Customers at two area KFCs may have been exposed to Hepatitis A in November
Anyone who consumed food or drink from the Kentucky Fried Chicken at 6021 Dort Hwy in Grand Blanc or 9230 Birch Run Road in Birch Run during two time frames in November may have been exposed to Hepatitis A from a foodservice worker employed at both places. Dates of the possible exposure are Nov. 14-16 at the Birch Run KFC or between Nov. 20-26 at the Grand Blanc KFC. “Anyone who visited KFC in Grand Blanc or Birch Run during...
Environmental journalists depart Flint after “historic” conference in heart of water crisis territory
By Jan Worth-Nelson As 700 journalists and other attendees departed from downtown Flint after a five-day conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists last weekend, conference organizers said they hoped they plowed the ground for better environmental coverage — particularly about the Flint water crisis and related stories of environmental injustice. Community residents who participated, including water activists...
Hundreds gather downtown to protest migrant separations, Donald Trump
By Jan Worth-Nelson On a 90-degree Saturday, hundreds of poster-toting citizens convened at the Flat Lot in Flint and marched back and forth on Saginaw Street to protest separations of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border, an action triggered by the Trump administration. To applause and loud cheers, march host Dan Chapman declared, of the family separation policy, “It can’t happen, it has to stop.”...
Genesee County Medical Society departs from Hurley docs on “lead-poisoned” word choice
By Jan Worth-Nelson Emphasizing, “there is no safe amount of lead to be ingested by children, pregnant women, or any person daily for 15 months without any risk to health and/or development,” the Genesee County Medical Society has chosen not to concur with a recent decision by the Hurley Medical Center doctors to use the word “lead-exposed” instead of “lead-poisoned” for those who’ve...
Calling town hall arrests “unfortunate,” Mayor disputes “separation of church and state” criticism
By Jan Worth-Nelson Responding to the discord and six arrests at a town hall last night at the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church, Mayor Karen Weaver said she found the events of the evening “unfortunate” but that assuring orderly process was necessary. Speaking today through her public information officer Kristin Moore, she said she did not know about the arrests until after the meeting was over. In a statement...
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