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Misleading voting polls, funeral home tip, gentrification: Your Tuesday briefing

By Steve Neavling on November 6, 2018   Morning Briefing  

Misleading voting polls, funeral home tip, gentrification: Your Tuesday briefing

Misleading texts sent to voters; tip led to discovery of fetuses at funeral home; a techno club is being forced out of its location.

Fire damages Detroit hotel raided recently for drugs, human trafficking

By Steve Neavling on March 30, 2017   Fire, Headline  

Fire damages Detroit hotel raided recently for drugs, human trafficking

In January, federal agents rescued as many as 20 women who allegedly were drugged, tortured and forced to have sex with customers.

Fate of unique CPA Building in Corktown may be decided today

By Steve Neavling on November 22, 2016   City Council, Headline  

Fate of unique CPA Building in Corktown may be decided today

The city temporarily halted demolition after preservationists and others called for the building to be saved.

Badly bruised body found at Tiger Stadium field in Corktown this morning

By Steve Neavling on April 2, 2016   Crime & Fire, Headline, Police  

Badly bruised body found at Tiger Stadium field in Corktown this morning

Police found a badly bruised body on the field at the former Tiger Stadium site this morning.

Audio: 2 men die after one lights the other on fire in Detroit

By Steve Neavling on September 12, 2014   Crime & Fire, Featured Stories, Fire  

Audio: 2 men die after one lights the other on fire in Detroit

Two men are dead after one doused the other with an accelerant and lit a fire on Detroit’s west side Thursday evening.

Graffiti vandals strike nonprofit Imagination Station in Detroit

By Steve Neavling on July 11, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Culture, Headline  

Graffiti vandals strike nonprofit Imagination Station in Detroit

The graffiti is yet another blow to supporters of the art project after a suspicious fire ripped through the group’s two houses near the Michigan Central Station.

Plan would save historic baseball field at former Tiger Stadium site

By Steve Neavling on July 9, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Development, Headline, Urban Renewal  

Plan would save historic baseball field at former Tiger Stadium site

City officials reached a compromise that would preserve the historic baseball field at the former site of Tiger Stadium.

Vacant CPA Building in Detroit’s Corktown sells for $900,000

By Steve Neavling on June 13, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Buildings, Headline, Real Estate  

Vacant CPA Building in Detroit’s Corktown sells for $900,000

The six-story building along Michigan Avenue is considered a key piece to the continuing revitalization of Corktown.

Fire breaks out at crowded PJ’s Lager House in Corktown; 3 cats die

By Steve Neavling on April 21, 2014   Crime & Fire, Fire, Headline  

Fire breaks out at crowded PJ’s Lager House in Corktown; 3 cats die

Firefighters were called to the popular bar on Michigan Avenue after an upper-level flat caught fire at 10:40 p.m.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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