Fire and Ice: Aftermath of abandoned apartment blaze in photos
Ice accumulated a fire gutted an abandoned apartment building in Detroit Saturday morning.
“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.
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.
Black smoke prevents neighbors from saving elderly woman in second fatal fire this weekend in Detroit
The smoke was too thick, suffocating and disorienting to reach the 83-year-old woman in her bedroom.
Burned-down houses become tombs for countless squatters in Detroit; city can’t afford excavation
Even when neighbors tell investigators that squatters are living in vacant buildings ravaged by fire, the city rarely does more than a cursory search.
Fire hydrants malfunction, baby girl dies in east-side blaze this morning
Unable to find working hydrants, firefighters dashed through heavy smoke and extreme heat to rescue a lifeless 10-month-girl from her upstairs bedroom early this morning.
FBI: Highland Park cops beat and rob man, then deal cocaine for him
Two Highland Park cops beat a man for carrying a firearm, stole his cash and jewelry and then accepted a $10,000 bribe to make the charges disappear, the FBI said today .
Sources: Before threatening to kill ex-wife of state official, Detroit News reporter was headed to WXYZ-TV Channel 7
Fleming’s coverage of city hall and its budget crisis often landed on the front page, and he built a respectable following.