February is Black History Month and the Bay City NAACP is going to celebrate it with a free concert at the State Theatre in downtown. The concert takes place at 6 p.m. Saturday Feb. 11. The event's theme is "Continuing A Historical Celebration Through Music." Admission to the concert is free, although seating is limited, and tickets are available at the State Theatre Box Office, the Bare Bones BBQ & Pizza, a few select barber shops and the State's members. If seating is available at the event people are not going to be turned away.
The Michigan State Police confirmed today that Thursday night's pedestrian accident on M-13 resulted in one fatality. The state police confirmed the death of 53-year-old Randall Pierson of Pinconning. According to a news release, Pierson was walking in the roadway when he was struck by a northbound 2004 GMC Envoy sport-utility vehicle driven by an unidentified 21-year-old female. A witness to the aftermath of the crash confirmed an attempt by rescuers to perform CPR on Pierson at the scene before he was taken by ambulance to McLaren-Bay Region Medical Center. He was later pronounced dead.
A common concern parents and guardians have when a child ready to enter kindergarten is whether or not the child is old enough. Parents and guardians, especially those with children considered young five, may not think their child is mature enough or academically advanced enough to handle a kindergarten classroom. With an increased amount of support for students, Bay City Public Schools is hoping to put those fears to rest. Starting next year, the district plans to enroll all kindergarten-eligible children into classes at the district's eight elementary schools and provide additional services and support, said Adair Aumock, K-12 curriculum director for the district.
As Stephen P. Ashley Jr. tried to set himself on a new path, drugs began to interfere, his father said. "I didn't know he did cocaine, but I knew he drank and smoked pot," Stephen P. Ashley Sr. said. I gave him advice not to do those things and not to be getting into trouble. You can give your children all the advice you want. It doesnt necessarily mean theyre going to listen to you. Codefendant Kaleb S. Rosin said Ashley Jr. had a cocaine problem and that he owed 27-year-old Lonnie L. Houston Jr. money for cocaine. Ashley Jr. telephone Houston in the early morning hours of Nov. 14 in an effort to buy more of the drug, Rosin said.
Matt Costello isn't big on titles. But Mr. Basketball has a nice ring to it. The Bay City Western basketball phenom is taking his game into rare air this season, averaging 25.3 points, 19.2 rebounds and 5.6 blocks per game. And that's a level of performance that just might vault him to the pinnacle of prep hoops. Now Costello's soaring notoriety is getting an extra boost with the launch of a website that promotes the 6-foot-10, 240-pound senior for Mr. Basketball, the highest individual honor in the state of Michigan.
Walking into the Atrium is like stepping into a European courtyard, a gypsy wagon in the corner, piled high with evergreen boughs, and a gazebo raised a few feet from a towering fountain capped with a pineapple finial, the symbol of hospitality. Quaint storefronts surround the cobblestone-floored dining area, one topped with a collection of German steins, leading into the adjacent Stein Haus. And if the candle-lit glow of the room is a little too overcast for your liking, despite the bright blue of the lofty ceiling, the nearby Solarium offers a sun-drenched option to the mid-afternoon crowd.
The question was simple enough. At the Town Hall meeting that Bay City leadership hosted at the State Theatre tonight, Herman Marshall asked to direct his question not to the mayor or the Bay City Commission, but to law enforcement. "Has the Trenton Robinson situation been cleared up?" asked Marshall, who is president of the Bay City NAACP chapter. The Bay City Central High School graduate who took his football skills to Michigan State University filed a citizen's complaint after he was stopped while driving in Bay City on Dec. 22 for failure to signal a turn, then issued a ticket an hour later at a restaurant across town. The 120 ticket has been paid and Robinson's complaint has been under internal investigation.
While Bay City missed wintry conditions that struck southern Michigan yesterday, the National Weather Service is predicting the area will receive precipitation today. Bay City can expect one and one-half inches of snow accumulation, beginning to fall between 10 a.m. and noon. Precipitation is expected to continue until 7 p.m. with a current temperature of 20 degrees increasing to 30 degrees this afternoon. "It will be a wet, slushy snow," said Matt Mosteiko, National Weather Service meteorologist. "As long as the road crews are out there, any salt or plowing should clear things up." The heaviest snowfall is predicted from noon until 3 p.m., with a drop in visibility to two miles and 15 mph wind gusts.
The Great Lakes Bay Region will have its first full-length marathon this year as racers cut a 26.2-mile path from Midland to Bay City during The Qualifier in May. Organizers expect the marathon and half-marathon races will draw 4,000 runners to the community. Along with the runners will come families and friends who could provide an economic boost to the region, said Ann Gasta, race director for The Qualifier. "As we go forward in the years to come, the economy in the Great Lakes Bay Region is going to see a large impact," Gasta said, with runners needing hotels, food and supplies. "It starts with the local community supporting the event."
The southbound lanes of the Independence Bridge will reopen at 9 a.m. today following about two weeks of construction work. The northbound lanes of the bridge are now expected to close for two weeks for similar work. Crews have been performing hydro demolition of the bascule lift spans meaning deteriorated concrete on the bridge is being removed and replaced. The Independence Bridge runs across Truman Parkway and connects Woodside to Wilder Road. City officials have said the type of work on the bridge and the size of the equipment made it impossible to keep the lanes open.
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