Flint Michigan

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A benefit for residents affected by lead-contaminated water in Flint has raised nearly $156,000. Blackout for Human Right’s #JusticeForFlint said Tuesday about 2,000 people attended the event. Filmmaker and founding Blackout member Ryan Coogler says more than 4,000 people sent in online donations. Coogler directed the film “Creed.” Blackout is a […]

  Gospel recording star Bishop Marvin Sapp is traveling to Flint, Michigan to bring a semi truck of water bottles to the victims suffering from the water crisis there. While in the city he will also be preaching at a local church. “I’m going to be at Church Of The Harvest and I’m really excited about […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state-appointed emergency manager for Detroit’s troubled school district is leaving the job about 4½ months early, Gov. Rick Snyder announced Tuesday. Darnell Earley also was the emergency manager for Flint when its water source was switched in 2014. State regulators failed to require that the water from the Flint River […]

Earlier we reported that producer/musician Timbaland basically refused to perform at a Flint, Michigan, charity event because he wasn’t given the bottle of Ace of Spades champagne that he had requested. The brand that Timbaland wanted was Ace of Spades . Replacing the two bottles of the brand, which were worth more than $300 each, […]

The demands of a celebrity apparently outweigh the needs of the many when it comes to Timbaland. According to the New York Daily News, the beatmaker refused to perform at a charity concert for Flint, Mich. residents affected by the city’s contaminated water supply. The reason? The venue where the event was held served the […]

Motown Recording Artist Kem will assist 2nd grade students at Golightly Educational Center in Midtown Detroit with their water drive to help people affected by the Flint Water Crisis. The student water drive, which began two weeks ago, will end this Friday. KEM is encouraging the public to bring cases of water to the school’s water drive on […]

  Rev. Jesse Jackson talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show, live from Flint, Michigan, about the water crisis and the next steps to recovery. “They’ve been getting water from Detroit for 50 years. People were losing their hair and breaking out in rashes. They’ve covered it up, that’s why it is a crime scene. […]

Residents affected by the water crisis in Flint, Mich. will get a helping hand from the Queen of Soul. Media sources report that Aretha Franklin is looking to provide nightly hotel rooms for 25-50 people at the Holiday Inn in Southfield, Mich., along with food and beverage provided by the nearby Coney Island At a […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general named a former prosecutor on Monday to spearhead an investigation into the process that left Flint’s drinking water tainted with lead, though Democrats questioned whether the special counsel would be impartial. Republican Bill Schuette said Todd Flood, a former assistant prosecutor for Wayne County, which includes Detroit, will […]

Growing up in Detroit, I would occasionally drive one-hour to Flint, Michigan to hang out with friends near the banks of the Flint River (pictured). Back then, more than 40 years ago, we would eat at fast-food restaurants and drink water straight from the tap without fear of getting lead poisoning. Today, times have changed: […]

DETROIT (AP) — Darnell Earley didn’t come up with the plan to channel corrosive river water into Flint’s old lead-lined water pipes, causing a health emergency. And he certainly can’t be blamed for the Detroit school system’s decaying facilities and wrecked finances, which have prompted teacher boycotts this month. But the 64-year-old budget expert was […]

  Melvin Riley, lead singer of the legendary group, Ready For The World, talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about his feelings as a native of Flint, Michigan and the water crisis the city is currently dealing with. “The city of Flint is outraged. The decision to move to the clear water system was […]