Video: Demo crews raze Eastown Theatre’s legendary stage
A demolition crew toppled the stage and interior of the once-elegant Eastown Theatre on Detroit’s east side on Tuesday, bringing down power lines with it.
Detroit wildly underreports fire-related injuries, fatalities and arsons
The city of Detroit painted a wildly inaccurate and misleading picture of the fire crisis through a public database that was supposed to create transparency.
Photos: Demolition begins on legendary, crumbling Eastown Theatre
A large claw poked through the stage of the once-celebrated theater on Detroit’s east side today.
Elderly man beaten, set afire and robbed in his Detroit home
The 91-year-old man was dead when firefighters found him inside his house.
Detroit firefighter injured saving life of elderly woman
“I have a victim in the rear stairwell,” a firefighter radioed to the chief.
Second Detroit firefighter dies in two days while on duty
Firefighters tried to resuscitate the captain of the fire boat.
Detroit firefighter died while on duty; cause of death under investigation
Sgt. Vince Smith was found dead in his firehouse.
City of Detroit to demolish once-venerable Eastown Theatre as early as today
The Eastown Theatre was one of Detroit’s most elegant movie palaces and later a premier rock venue during the psychedelic era.
New book teaches newbies ‘How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass’
Author Aaron Foley offers “advice on everything from buying and rehabbing a house to not sounding like a completely uninformed racist when you talk to a black person.”
Records: 4 firefighters collected abundant overtime they didn’t work
Just days after we requested overtime records, Detroit launched a fraud investigation into the scheme.