Charlotte – Motor City Muckraker

Detroit firefighters thwarted by man shooting pistol in Cass Corridor apartment

By Steve Neavling on June 26, 2014 Crime & Fire, Fire, Headline

Detroit firefighters were forced to leave a crowded apartment this morning after a man started shooting a handgun and throwing belongings out of the building in the Cass Corridor.

Traffic lights in downtown malfunctioned all night as Detroit boosters tried to impress ESPN

By Steve Neavling on May 29, 2013 Headline, Life in Detroit, posts

ESPN officials must decide whether Detroit’s financial crisis and crumbling infrastructure would make the city the best host of the Summer X Games in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Maybe it will help?