Complex sentence: Further, the local media had stopped mentioning his name: suit: as of October 12,2006, Marcinkowski's name hadn't appeared in either the Free Press or the Detroit News since the August primary.
Split into simpler sentences: Further, the local media had stopped mentioning his name. As of October 12,2006, Marcinkowski's name had not appeared in either the "Free Press" or "The Detroit News" since the August primary.