ROMULUS — Twenty years after the process began, questions and concerns continue over the operation of two hazardous waste wells in the city.

It's the start of the new term next week and with it comes a big bill for families with parents now having to face soaring costs to send their children back to school.

Instead of street clothes or a jail jumpsuit, Dennis Burton wore a hospital gown. Instead of standing in a courtroom, he was in a hospital bed. For the first time, Eastpointe police used portable video equipment, bought with a $16,000 grant, to have Burton arraigned from his Detroit hospital room last month.