Detroit All Local from WWJ Newsradio

WWJ's Jeff Gilbert talks with US Attorney Matthew Schneider about the federal charge brought against former UAW President Dennis Williams. 

WWJ's Jason Scott and Jackie Paige host a News Special Back To School Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic focused on the new school year.  Listen to what Warren Consolidated Schools Superintendent Dr. Robert Livernois, Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne, Bloomfield Hills High School principal Charlie Hollerith and Bloomfield Hills Schools Athletic Director Mike Cowdrey say about having kids in class, learning from home, playing sports, funding schools and treating classmates.  

WWJ's Jon Hewett talked with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan about concerns over the primary elections and what is being done to fix the problems ahead of the November election.

 The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Laura has become "an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane" packing 140 mph winds.  The hurricane is expected to make landfall overnight somewhere along the Louisiana-Texas border.  Reporter Austin York from our sister station KRLD in Dallas talked with WWJ's Jason Scott and Jackie Paige... 

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer encouraged residents to get flu shots as part of a new campaign called Facing the Flu Together.  She also told reporters she won't be bullied into opening gyms and other businesses.