City records set ablaze in Detroit Fire Department’s old academy
An arsonist set fire to city records just a week after Motor City Muckraker revealed Detroit neglected tens of thousands of records in the fire department’s academy.
Detroit’s grinch: Overworked medics targeted for Christmas eve discipline
Detroit’s understaffed medics routinely risk their lives at crime scenes because police are unable to respond. They still don’t have ballistic vests after they were promised protection following brutal stabbings of two medics in October 2015.
Prosecutor returns police request to charge whistleblowing fire union chief – for now
The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday rejected a request by Detroit police to file criminal charges against firefighter union president Mike Nevin for disseminating “sensitive information to the public.”
Shooting reported at or near Mumford High School in Detroit
It would have been national news in any other city: 911 callers reported shots fired at Mumford High School on Detroit’s on the west side.
Commissioner wants to end ‘Drag Queen Story Hour,’ downtown gem preserved: Tuesday briefing
Huntington Woods commissioner among critics calling for end of “Drag Queen Story Time;” long-abandoned Metropolitan Building revived in downtown Detroit; firefighters find body in a basement.
More underground explosions or stolen manhole covers in Detroit? Anyone care?
A loud explosion rocked the Cass Corridor on Monday afternoon, about an hour after firefighters were called to investigate about a dozen missing manhole covers on the east side.
Another wave of bomb threats target Detroit hospitals, courthouses
Another wave of bomb threats in Detroit targeted at least three hospitals and two courthouses, prompting the evacuation of some of the buildings Friday.
Flint water insult, state Dem boss out, anti-Semite gets house arrest: Wednesday briefing
State employee who was charged in Flint water crisis gets cushy job; Brandon Dillon won’t seek re-election as the Michigan Democratic Party chairman; and an anti-Semite who threatened local journalists was placed on house arrest.
Detroit cop charged with beating naked woman in hospital is back on job
A Detroit police corporal was allowed to return to his job just one week after he was charged with assaulting a naked, unarmed and mentally ill woman inside an emergency room triage unit.
Really, Nolan Finley? DPD union prez ousted, murder of transgender woman: Tuesday briefing
DPD officers oust their union president; conservative columnist Nolan Finley wants Snyder to “go in peace;” and a Sterling Heights man has been charged with murdering a transgender woman in Detroit.