Mayor Bing to city council: Approve lease of Belle Isle or 50 parks will close
Most council members opposed the Belle Isle lease Tuesday, saying they don’t trust the city gem in state hands.
Detroit City Council President Pugh plans to return to broadcast television, opts against a mayoral run
Pugh, who left Fox 2 as a television anchor and reporter, wants to return to journalism but said he doesn’t have a job offer yet.
“Total catastrophe” in I-75 pileup in Detroit
Three people, including two children, died and many others were injured and trapped in cars in a pileup this morning that stretched for more than a mile on southbound I-75 near Dearborn Street following whiteout conditions. More than 30 cars, SUVs and semi-trucks collided when an intense burst of snow blinded drivers. Some people were trapped […]
Appeals court: Medical marijuana users can share pot in Michigan
The Supreme Court is to decide soon whether registered pot owners can sell to each other.
Suspicious fire destroys Sin City Diciples Motorcycle Club in Detroit; bullets explode
Investigators are trying determine what ignited a fire that gutted the Sin City Diciples Motorcycle Club in Detroit Tuesday night.
Exclusive: Gov. Snyder plans to appoint emergency manager over Detroit after little progress
State officials have been meeting privately with city leaders over the past month to discuss the future under a state financial takeover.
Frustrated with City Council, Gov. Snyder withdraws offer to lease Belle Isle
The failed negotiations may accelerate the state’s decision to appoint an emergency manager over the city, which is headed toward bankruptcy.
Detroit City Council delays vote on leasing Belle Isle to state – again
The council voted 6-3 to debate the issue another day, saying they still need more time to look over the lease.
One child dead, another clings to life after EMS no-show at Detroit house fire
As two children lay unconscious from breathing heavy smoke when their west-side house caught fire this morninbg, paramedics never arrived.
Sex scandal involving Detroit News reporter not what it appears, friends say
Ex-wife of state Treasurer Andy Dillon claims the reporter threatened to kill her.