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OCTOBER 15, 2025 • Vol. 44, No. 21
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Artist Edward Stross enters race for Roseville mayor vs. incumbent Robert Taylor BY BRIAN WELLS bwells@candgnews.com
ROSEVILLE — A Roseville artist who has found himself at the center of several controversies — including attempts to save the former Sacred Heart church from becoming a gas station — has entered the city’s mayoral race. Edward Stross announced on his Facebook page Sept. 19 that he had entered the race as a write-in candidate. “Our City Council has no fear of
ABOVE: Artist and advocate Edward Stross poses for a portrait near a sign he painted outside his art studio on Gratiot Avenue Wednesday, Oct. 1, in Roseville. RIGHT: Roseville Mayor Robert Taylor poses in the City Council chambers Wednesday, Oct. 1.
See MAYOR on page 17A
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Mother of 22-month-old victim says she has no hate for convicted murderer
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BY BRIAN WELLS bwells@candgnews.com
ROSEVILLE — The mother of a 22-month-old who was killed in 2022 said she has no hate in her heart for the woman convicted of killing her son, even though the mother doesn’t feel that the woman has taken accountability. “I don’t have hate in my heart for you, but I really do wish you had accountability, or any love in your heart that you couldn’t have for me and my son,” Taylor Starks said at the sentencing of Kimora Launmei Hodges. Hodges was found guilty of killing 22-month-old
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Kyrie Starks while babysitting in 2022. Hodges, who was 21 at the time, was babysitting while Taylor Starks was at work on June 13, 2022, when officers were dispatched for a report of a child having severe head trauma. The case was originally filed in 2022. However, different events — including part of Hodges’ statement to police being thrown out of court — caused the case to be prolonged. Hodges was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury in July. Starks added that, because Hodges won’t take accountability, she’ll never be able to heal. See SENTENCING on page 13A
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Taylor Starks, mother of 22-month-old Kyrie Starks, addresses the court during a sentencing hearing for Kimora Launmei Hodges in the 16th Circuit Court in Mount Clemens.