Mayor Bing’s chance to spread good news goes up in flames – literally
In a city as broke as Detroit, it’s not often that Mayor Dave Bing has good news to report.
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.
Lens on Detroit: Suspicious fire ravages major installation at Heidelberg Project
An early morning fire tore through an abandoned housed that served as an art installation at the world-renowned Heidelberg Project on the city’s east side.
Ten people shot in one day in Detroit; two victims in 20s were struck by stray bullets
A 26-year-old woman was minding her own business at a park on Detroit’s east side Wednesday afternoon when shots rang and struck her while a group of men was arguing.
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.
After Mayor Bing cuts police patrols amid spiking violence, he seeks to raise own security detail to 30 officers
On any given night, officers arrive to work with a backlog of cases that would be a priority in most cities. But police are overwhelmed with murders, rapes, aggravated assaults and armed robberies.
Lens on Detroit: Explore the nation’s 3 most dangerous neighborhoods in photos
These neighborhoods could be any in Detroit – neglected and cluttered with abandoned homes.
Analysis: Red Wings missed mark in Game 1 but showed no cause for big alarm
Ultimately, this wasn’t a terrible game. The Wings didn’t get outplayed; the Ducks didn’t easily win.
Was a bomb planted on Detroit’s west side? Police were too busy to find out
Detroit firefighters began evacuating residents this evening after someone spotted a suspicious gray box with a blinking red light and wires tied to a pole.
Documentarian to explore Detroit’s storied history of professional wrestling
The journalist and award-winning documentarian is a wrestling fanatic who has thoroughly documented Detroit’s storied , grungy wrestling scene since boisterous crowds began packing gyms in the 1950s.