Confidential records litter vacant buildings
The files contain social security numbers of rape victims, missing people, students, patients and cooperating witnesses to crimes.
Grass: Detroit is overgrown with negligence
Thigh-high grass has swallowed swaths of Detroit that now look more like prairies than neighborhoods. Dozens of parks that Mayor Bing pledged to maintain are a sea of green.
Bloomberg Writer: Detroit should sell artwork to more deserving city
“Great artworks shouldn’t be held hostage by a relatively unpopular museum in a declining region,” the columnist writes.
Crews amputate derelict Globe Building ahead of renovation
At first glance, the hulking Globe Building on Detroit’s east riverfront looks like any industrial eyesore – a collapsing roof, faded exterior and rusted steel beams.
More than 145 people shot in Detroit in May, some for most absurd reasons
On May 15, the day Mayor Bing introduced new Police Chief James Craig, 13 people were shot.
Perennial mayoral candidate: Mike Duggan “doesn’t even have a Detroit accent”
What was supposed to be a debate among Detroit’s mayoral candidates devolved into name-calling, shouting and some good-old fashioned racism.
Musician Jack White keeps Detroit Masonic Temple alive with $142,000 donation
Local rocker Jack White donated $142,000 to the Detroit Masonic Temple to prevent it from going into foreclosure, the temple revealed today. In return, the world’s largest masonic temple renamed its Cathedral Theater to the “Jack White Theater,” where the local musician has played and where his mother used to be an usher. The Jack White […]
Humans not behind slaughter of chickens, goats at Detroit school for pregnant teens
Goats and chickens found slaughtered at a school for pregnant teenagers in Detroit last week were not killed by humans, the Michigan Human Society said this morning.
Detroit EM: Taxpayers shouldn’t foot bill to defend ex-Police Chief Godbee
Seven months after an internal affairs officer filed a lawsuit claiming Police Chief Ralph Godbee lured her into a sexual relationship with the promise of a promotion, Detroit’s new emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, is intervening in the case.
Feds: Michigan schools may continue using Native American mascots
That’s good news for school teams like the Clinton Redskins, Morely-Stanwood Mohawks,Utica Chieftains, Chippewa Valley Big Reds, Saugatuck Indians, Plymouth Canton Chiefs, Marquette Redmen and Grass Lake Warriors.