Treasurer Dillon: ‘I guess I need to leave town like Pugh’
Dillon’s wife was threatening to expose the Democrat for sending her racially charged text messages.
Hiring of 100 Detroit firefighters stalled by outsourcing plan
Moving fire training to Livonia also is expected to make it more difficult for Detroiters to participate.
Security guard asleep while arsonist sets building ablaze
Firefighters were shocked to find two men asleep in a car outside of the burning building.
Full-page parody ad: ‘Everything must go!’ Detroit up for sale
Provocateur also slipped oversized, neon green sales tags around the necks of downtown statues.
Arson investigators a no-show at Detroit fire-bombing
The apartment building was severely damaged, displacing more than 20 residents.
Police, ambulances unable to respond to weekend emergencies
The public will never learn about most failures to respond.
DIA artwork for sale? Auction house to appraise value
Much of the work has been gifted over the years by local families.
Muckraker Alert: Road to bankruptcy paved in secrets, lies
When the smoke cleared, the politicians behind the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history were caught with their pants down.
Thieves loot Detroit fire station of beds, belongings, TVs
Gone was the entire kitchen that firefighters had remodeled with their own money for Christmas 2011.
Obama plan: Colombia to get 3 times more federal aid than Detroit
The federal government is fighting the endless war on drugs, which means Colombia gets the priority.