3 dead: Gruesome scene found inside burning house in Detroit
Investigators said the victims were stabbed before someone set fire to the house.
Feb. 10, 2006: Legendary Detroit producer J. Dilla dies
On this day in 2006, celebrated hip hop producer and city native J Dilla joins the ancestors after a long illness believed to have been lupus. He was only 32. Born James Dewitt Yancey, he produced tracks for a who’s who of artists including: Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Common, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, and Erykah […]
The sprawling factory fire that won’t stop burning in Detroit (photos, video)
The remarkable blaze has shown no signs of letting up as the plant begins to collapse.
Feb. 7, 1968: Michigan Chronicle columnist Joseph “Ziggy” Johnson joins the ancestors
Johnson was a Michigan Chronicle columnist, nightclub impresario and local dance studio instructor.
Billboards depict Detroit as industrial wasteland ruined by UAW
The crumbling Packard Plant is featured on a billboard aimed at fighting UAW efforts.
Billionaire Matty Moroun lets workers nearly freeze in warehouse
The freezing workers finally walked out in protest after temperatures reached negative 15 degrees.
Feb. 6, 1972: Free Press reports on auto sales pioneer Ed Davis
On this day in 1972, a Detroit Free Press “Detroit Magazine” article is published titled, “Ed Davis: The Idealist in the Driver’s Seat of the Creaky Old DSR.buy doxycycline online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/languages/new/usa/doxycycline.html no prescription “ The feature reports on the automobile sales pioneer and his efforts to improve the city’s public transportation system. Prior to joining City […]
Photo essay: Explore blighted area to be turned into 140-acre forest in Detroit
The largely abandoned area is littered with trash, tires, furniture, rotting homes and discarded boats.
Feb. 5, 1941: Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s first signed artists, born today
A skilled songwriter, Strong will collaborate on several compositions, including: “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by both Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips; “War” by Edwin Starr and “Smiling Faces Sometimes” by the Undisputed Truth.
Project to transform 140 acres of blight into large urban farm finally underway
The plan is to plant 15,000 hardwood trees like maple and oak this spring over an area riddled with abandoned homes, dead trees and piles of garbage, tires and old furniture.