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FLINT, Michigan -- Community meetings will be held at the end of January to discuss a report on the Flint School District's facilities.

FLINT, Michigan -- Former NFL star and Flint native Mark Ingram pled not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of driving on a suspended license.

Ted Henry

GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan -- Ted Henry wrote another chapter Tuesday in what's quickly becoming a cautionary tale for others:

Call it, "Underestimate me at your own risk."

FLINT, Michigan -- Six school board members are again facing recall petitions for hiring Superintendent Linda Thompson even though her brother is a school board member.

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FLINT, Michigan -- Just down the street from the home the Rev. Herbert Hart shared with his mother, police arrested the man believed to be responsible for his death.

BURTON, Michigan -- Burton police are investigating the suspicious death of a 30-year-old man.

GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan -- Clayton Township Democrat Ted Henry is the new chairman of the county Board of Commissioners.

Bruce Edwards | Flint Journal file photoThe production crew of "All's Faire in Love" films a scene in September at Atwood Stadium in Flint. The crew also filmed at the Mott Foundation building and in Holly.

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GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan -- Could Flint be in for part of a $80-million slice of the Hollywood pie coming to Michigan?

Local officials are definitely star-struck by the movies and the economic development they bring. Now, they're dazzled by the prospect of a multi-million dollar development deal that could bring several film and production facilities to Michigan.

State leaders are expected to make an official announcement as early as February or March, said Anthony Wenson, chief operating officer of the Michigan Film Office.

"We're optimistic several studios could be built in 2009," Wenson said. But he would not indicate how many or where they would be constructed.

The betting is the studios will be built in the Detroit area, but that doesn't mean we can't have big Hollywood dreams.

"It would be great for Genesee County to have a studio here. Somewhere in the county we should have a space that has sufficient indoor and outdoor space," said Jerry Preston, president of the Flint Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Melissa Cousineau | The Flint JournalPalace Gardens in Burton has been vacant since a fire in 2005 and has been an eyesore to the community with tattered awnings and a hole in the front where someone crashed their vehicle into the building. On Monday (Jan. 5, 2009), the Burton City Council will decide if the old dance club will face the wrecking ball.

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BURTON, Michigan -- For the past three years, Elmeretta Fischer said she's been in a battle with her insurance company over a settlement for a fire that damaged her bar and nightclub.

She said she planned to use the money to remodel the building.

But for years the site has sat vacant and some neighbors called it an eyesore, while city officials grew impatient.

Lloyd Racine

GRAND BLANC, Michigan -- Lloyd Racine was committed to his faith, his religion and his family.

"Those three things consumed his life," son John Racine of Grand Blanc said. "He was very focused."

Lloyd Racine of Grand Blanc died Sunday of a stoke. He was 88.

GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan -- It appears that Genesee County roads were significantly less deadly in 2008, according to preliminary data from state and local agencies.

But it remains to be seen whether the decrease in road deaths is a statistical blip or a sign of safer driving.

FLINT, Michigan -- The gifts were chewable and better suited to canines than an 8-year-old boy.

Trevor Morris

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GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Michigan -- Friday nights at Lake Fenton High School during football season just won't be the same.

After each home game, three generations of Knuths -- Trevor Morris, 11, his grandfather Orlin Knuth and uncle Kevin Knuth -- would close the stadium, removing equipment, goal posts and down markers.

And turning out the lights.