Confidential records litter vacant buildings
The files contain social security numbers of rape victims, missing people, students, patients and cooperating witnesses to crimes.
Drivers beware: Malfunctioning railroad crossing signal remains unfixed for weeks
When Darren Donaldson stopped at a railroad crossing with blinking lights and chiming bells on a recent afternoon, drivers behind him honked impatiently.
Demise of a Detroit high-rise: How out-of-state slumlord neglected low-income residents
While residents are deprived of a safe, clean environment, the company is raking in federal tax subsidies for low-income residents and people with disabilities.
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.
Cemetery Disgrace: City of Detroit neglects burial ground as gravestones stolen, vandalized
From the street, Forest Hill Cemetery looks like an overgrown vacant lot with a collapsing fence surrounded by garbage.
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.
MUCKRAKING ALERT: Detroit spent $45 million on sidewalk ramps to nowhere while sinking into debt
The city can’t afford emergency services but installed 27,000 curb ramps, many of which are on impassable sidewalks.
Going undercover: Hundreds of low-income residents are neglected in Detroit high-rise
Residents complaining of bed bugs, cold rooms, leaking roofs, crime, malfunctioning fire alarms, nonworking elevators and lack of hot water have gone unanswered.