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Flint, MI — A Flint City Council meeting was adjourned after a verbal altercation with meeting attendees where one woman had a gun. According to Flint Police officials, the City of Flint Police Department received a 9-1-1 call on Oct. 14, 2024, regarding a disturbance at a regularly scheduled city council meeting. Reports indicated that….
The meeting that wasn't: here's what happened at Flint City …
Oct 11, 2023 · Flint City Council meets for Special Affairs in council chambers on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat) Flint, MI — After six hours, Flint City Council passed just three items to their regularly scheduled meeting on Oct. 9. Then, they failed to hold it.
Fill your calendar with Flint's fall events - Flint Beat
Sep 8, 2023 · Flint Happenings. Fill your calendar with Flint’s fall events. by Sophia Lada September 8, 2023September 8, 2023. Attendees decorate a pumpkin during the 4th annual Fall Fest at the Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village in Flint, Mich. on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat) Flint, MI — As the air gets crisper and leaves ...
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About Us. Flint Beat was launched by veteran journalist Jiquanda Johnson in 2017 to fill news gaps in an underserved community after Flint, Mich. residents said they needed more from their news coverage. Before our launch, community members said they were tired of seeing news filled with only crime, sports, and Flint’s ongoing water crisis.
Flint may become more development-friendly under proposed …
Oct 6, 2023 · The city’s Planning Commission recently approved changes to the area’s current “GN-1” zoning to allow for more commercial developments along the corridor. (Image courtesy City of Flint) Under the city’s new zoning code, adopted in October 2022, the same parcels were rezoned to GN-1, which stands for “Green Neighborhood Low Density.”.
The unofficial numbers are in: here are Flint’s 2022 election results
Nov 9, 2022 · According to an Oct. 28 City of Flint press release, a 2018 change to the city’s charter means that Neeley will start his new term the Monday following the certification of the state’s gubernatorial general election results, which may take up to three weeks.. Aside from the Flint mayoral race results, below is a wrap-up of all of the Nov. 8 …
Here’s what happened at the Oct. 24 Flint City Council Meeting
Oct 27, 2022 · An ARPA allocation plan was first presented last week by the council’s ad hoc ARPA committee members Judy Priestley and Ladel Lewis.During that meeting, the two outlined proposed changes to Mayor Sheldon Neeley’s ARPA plan, introduced in June of this year. Flint received $94.7 million in ARPA funding to address the …
Flint saw 27% increase in fatal shootings this year, nears yearly ...
Dec 30, 2021 · As of Dec. 26, Flint has had 61 fatal shootings, according to MSP. That’s an increase of about 27% from this time last year when there had been 48 fatal shootings. The city also had several non-fatal shootings, with 217 so far in 2021, which is a slight increase from the year before. Around this time in 2020, there had been 214 non-fatal ...
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Here’s what happened at the Feb. 12 Flint City Council meeting
Feb 19, 2024 · Here’s what happened at city council’s Feb. 12 meeting: Help us empower, impact, and inform our community. Support us today and help us go further, faster. Appointments. During the meeting, council was presented with three appointments and three reappointments which Council President Ladel Lewis, Vice President Candice Mushatt, and ...