When Zoeie Mendez looked down at the newly released mugshot of Richard Werstine, she was in shock, as it was the face of the man who was accused of killing her father 30 years ago.
A Metro Detroit transport company is offering to pay for proper CDL training for students whose lives and futures were put on hold while the state investigates training they received at the Detroit Training Center.
A 42-inch water main in Auburn Hills failed decades early, raising concerns for 80+ miles of similar pipes.
Richard Werstine, accused of the 1993 murder of his roommate Rodney Barger in Detroit, was captured in Panama after evading authorities for over 30 years by using multiple aliases and false identities.
Despite what the CEO of the Detroit Training Center says, students still aren’t able to take their skills tests to become truck drivers, according to the Michigan Department of State.
Discussions and demands for accountability continue in the Oak Park School District Monday night while the school board tackles several controversies.
People living in manufactured housing communities across Southeast Michigan say their water is brown and yellow. They’re asking Local 4 to find out why.
The Michigan Court of Claims has ruled that the state isn’t legally responsible for the failure of the Edenville Dam.
After a mother told Local 4 that her son was urinated on in the shower, a high school wrestling program in Michigan is back under investigation.
An investigation into Fowlerville High School’s varsity wrestling program has reopened after Local 4’s report on an alleged hazing incident.
Fowlerville Community Schools has reopened an investigation into allegations of misconduct involving the high school’s varsity wrestling program.
A Livingston County mother said her now 15-year-old son left the Fowlerville High School wrestling team after he reported being urinated on in the locker-room showers.
A Livingston County mother said her now 15-year-old son left the Fowlerville High School wrestling team after he reported being urinated on in the locker-room showers.
A registered sex offender from Westland is back behind bars after federal agents said he was caught transporting graphic images and videos of children as young as infants.
A woman whose high school photos were digitally altered to appear nude and then shared online says she feels “completely manipulated” and let down by a justice system that has so far spared one of the men involved from jail time.
The Investigators on Local 4 are working to get answers after a viral social media post showed a group of people dumping animal skins into a dumpster in Detroit.
Michigan families are facing car insurance cancellations for not listing infants and toddlers on their policies, highlighting a gap in state law.
Pressure mounts on Michigan Department of Health and Human Services after unannounced active shooter drill at child psychiatric hospital.
It’s a desperate push to loosen confidentiality rules around Child Protective Services records in Michigan, arguing the change is necessary to prevent deaths like that of 5-year-old Ethan Belcher of Detroit.
Lawsuits have been filed against Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services and specific Child Protective Services workers, accusing them of negligence in the case of 5-year-old Ethan Belcher, who died in 2023 from severe abuse and torture.
Michigan lawmakers are continuing to press the U.S. Postal Service for answers and are asking for a tour of the facility after a man was killed in a machine at a facility in Allen Park.
Typically, a compliance plan follows such an audit. However, it has been two months with no plan released to fix the issues, which has families upset and worried.
Discipline has been recommended for three high-ranking officials with the Detroit Fire Department in a payroll fraud investigation months after the Investigators at Local 4 looked into allegations.
Discipline has been recommended for three high-ranking officials with the Detroit Fire Department in a payroll fraud investigation months after the Investigators at Local 4 looked into allegations.
People living in the area around one Michigan intersection told Local 4 that it’s smelled like “raw sewage” for years.
Something stinks in Macomb County and it’s described as a “raw sewage” odor. It’s something county residents and business owners have been dealing with for years.
Fewer than 90 days before 36-year-old Nicholas John Acker was found dead in a mail-sorting machine at the USPS Detroit Network Distribution Center in Allen Park, a formal grievance had been filed warning that the very same machine was unsafe, Local 4 has learned.
Five years after the Edenville Dam failure, which left 11,000 residents affected and destroyed roughly 2,500 buildings, the community continues to seek accountability.
EGLE said that there’s just not enough money to take care of Michigan’s dams -- especially the ones that have gone decades putting off maintenance. And it’s putting people and property at risk.
Hamtramck’s contentious mayoral race faces new complications as the city clerk is placed on administrative leave and one candidate files a lawsuit challenging his opponent’s eligibility to serve.
A Michigan senator said he was “misled and stonewalled” by the state when he started asking questions about how people are treated inside Michigan’s mental health care system.
Hamtramck City Council member Mohammed Hassan is one step closer to trial after a judge ruled there is enough evidence that he forged an absentee ballot application in 2023.
