Live blog: Close-up look at all fires during Fourth of July weekend
Firefighters are bracing for what has become the most destructive three-day period for fires in Detroit – July 2-4. We’ll provide details of every fire, with videos and photos.
Forget Devils’ Night. Fourth of July weekends are far more destructive
During a 10-hour period on the Fourth of July last year, more than 60 fires broke out in homes, commercial buildings, garages, cars and trash cans.
Video: Law enforcement officer gets rough with photographer
A Detroit law enforcement official appeared to assault a photographer who was obeying orders and retreating at a fire scene on the west side.
Judge dismisses flimsy case against street artist Shepard Fairey
World-renowned street artist Shepard Fairey was facing up to 10 years in prison. Not anymore.
Firefighters vs. photographers: Tensions flare over arsons, First Amendment rights
In the past two months, photographers in Detroit have been briefly detained, cursed at by firefighters and intentionally sprayed with water. Another photographer’s phone was smashed.
Finally! Detroit Fire Department to buy new aerial ladder trucks, squads, pumpers
Just days after Motor City Muckraker reported that the purchase of the rigs had become entangled in bureaucratic delays, the city gave the Fire Department the green light to begin accepting bids for new rigs this month.
Ex-Council President Pugh arrested on charges of sexually abusing boy, 14
Charles Pugh is facing charges of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy while working for Fox 2.
Bureaucratic delays prevent purchase of desperately needed fire trucks in Detroit
“It’s ridiculous. We simply don’t have enough rigs to cover the city,” said Mike Nevin, president of the Detroit Fire Firefighters Association.
SUV full of high school students flips over, nearly strikes Masonic Temple in Detroit
The students were leaving nearby Cass Tech High School when the crash happened.
State police monitoring social media for threatening comments about Gov. Snyder
Careful what you say about Gov. Rick Snyder or the Flint water crisis.