The Detroit News. A rail car carrying scrap metal crashed through an overhead door Monday morning at DaimlerChrysler's engine plant 15 miles southwest of Detroit. No injuries were reported. The Detroit News Students fill the hall between classes at Woodworth Middle School, which is so crowded that Dearborn plans several new schools and wants to refurbish another. A task force charged with finding solutions to the district's crowded schools has proposed building three elementary schools, changing school boundaries to shift enrollment populations, opening a middle school and expanding another middle school.
Downriver fire depts.
City officials are considering a plan to consolidate all 17 Downriver fire departments. In a town where the landscape changes by the week, Canton is embracing the last of its rural past. The state Supreme Court voted 6-1 Thursday to censure 19th District Judge William Runco for his part in a 1987 real estate deal. They're far from becoming the next Silicon Valley, but Metro Detroit's suburban communities are quickly going high-tech by putting more information on the Internet. Rising cable rates again have angered Livonia residents, who insist Time Warner is operating a cable monopoly in their community.