Police, ambulances unable to respond to weekend emergencies
The public will never learn about most failures to respond.
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.
Mayor Bing mum on stalled Brewster projects demo
By now, crews were to begin demolishing the red-brick towers and row houses.
Bing administration covers up depth of fire crisis; 27 dead
Responding publicly to life-threatening challenges is not the administration’s style.
Grass: Detroit is overgrown with negligence
Thigh-high grass has swallowed swaths of Detroit that now look more like prairies than neighborhoods. Dozens of parks that Mayor Bing pledged to maintain are a sea of green.
Detroit mayoral candidate Duggan remains on ballot with split Election Commission ruling
Former Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan did not violate minimum residency requirements to become an official candidate in the race to replace outgoing Mayor Dave Bing, the Detroit Election Commission ruled Thursday.
Mayoral candidate Mike Duggan faces removal from ballot over residency requirements
Mayoral candidate Mike Duggan, who assembled a strong campaign team, committed a foolish error that could force him off the ballot.
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.
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.
Black religious leader, protesters hand-deliver Oreo cookies to Detroit officials
Saying some Detroit officials are “black on the outside, but white on the inside,” Minister Malik Shabazz and more than a dozen protesters tried to hand-deliver Oreo cookies to city hall offices in the latest protest against an emergency manager in Detroit.