Grosse Pointe Park misses deadline to remove controversial blockade at Detroit border
Grosse Pointe Park officials are refusing to explain why they have not lived up to their end of a deal with Mayor Mike Duggan to avoid legal action.
‘We shut it down!’ Protesters take over the streets during Noel Night in Detroit
Up close: 19 photos and videos of hundreds of protesters marching through one of Midtown’s busiest festivals.
UFO Factory in Corktown revives bar where Kirk Gibson, Babe Ruth drank
The dive bar has taken on a more futuristic tone and offers live music and art shows.
Photos: ‘Die-in’ rally in downtown Detroit gives way to civil disobedience
After a poignant gathering at Campus Martius, demonstrators blocked Woodward as they marched north to Wayne State University.
3 bodies found inside a burning car after wild crash on Detroit’s east side
A witness said the speeding car exploded on impact.
Surveillance video shows arsonist setting Heidelberg Project house ablaze
After an arsonist struck the eighth Heidelberg Project house in a little over a year last month, the nonprofit finally captured surveillance video of a suspect setting fire to the Taxi House on Mt. Elliot. The Metro Times reports that the Heidelberg Project released a video that shows the arsonist pouring a flammable liquid in the rear […]
Detroit’s fire stations lose power; some rigs stuck, and no fuel available
This is a very serious situation because the Fire Department fights more than a dozen house and building fires a day.
Video: Detroit cops, Homeland Security prevent media from interviewing protesters
Watch officers stop the media from capturing a rally following the grand jury decision in Ferguson.
Video: Cop stops black man in Pontiac for ‘making people nervous’
A deputy told a 25-year-old black man
that he looked suspicious for walking with his hands in his pockets on a chilly day.
Kind act brings together two strangers for unexpected Thanksgiving meal
Barney Johnson didn’t think he’d have a warm meal on Thanksgiving.