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A Port Huron teacher’s love of hockey put about 20 Woodland Developmental Center students on skates, many for the first time. Special education teacher Mark Morley pitched the idea, and players from the Port Huron Prowlers and St. Clair County Community College hockey team helped them skate at McMorran Place on Thursday. The students, ages 18 to 26, are part of Woodland’s transition program, which builds life skills and independence. School leaders hope to plan more skating trips, since other students and staff want to join.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

Folks in St. Clair are invited to help one of the city’s oldest landmarks blow out 100 candles. The St. Clair Inn opened along the St. Clair River in 1926, during Prohibition, and has hosted generations of weddings, travelers and family celebrations ever since. Anyone can stop by a free open house this today from 4 to 6 p.m. to tour the historic inn. The party continues Saturday night with a centennial gala featuring dinner, live music, a champagne toast and dancing. Gala tickets are 200 dollars per person.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

A man accused of breaking into a Port Huron home ended up wounded by his own gun. Assistant Police Chief Jeremy Young says officers were called to the 1300 block of Chestnut Street sometime after 9 p.m. Thursday. Police say the man went into the house and was confronted by the homeowner, and investigators believe his own weapon went off, hitting him in the arm. He was treated at McLaren Macomb and released, then booked into the St. Clair County Jail. Charges are pending as the investigation continues.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

A Marysville-area man who was already on parole is facing new drug charges after a raid at a Busha Highway home. The St. Clair County Drug Task Force searched the property Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into local drug sales. Investigators say they found what they call a dealer-level amount of crystal meth, along with digital scales and packaging materials. Fifty-year-old Jason Durham was arraigned Thursday on three felony charges, including maintaining a drug house, and his bond is set at 50-thousand dollars.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

Three runners from St. Clair County Community College are headed to Alabama to chase a national title. Port Huron freshman Samantha Langolf, Marysville sophomore Lillian Rutallie and Bad Axe freshman Makenna Gwisdalla qualified for the NJCAA Division 2 Women’s Cross Country National Championship after strong finishes October 30th at the regional meet at Goodells County Park. Langolf placed 6th, Rutallie finished 10th and Gwisdalla took 19th. The trio will run the 5-kilometer race November 14th in Huntsville. It marks the Skippers’ 2nd straight trip to nationals and their 3rd in 4 seasons.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

Women in St. Clair County looking for a new OB/GYN will have to wait until about January, as McLaren Port Huron finishes taking over the county’s only full-service obstetrics and gynecology practice. The hospital bought Northpointe OB/GYN in October, and it now operates as McLaren Port Huron Obstetrics and Gynecology with 4 physicians and 1 nurse practitioner, down from 8 doctors just a few years ago. Current patients will keep their doctors, and hospital leaders say recruiting more OB/GYNs to Port Huron is now their top priority.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet