Prison & probation: Starkly different sentences for Utash attackers
“All I can say is the people who beat me tried to kill me,” Steve Utash wrote in a letter.
Man suspected of setting hundreds of fires in Detroit charged with arson
A Detroit man accused of lighting hundreds of fires because of a long-held grudge with firefighters was charged Wednesday with arson and resisting arrest.
Historic Detroit fire headquarters to be converted into upscale hotel
The mighty downtown headquarters was built at a time when Detroit had one of the largest populations in the U.S.
Soccer referee dies after he’s attacked during game in Livonia
An adult soccer game in suburban Detroit turned deadly after one of the players fatally attacked the referee.
Police: Detroit councilman found slumped over drunk in driver’s seat
It didn’t take long for yet another Detroit City Council member to get in trouble with the law.
After 30 years in exile, thoroughbred racing returns to Hazel Park
Thoroughbred racing made a triumphant return to Hazel Park Raceway this weekend for the first time since 1984.
Metro Times cuts staff of new ‘superweekly’ after Real Detroit merger
The layoffs come less than two months after the Real Detroit and Metro Times merged.
These 17 metro Detroit artists won $25,000 fellowships from Kresge Foundation
The 2014 Detroit Artist Fellowship was for artists working in film, music, theater and dance.
DTE Energy worker assaulted for trying to turn off power to Detroit home
A Detroit woman determined to keep her power from being shut off assaulted a DTE worker and then turned her dog on him, police said.
Bicyclist shot in back while riding along Woodward near Palmer Park in Detroit
A Detroit man was critically injured early this morning after a gunman shot him in the back while he was riding his bike on Woodward near Palmer Park.