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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Trinity J Shockley, a transgender male who prefers to go by Jamie or Dex, allegedly planned to carry out a Parkland-style shooting Friday at Indiana’s Mooresville High School.
Police were alerted to Shockley’s alleged plans and arrested him 48-hours before the planned attack.
FOX News noted “the FBI in Indianapolis received a tip and contacted the Mooresville Metropolitan Police Department (MMPD) to assess the credibility.” The “tip” indicated that Shockley allegedly planned to carry out a school shooting with an AR-15 and that he “had ordered a bullet proof vest.”
The information given to the FBI also indicated Shockley was “infatuated” with the man who killed 17 people in the February 14, 2018, Parkland shooting.
KBTX reported Shockley wanted the Parkland shooter to recognize him as his “number one fan.”
Shockley’s home was searched on Wednesday and law enforcement uncovered a “shrine” to mass shooters, with photos of such shooters on the wall, “as well as buttons with their faces on it.” Click here to read more.
LANSING, Mich - Detroit businesswoman Fay Beydoun is collecting a $550,000 annual salary from taxpayers as she continues to defy the state’s efforts to recoup a shady $20 million legislative grant.
Beydoun, a former Michigan Economic Development Corporation appointee of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Democratic donor, disclosed her annual salary in draft memo included with a package of documents she sent the state last month detailing grant spending for the last quarter of 2024, The Detroit News reports.
“Her salary of $550,000 is in line with compensation to executives of other international organizations with similar missions and budgets,” Beydoun wrote in the document obtained by The News.
The news site notes Beydoun’s paycheck is roughly three times larger than Whitmer’s.
The news site notes Beydoun’s paycheck is roughly three times larger than Whitmer’s.
The recent report details how Beydoun is spending a $20 million grant she received from the Michigan Legislature in 2022 for Global Link International, a nonprofit business accelerator she founded 11 days after lawmakers approved the funding. Click here to read more.
KALAMAZOO, Mich - The start of the new year is typically a time when people make big changes around health—and drug companies are no exception.
As of Jan. 1, more than 250 branded drugs from pharmaceutical giants including Bristol Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Pasteur, Merck, Pfizer, and more will see price hikes in the U.S., according to data analysis conducted by health care research firm 3 Axis Advisors.
Pfizer alone is raising prices on over 60 drugs, the most on the list. (Pfizer has nearly 500 products in its portfolio.) In addition to a 3% increase on Paxlovid, its COVID treatment, Pfizer’s cancer drugs Adcetris and Ibrance, as well as arthritis treatment Xeljanz, will now cost between 3% and 5% more, according to Reuters.
The median increase—which is only to the list price and does not include rebates or other discounts—is similar year over year at 4.5%. Still, more drugs are getting higher price tags in 2025 compared with last year.
Pfizer told Fortune in a statement: “Pfizer has adjusted the average list prices of our medicines and vaccines for 2025 below the overall rate of inflation—approximately 2.4%—across many products in our diverse product portfolio. Click here to read more.
LANSING, Mich. – Wednesday marks one of the two most important days for a school district when it comes to their funding: Count Day.
This year, Feb. 12 is Count Day, when attendance in class is used to determine how much funding a school district receives. In Michigan, the vast majority of funding is given on a per-pupil basis. Currently, the state pays an across-the-board $9,608 per pupil to public school districts for the “foundation allowance.” But there are many other forms of revenue that are calculated on a per-pupil basis, such a federal money and other state revenue streams such as money for at-risk students.
If a student doesn’t show up today, the state still allows for that missing student to be counted. For instance, if it is an unexcused absence, that missing student can still be counted if they attend school within 10 days of the count day. Click here to read more.
EATON, Ohio (WRKC) - Ken Long, a 54-year-old veteran from Eaton, has been denied a heart transplant at Christ Hospital due to his refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Long, who was diagnosed with congestive heart failure nearly a year ago, believes the decision is based on his vaccination status.
"When I decide something, I mean it, and if it takes dying, it's what it is," Long said. "They don't know enough about it, and plus it's already done a lot of damage. People have said blood clots. There are no cardiac issues and our personal religious rights."
Initially, Long's wife, Christina, disagreed with his decision.
"It's my husband. I don't want to lose my husband," Christina said. "In the moment, you're just overwhelmed, and you want to do anything you can to save somebody's life, and then I had to regroup myself. It's his right."
Long now relies on a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to pump blood to his heart.
"I can hardly do anything. If the power goes out, I have to worry about my batteries and my charger," Long said. "You can't get wet, so showering is an issue." Click here to read more.
