Police catch girls, ages 11 to 13, trying to burn down vacant Detroit school
Police were shocked to find four girls setting fires inside the vacant Van Zile School.
Arsonists busted trying to burn down vacant Detroit school (with audio)
Quick-acting police saved another Detroit school from destruction.
Photos: Costumed revelers chase away evil Nain Rouge in Detroit Sunday
The dwarf and his fire-breathing dragon led a parade of thousands of costume-wearing revelers down the Cass Corridor to the Masonic Temple.
Did Heidelberg Project miss chance to save itself? Explore what’s left, what’s gone
The world-famous Heidelberg Project, which spans across dozens of parcels and attracts as many as 50,000 people a year, owns just four of lots in the area.
7 suspicious house fires break out in 2 hours, leaving Detroit’s west side without protection
The Detroit Fire Department has been flirting with calamity since then-Mayor Bing laid off firefighters, closed stations and cut money for emergency safety repairs.
Detroit’s Grammy Award-winner Anita Baker wanted on arrest warrant
The 56-year-old failed to show up to court in September, resulting in her arrest warrant on Wednesday.
Wet cement candles? Leather bike locks? Shinola selling more than watches
Shinola, which makes its name on Detroit, is selling luxury candles, piggy banks, and footballs made out of state.
Mar. 20, 1960: Civil rights icon Dr. Ossian Sweet dies of apparent suicide
Sweet was best known for being a victim of a racially-charged ambush in September 1925.
Gunman shoots at Detroit fire engine from roof of abandoned church
The fire company (Engine 50) was featured on the documentary “Burn.”
Investigation: What the Heidelberg Project doesn’t want you to know
“They are saying a lot to the public, but they haven’t been very cooperative,” a high-level fire official said.