Bus drivers train to handle misbehaving students on buses




FLINT TWP. — School bus drivers have plenty of war stories to tell. Biters, fighters, hair pullers, litterers and worst are among problem behaviors Carman- Ainsworth drivers encounter regularly. To help them cope or prevent misbehaving students on school buses, the district’s 60 drivers convened in the middle-school Media Room last week for a professional development workshop. Basically, they were […]

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Genealogical Society to hold banquet FLINT — The annual Flint Genealogical Society banquet will be June 5 at 6 p.m. at the Flint Masonic Temple on South Saginaw St. Tickets are $15 each and must be purchased before the banquet. Curt B. Witcher, Genealogy Center Manager at the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, IN, will be the featured […]

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3×3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. You can’t change the digits already provided in the grid. Every puzzle has just one correct solution.

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Concerts coming up at The Machine Shop FLINT — The Machine Shop, 3539 S. Dort Hwy., Flint, will present Eye Empire with special guests Ballz Deluxe, Mic Lordz & Sauce Funky and Medisun Wheel on May 4. This is a low dough concert. Trivium with special guests After the Minor and Dozic will perform May 5. Tickets are $20 in […]

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Lady Cavs have up-and-down week




DAVISON — A soggy, cold day did not end well for the Carman- Ainsworth girls soccer team on Monday as it took on league rival Davison at Davison under a steady rain. In the end, Davison shut out the visiting Cavaliers, 3-0. Savannah Lacey had 15 saves in net. Davison’s Alyssa Burke had two goals and Maddi Carper had one. […]

Sports Shorts



Area star comes home FLINT — Former University of Michigan pitcher, Flint Central grad and long-time major league baseball player Jim Abbott will host a Pitch, Hit and Run clinic for kids ages 7-14 on Saturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Broome Park, 3201 Hammerberg Rd. “We are honored to be a part of these events and are so pleased […]

Fat Guy’s Corner

Ranting and raving

Let the Fat Guy vent for a few sentences here, and then I will be fine. The Detroit Tigers need to start playing some H-E-double-hockeystick baseball. This garbage of terrible starting pitching by Porcello, Wilk and Scherzer is absolute garbage. They have been getting lit up like the town drunk on Friday night. Pass out the neck braces, as balls […]