Mayor Bing’s administration snubs questions about crisis brewing in fire department
More than half of Detroit’s fire trucks are broken down or out of service.
Fire and Ice: Aftermath of abandoned apartment blaze in photos
Ice accumulated a fire gutted an abandoned apartment building in Detroit Saturday morning.
Truth time: What’s really behind Mayor Bing’s secret project on large east-side area?
Find out what a Motor City Muckraker investigation found about a secret land deal in Detroit.
Mayor Bing to city council: Approve lease of Belle Isle or 50 parks will close
Most council members opposed the Belle Isle lease Tuesday, saying they don’t trust the city gem in state hands.
Appeals court: Medical marijuana users can share pot in Michigan
The Supreme Court is to decide soon whether registered pot owners can sell to each other.
Suspicious fire destroys Sin City Diciples Motorcycle Club in Detroit; bullets explode
Investigators are trying determine what ignited a fire that gutted the Sin City Diciples Motorcycle Club in Detroit Tuesday night.
Exclusive: Gov. Snyder plans to appoint emergency manager over Detroit after little progress
State officials have been meeting privately with city leaders over the past month to discuss the future under a state financial takeover.
Frustrated with City Council, Gov. Snyder withdraws offer to lease Belle Isle
The failed negotiations may accelerate the state’s decision to appoint an emergency manager over the city, which is headed toward bankruptcy.
Detroit City Council delays vote on leasing Belle Isle to state – again
The council voted 6-3 to debate the issue another day, saying they still need more time to look over the lease.
One child dead, another clings to life after EMS no-show at Detroit house fire
As two children lay unconscious from breathing heavy smoke when their west-side house caught fire this morninbg, paramedics never arrived.