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Top Detroit news: Former Lions star Charles Rogers dead at 38; street plowing begins today; more

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Published on November 12, 2019
Top Detroit news: Former Lions star Charles Rogers dead at 38; street plowing begins today; morePhoto: Doug Zuba/Unsplash

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Detroit.

Charles Rogers, former Lions, Spartans wide receiver, dead at 38

Former Michigan State football All-American and Detroit Lions wide receiver Charles Rogers has died. 

Read the full story on USA TODAY.

Vaping-related lung transplant performed at Detroit hospital

Doctors at a Detroit hospital have performed a double lung transplant on a man whose lungs were damaged from vaping. 

Read the full story on KGET - TV 17 Bakersfield.

Former cop accused of demanding women's phone number had previous brushes with law

A former Detroit police officer accused of demanding the phone numbers of two women in exchange for not getting ticketed or arrested during downtown traffic stops has a checkered past.

Read the full story on Detroit Metro Times.

Despite indictment, city councilman focuses on helping his district

Gabe Leland, who has been indicted on federal bribery charges, wants to find an equitable way to fix the city's blight problem.

Read the full story on WDET.

Contractors begin plowing streets today

Residents are asked to remove vehicles from the street as crews launch efforts to clear 16 foot paths along 1,884 miles of residential streets.

Read the full story on The Detroit News.


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