Nathan J. Clark

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JACKSON COUNTY, MI – Jackson County Animal Control officers are investigating reported animal cruelty after a litter of kittens was thrown from a moving truck. A litter of five kittens was seen being thrown from a silver truck on Monday night, May 12 on County Farm Road in Sandstone Township north of Jackson, according to a post on the Jackson County Animal Shelter’s Facebook page. Only one of the five kittens survived. The kitten, named Benjamin Button, is currently being cared for at the shelter.

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JACKSON, MI – A driver ran a red light and crashed into a woman’s vehicle Monday evening as she was leaving a Burger King parking lot. Rescue crews were called at 8:03 p.m. Monday, May 12, to the intersection of N. West Avenue and W. Argyle Street in Jackson for a reported rollover crash with injuries, Jackson Police Deputy Chief Sergio Garcia said. Officers discovered a vehicle on its side in the intersection, having been hit by an oncoming car, Garcia said.

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BLACKMAN TWP., MI – It is still a mystery to Blackman-Leoni Township Public Safety Officer Chandler Fryt what drew him to work in law enforcement when he was a child. It just felt right, and he always wanted to help people, he said. Fryt, 29, is a Jackson native who has served in the department for eight years. He is one of the department’s two K-9 handlers, working with police dog Dani, patrolling the two townships.

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JACKSON COUNTY, MI – Jackson firefighters were busy over the weekend battling a trio house fires in the city and nearby Summit Township. On Friday, May 9, fire crews were called at about 7:50 p.m. to the 700 block of Kennedy Street in Jackson after the homeowner called 911 reporting a fire, Jackson Fire Cpt. Frank Huntly said. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the basement. Crews entered and were able to get the fire extinguished within a few minutes, Huntly said.

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LENAWEE COUNTY, MI – A woman is dead and a man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash with a mailbox in Lenawee County Saturday night. Rescue crews were called at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, to Devils Lake Highway, north of Waters Edge Drive in Woodstock Township for a reported motorcycle crash with injuries, according to the Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office. Upon arrival, deputies found the 911 caller performing CPR on the 34-year-old female driver from Hillsdale.