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Fight between rival gangs leaves 4 shot outside Detroit nightclub

By Steve Neavling on April 5, 2014 Crime & Fire, Headline, Police

Minutes earlier, police exchanged fire with a suspect who fled a car.

What’s in store for Detroit’s long-idle Chinatown?

By Steve Neavling on April 4, 2014 Abandoned Buildings, Art & Entertainment, Buildings, Culture, Headline, posts, Real Estate

Key to the transformation is a tattoo artist and a nonprofit that has been wildly successful in Midtown.

FBI investigates whether Detroit council members were paid off for president vote

By Steve Neavling on April 3, 2014 City Council, City Government, Government, Headline, posts

The probe was triggered by a conversation between Police Chief James Craig, the Rev. Horace Sheffield and political consultant Adolph Mongo.

Stabbings? Shootings? Detroit police stop reporting violent crimes to media, public

By Steve Neavling on April 3, 2014 Crime & Fire, Headline, Police

New Police Chief James Craig is immune from public pressure and accountability because he was selected by state-appointed Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr.

Highland Park firefighters rescue 4 from burning home but denied aid from Detroit

By Steve Neavling on April 2, 2014 Crime & Fire, Fire, Headline

Highland Park firefighters were overmatched by the three-house blaze on Tuxedo.

Calling his firing ‘shameful,’ new Metro Times owners bring back veteran reporter Curt Guyette

By Dave Mesrey on April 2, 2014 Art & Entertainment, Headline

The decision to bring back Guyette offers some insight into the philosophy of the new owner, Cleveland-based Euclid Media, which bought the weekly in December for an undisclosed sum.