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Terry Oparka

C&G Staff Reporter – Troy Times

Staff Writer Terry Oparka covers Troy and the Troy School District for the Troy Times. Oparka has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2000 and attended Oakland University and Macomb Community College. Oparka has won an award from the Michigan Press Association and four awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Detroit Chapter.

Published January 22, 2020

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Free and discounted radon tests are available in January

METRO DETROIT — You can’t see, smell or taste it — but radon lurking in your home in winter months when doors and windows stay closed, which allows radon to collect, can cause lung cancer.

Published January 21, 2020

Troy Times

Troy City Councilman Ed Pennington resigns

TROY — After the City Council voted not to allow a business owned by Councilman Ed Pennington to be considered as a vendor for the city of Troy, Pennington resigned his seat on the council.

Published January 21, 2020

Troy Times

Troy High School focuses on how to prevent distracted driving

TROY — Richard Li and John Dannug, friends and seniors at Troy High School, said they had to throw the dice “a ridiculous number of times” before it came up snake eyes.

Published January 21, 2020

Troy Times

Students of longtime Troy resident, fashionista ‘Odie’ King bid her goodbye

TROY — Odester “Odie” Robbins King was a wife, a mother, an educator, a fashion designer and an entrepreneur.

Published January 20, 2020

Troy Times

Police say man drove Tesla 130 mph, threatened to kill police

TROY — A 28-year-old Waterford man faces multiple charges after he reportedly drove a red 2019 Tesla 130 mph south on Interstate 75, near Adams Road, just before 4:45 p.m. Jan. 8.

Published January 17, 2020

Sterling Heights Sentry

Sterling Heights residents, officials sound off on refugee policy

STERLING HEIGHTS — Discussions on social media continued to reverberate in Sterling Heights following the Macomb County executive’s recent letter about refugee resettlement.

Published January 15, 2020

Troy Times

Warren woman killed in fatal crash on John R

TROY — A 27-year-old Warren woman was killed and two others injured in a four-car crash on John R Road, north of Big Beaver Road, during the evening rush hour Jan. 14.

Published January 15, 2020

Troy Times

Laws that aim to cut down distracted driving gain traction

TROY — If Jim Santilli, the CEO of the Transportation Improvement Association, has his way, Michigan will join 20 other states in becoming a “hands-free” state.

Published January 15, 2020

Troy Times

Get serious about the Academy Awards at the Troy Public Library

TROY — Elliot Wilhelm, the director for the Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts, has come to find the Academy Awards a lot more interesting than he used to.

Troy Assistant Fire Chief Chuck Riesterer, left; Fire Chief Dave Roberts; and Assistant Fire Chief Pete Hullinger, far right, award Jeff Dunstan, second from right, a Civilian Citation Jan. 8.

Published January 15, 2020

Troy Times

Troy man recognized for extinguishing blaze in neighbor’s apartment

TROY — Jeff Dunstan was awake at 2:15 a.m. Nov. 26 when his upstairs neighbor in the Somerset Park Apartments banged on his door, asking for help — her apartment was on fire.

Published January 13, 2020

Troy Times

Fire in chimney sparks blaze

TROY — Firefighters were called to a two-story home on Bristol Drive, near Wattles and Rochester roads, just after 2:45 p.m. Jan. 12 on a report of a chimney fire.

Published January 9, 2020

Troy Times

Crews extricate vehicle occupants in two-car crash

TROY — Firefighters used the Jaws of Life and hydraulic cutters to free a man and a child trapped in a car reportedly struck by a vehicle running a red light at the intersection of Long Lake and Crooks roads just after 4:15 p.m. Jan. 8.

Published January 7, 2020

Troy Times

Troy city leaders share plans, priorities for 2020

TROY — As Troy city leaders ended a busy 2019, C & G Newspapers asked what changes are coming and what priorities will be going forward.

Published January 3, 2020

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Troy Beaumont celebrates birth of New Year’s baby

TROY — Staff and patients at Beaumont Hospital, Troy, didn’t have to wait long after the clock struck midnight Jan. 1 to hear the strains of “Brahms’ Lullaby,” which play each time a baby is born.

Published December 30, 2019

Troy Times

Fallout at City Hall, redevelopment and roadwork shape 2019

TROY — Development starts and stops, the sentencing of former City Manager Brian Kischnick, and construction work on Interstate 75 made headlines in Troy in 2019.