Bullying has plagued schools for generations. The behavior is so deeply engrained that some people even go as far as to consider it a rite of passage -- but an expert says we shouldn’t think of it that way. She believes bullying behavior doesn’t belong in Michigan schools.
Suicide threats, bullying, and drugs are among the top problems being reported in Michigan schools through the OK2SAY program.
This interactive investigative report allows you to explore data from Michigan’s student safety program (OK2SAY) and Michigan’s Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI).
The Investigators at Local 4 went through three years of data published by the state of Michigan in its Recipient Rights annual reports.
Former Vista Maria residents are speaking out as the all-girls residential treatment facility in Dearborn Heights faces new violations.
The Investigators at Local 4 has obtained a report conducted by an outside law firm investigating allegations against three suspended Hamtramck employees.
Police are seeking the public’s help in locating 22-year-old Jacob Angeles, who disappeared after attending the Michigan Renaissance Festival in Holly on Saturday.
State inspection records reveal an oil recycling facility in Detroit received multiple safety violations just weeks before a massive fire erupted at the site.
A Detroit family is still seeking accountability nearly a year and a half after a brutal dog attack killed a loving father of six.
A Detroit family is still seeking accountability nearly a year and a half after a brutal dog attack killed a loving father of six.
A potentially devastating act of violence may have been prevented thanks to the instincts and actions of a security officer during a high school graduation at the UWM Sports Complex in Pontiac.
An Oakland County family dog was missing for a week, only to be found dead in a park with an apparent bullet wound in the back of the head.
A Farmington Hills family dog was missing for a week, only to be found dead in a Detroit city park with what investigators believe is a gunshot wound to the back of the head.
The deaths of 150 children weren’t evaluated by a state office tasked with determining if they needed further review, according to an audit.
A man suspected in the murders of three people found inside a burned vehicle in Detroit has a prison record that includes more than 100 misconduct charges.
A lawmaker is sending a message to Michigan health officials, asking for someone to fix what is wrong at the state’s only mental health hospital for children.
Here's what to know about hyperbaric chambers after a 5-year-old boy was killed in an explosion at a healthcare facility in Oakland County.
A 5-year-old boy from Royal Oak was killed in an explosion while receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy at a healthcare facility in Oakland County, according to the fire department.
Safety concerns are being raised after a jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., sending both aircraft into the Potomac River and killing everyone on board.
Local 4 Investigator Karen Drew will be live with U.S. Border Patrol agents as they patrol the border on Thursday morning.
A judge dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against six former Michigan Department of Corrections employees in the death of an inmate in 2019.
There are questions being raised about issues at the Detroit Fire Department. There are not enough vehicles, rigs are missing equipment, and firefighters are concerned.
When police arrested the man suspected of kidnapping Wynter Cole Smith, the 2-year-old girl was nowhere to be found. Now, Local 4 has obtained exclusive video showing the car chase, arrest, and conversation between officers and Rashad Trice.
Exclusive new documents reveal a gun was visible in an employee’s car the day of an “active shooter” drill at a psychiatric hospital for children in Northville Township.
Six years ago today, Danielle Stislicki walked out of her Southfield, Michigan, office never to be seen again.
Michigan State University students are working with Michigan State Police to help solve murders through a new pilot program at the school.
There is a thriving market for pet alligators in Michigan and many of the reptiles end up abandoned when they start to get too big.
A mother is bringing attention to how emojis can be used as a secret code to purchase and sell drugs after she lost her son to a drug overdose.
It’s been a year-long investigation exposing poor record keeping, decomposing bodies and delays in contacting families of the dead at the Wayne County Morgue.
A judge has ruled not to limit which Oxford High School victims can receive information from the court during the case for the suspected shooter’s parents.
The independent team hired to conduct an investigation into the Nov. 2021 shooting at Oxford High School is hosting interview sessions with community members this month.
It’s been three years since Jonathan Lancaster died behind bars, strapped to a chair and his family wants to know why more isn’t being done to hold prison staff accountable.
A Metro Detroit widow who really suffered because of mistakes at the Wayne County Morgue received life-changing news.
The parents of an Oxford High School shooting survivor have filed a lawsuit. They said they waited for the system to work, but it didn’t.
Aiden Watson’s family has kept fairly quiet about his struggle to recover after being shot at Oxford High School last fall.
A 65-page review of the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office has been released nearly a year after Local 4 began investigating mistakes at the morgue.
A Detroit firefighter was trapped for hours as other firefighters rushed to get him out after a home collapsed.
A Metro Detroit family had to go digging for answers after they were told a Clinton Township cemetery mistreated their father’s gravesite.