanedar had 68% of the vote against Republican Martell Bivings, who had 25%, while nearly 7% went to third-party candidates. The district stretches from Romulus, Taylor and Southgate to Detroit, Highland Park, Hamtramck and over to Grosse Pointe.
Thanedar and Tlaib were both elected in 2022 with over 70% of the vote.
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Detroit, MI
2 dead, 1 injured in recording studio shooting on Detroit’s west side
DETROIT – Two people are dead, and one person is injured after a recording studio shooting on Detroit’s west side.
The shooting occurred on Tuesday (Nov. 5) at 7 p.m. in the 15344 block of W. McNichols Road.
Officials said two men flagged them down while they were on patrol, saying two men had been shot inside the recording studio.
“The incident is contained as it happened this afternoon, and there is no threat to the community as the shooting happened inside the location,” said Detroit police Deputy Chief Jacqueline Pritchett.
Officers said they responded and went into the location and found three people shot, which included a deceased Black man and Black woman and another Black man who had suffered from gunshot wounds.
The injured man was conveyed to a Metro Detroit hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
“(The shooting) It should be frightening to everyone as no one wants to be in a neighborhood where people are shot,” Pritchett said. “The Detroit Police Department is capable. We are out here. We are heroes, and I’m confident this crime can be solved as well.”
A homicide task force is handling the situation and is looking at Ring doorbell cameras that could capture anyone leaving the scene of the shooting.
“If anyone has seen anything, heard anything, please let us know,” Pritchett said. “If you see something, say something. You can call 1-800-Speak-Up, DetroitRewardsTV, or you can call homicide at 313-596-2260.”
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