by P.D. Lesko As the aphorism goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. On Nov. 3, 2026, Peter Fayroian, principal of Greenhills School, petitioned the Circuit Court…

by P.D. Lesko In 1961, Patsy Cline sang her classic "Crazy." In October 2024, Greenhills School Principal Peter Fayroian sued the A2Indy and me for defamation 19 hours after I published "Greenhills Head of School Accused of Sexual…

by P.D. Lesko NOTE: This is one in a series of articles about the Washtenaw County Trial Court and cases where a litigant or litigants appealed a County Trial Court judge’s ruling. The majority of local Trial Court rulings are…

by P.D. Lesko On July 22, 2026, 22nd Circuit Court Judge Julia B. Owdziej, Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Division, ruled against a Motion filed by a man identified as John Doe who intervened in a libel suit filed against the Ann Arbor…

Updated 9/10/2026 to reflect that Scio News retracted "A Private School Headmaster Is Suing the Reporter Who Covered His Case." by P.D. Lesko Greenhills Principal Peter Fayroian is demanding to know the identity of a tipster who…

Note: Judge Owdziej presided over a FOIA lawsuit filed against Washtenaw County in 2024, and issued a final ruling in favor of the A2Indy in Jan. 2025. by P.D. Lesko A $500 million lawsuit alleging invasion of privacy, and emotional…

by P.D. Lesko After an expensive and bitter battle between the Library Green Conservancy, the AADL Board members and City Council members, on August 5, 2025 Proposals A (to revoke the 2018 Charter amendment which called for the creation…

by P.D. Lesko On June 3, 2024, the Ann Arbor Independent filed a FOIA lawsuit in the Washtenaw County Trial Court against Washtenaw County. The suit was filed to compel the County to release the background check done on Sheriff’s…

by P.D. Lesko In the space of just a few weeks, the Washtenaw County Trial Court has been asked repeatedly by attorneys to sanction The Ann Arbor Independent for the publication of two investigative articles. In the latest instance,…

NOTE: This reporting was made possible by the Ann Arbor Independent's FOIA Fund. Donate today! by P.D. Lesko In March 2024, the Ann Arbor Independent made a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to Washtenaw County for the…