Scrapping industry fights off new reforms
Scrappers are stealing manhole covers, sewer grates, church bells, copper roofs, catalytic converters, transformers and virtually anything else made of metal.
Public, media forced out of EM meeting
Although Orr and his advisers were warned that as many as 1,000 Detroiters may show up, they held the event in a cramped, 250-seat venue at Wayne State University.
Firefighter’s serious injuries elicit cold response from commissioner
While doctors tended to a seriously injured firefighter, Fire Commissioner Donald Austin had budget dollars on his mind, according to a complaint.
Confidential records litter vacant buildings
The files contain social security numbers of rape victims, missing people, students, patients and cooperating witnesses to crimes.
Grass: Detroit is overgrown with negligence
Thigh-high grass has swallowed swaths of Detroit that now look more like prairies than neighborhoods. Dozens of parks that Mayor Bing pledged to maintain are a sea of green.
Bloomberg Writer: Detroit should sell artwork to more deserving city
“Great artworks shouldn’t be held hostage by a relatively unpopular museum in a declining region,” the columnist writes.
Crews amputate derelict Globe Building ahead of renovation
At first glance, the hulking Globe Building on Detroit’s east riverfront looks like any industrial eyesore – a collapsing roof, faded exterior and rusted steel beams.
Council President Pugh, a former reporter, lashes out at local media
“They are trying to do gotcha journalism,” Pugh, who raked in a six-figure salary doing similar stories for TV, said. “They make money embarrassing people, and it’s a shame.”
More than 145 people shot in Detroit in May, some for most absurd reasons
On May 15, the day Mayor Bing introduced new Police Chief James Craig, 13 people were shot.
Perennial mayoral candidate: Mike Duggan “doesn’t even have a Detroit accent”
What was supposed to be a debate among Detroit’s mayoral candidates devolved into name-calling, shouting and some good-old fashioned racism.