JACKSON, MI – From a horse-drawn glass carriage taking a 16-year-old girl to her grave, to a judge defying an appellate court order during a murder resentencing, a lot has been going on in the area.
Here are some headlines you may have missed this week.
Horse-drawn glass carriage leads funeral procession for 16-year-old Jackson shooting victim
She was killed just weeks before 17th birthday, so Davaisha Jenkins’ family wanted to make sure her funeral was special.
Family and friends followed a horse-drawn glass carriage to walk the mile from the funeral home to the cemetery during the procession Tuesday afternoon.
“She was very fun and loving,” Dawn Goodall-O’Neal, Davaisha’s aunt, said of the girl who loved to sing and dance. “She always had a smile on her face. She could light up a room.”
Dawn Dixon-Bey’s sentence of 35 to 70 years for second-degree murder was unreasonably long, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled.
Jackson County Circuit Judge John McBain was ordered by the appeals court to resentence Dixon-Bey, now 48, to be more consistent with the guidelines of 12 to 20 years.
But McBain didn’t exactly follow the order.
Bone Island Grille has reopened for the second time since the novel coronavirus pandemic began.
The restaurant at 4614 Francis St. in Summit Township closed for in-person dining in March during the state’s stay-at-home order and reopened in early June at half capacity. It then closed again on July 19 after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
But after a 15-day quarantine, Bone Island Grille reopened once again on Tuesday, Aug. 4.
Man killed in head-on crash with tanker truck on U.S. 127 near Jackson
A man was killed late Sunday afternoon when he crossed the center line on U.S. 127 in Liberty Township and collided head on with a tanker truck, police said
The driver, 22, of Albion, was heading south on U.S. 127 when he veered into the northbound lanes and was struck head on by a tanker truck headed north.
Gary Schuette is moving on to the November election for Jackson County sheriff.
Schuette received 9,789 votes in the Aug. 4 primary election, which topped his Republican challengers, David Elwell, who received 6,873 votes, and Kenneth Carpenter, who received 2,864 votes.
Schuette now faces Democratic challenger Val Cochran Toops in the Nov. 3 general election.
Beach Bar reopens for take-out only after employee contracts coronavirus
A bar and restaurant near the shore of Clark Lake is reopening for carry out only after a temporary closure due to an employee testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
Take-out orders are available at the Beach Bar & Restaurant, 3505 Ocean Beach Road, from noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, starting Wednesday, Aug. 5, the owners said. In-person dining will remain closed until further notice, they said.
‘Bright Spots’ event will replace postponed Bright Walls festival in Jackson
Jackson’s streets will see artists, cranes and color this year after all, with a “bright spots” event in September replacing the postponed Bright Walls festival.
In June, Bright Walls organizers postponed the grand finale of the popular Jackson event to 2021 due to health and safety concerns related to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
4-vehicle crash in Jackson results in 1 seriously injured, 1 arrested, police say
A woman was injured and a man arrested after four vehicles crashed at a busy Jackson intersection Monday afternoon.
A white pickup hit a Chevrolet Trailblazer just before 4 p.m., Aug. 3, when the pickup driver ran a red light on Michigan Avenue at the intersection of West Avenue, Jackson Director of Police and Fire Services Elmer Hitt said.
The 20-year-old pickup driver was heading east on Michigan Avenue when he broadsided the trailblazer driving north on West Avenue. The trailblazer was pushed it into additional traffic, Hitt said.
Man accused of fatal shooting who fled to Iowa arraigned in Jackson
A man accused in a fatal shooting outside a Jackson bar who was later captured by federal agents after fleeing has been arraigned.
Franky Ackley Jr., charged with open murder and felony firearms, was arraigned before Jackson District Judge R. Darryl Mazur on Wednesday, Aug. 5.
Ackley, 23, is accused of fatally shooting James Cooper-Robertson, 25, on March 5, outside Duffy’s Food & Spirits, 751 N. Waterloo St.
Home featuring a boat as a bar listed for $2.575 million in Jackson County
It’s not often you see a boat as a bar.
But a Chris-Craft boat is the centerpiece of the lower level of a Nantucket-style home on the shores of Clark Lake in southern Jackson County.
The 7,129-square-foot home, located at 7827 N. Shore Drive and listed for $2.575 million, is MLive’s House of the Week.