candgnews.com NOVEMBER 25, 2024 Vol. 44, No. 25
Annual Twinkle Town holiday event ushers in the holiday season/3A
Brother allegedly kills his sister’s ex-boyfriend
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U.S. Navy veteran Guy Kaercher, of Warren, holds up a June 28, 1944, Detroit Times newspaper encouraging people to buy war bonds 22 days after the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Photo by Liz Carnegie
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WARREN HONORS MILITARY HEROES BY GENA JOHNSON
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WARREN — The city of Warren had its first veterans celebration Nov. 15 at City Hall in the first-floor conference room where more than 100 veterans and their family members gathered to honor those who served in all branches
of the military. The Honoring Heroes with Harmony-Brass and Breakfast event saluted veterans from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom. The event combined members of the Warren Symphony Orchestra’s brass section who played patriotic tunes, marches and wartime music after those in atSee VETERANS on page 20A
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WARREN — Deandre Benard Jones, 32, of Warren, and his sister Keshawna Smith, 30, also of Warren, were arraigned in 37th District Court Nov. 12 in connection with the death of their sister’s ex-boyfriend. According to Warren police, on Nov. 8 Jones allegedly drove to a Warren residence where two of his sisters, Keshawna Smith, and another sister, who was the ex-girlfriend of the deceased, Stanley Smith Jr., 23, were meeting outside with Smith Jr. When Jones arrived, he reportedly started shooting at Smith Jr. and allegedly killed him. After the shooting, Keshawna Smith allegedly deleted calls and texts from her brother about the incident. The sister who was involved in a relationship with Smith Jr. has not been charged with a crime, and her name was withheld by police. Warren police were originally dispatched to a home in the 11000 block of Paige Avenue where they found a man, later identified as Smith Jr., dead in a