Suspect arrested after Art Van family targeted in firebombing attempt at Grosse Pointe home
The homemade bomb fizzled out before it caught fire at the Whittier home of Art Van Furniture President Gary Van Elslander.
Faulty traffic light may have caused fatal motorcycle crash on Detroit’s west side
As police cordoned off the scene of a fatal motorcycle-car collision Wednesday evening, something unusual started happening at the intersection.
Police nab man accused of shooting pregnant woman for refusing sex
Police said the the 21-year-old woman, who is a few months pregnant and was a passenger in the car, was shot in the body after turning down sex from the driver on West Fort.
Video: Man brutally beats, stabs senior while bystanders look on, do nothing
“No one attempted to assist the victim,” police said today.
Fallen Westland firefighter featured in poignant documentary about saving lives
The documentary shows the young father tenderly caring for an elderly woman with chest pains in Detroit.
Pregnant woman shot trying to defend herself against a rapist in Detroit this morning
Police are on the hunt for a man who tried to rape a 21-year-old woman who is several months pregnant.
T-shirts sold to raise money for family of fallen Westland firefighter
The Wayne-Westland firefighter was fighting a blaze at a strip mall in Westland on Wednesday when the building crashed down on him and four other firefighters.
Lens on Detroit: Suspicious fire ravages major installation at Heidelberg Project
An early morning fire tore through an abandoned housed that served as an art installation at the world-renowned Heidelberg Project on the city’s east side.
Ten people shot in one day in Detroit; two victims in 20s were struck by stray bullets
A 26-year-old woman was minding her own business at a park on Detroit’s east side Wednesday afternoon when shots rang and struck her while a group of men was arguing.
Scavengers are stealing manhole covers at alarming rate, leaving gaping holes in streets, sidewalks
In the past two years, thousands of sewer and manhole covers have been stolen, creating hazards for unsuspecting pedestrians, motorists and bicyclists. The cast iron lids fetch scofflaws between $10 and $25 at local scrap yards, police said.