Wayne State under fire for inhumane experiments on dogs
At least one dog died after having nine devices implanted in her.
Public, media forced out of EM meeting
Although Orr and his advisers were warned that as many as 1,000 Detroiters may show up, they held the event in a cramped, 250-seat venue at Wayne State University.
Suspicious package shuts down parts of Wayne State University, Woodward as police investigate
Just a few days after the explosions at the Boston Marathon, a suspicious package was found this afternoon in Midtown, forcing the evacuation of an apartment, businesses and a Wayne State University building.
Detroit’s rundown Martin Luther King Boulevard lined with abandonment, homelessness, new housing
The boulevard is lined with abandoned buildings and homes, new public housing and a few schools and churches.
New Midtown grocer burglarized four times in first two months of business
The crime was almost too easy because police took more than 20 minutes to respond each time.
Historic industrial building makes way for parking lot; Midtown to get research center
The final walls of the historic building are expected to come crashing down today, sealing the fate of the Albert Kahn industrial structure in Midtown. Wayne State University has been tearing down the two-story building this summer to make way for a parking lot and a staging ground for work on an adjacent, $90-million biomedical research […]
Thief causes power outage, traffic problems, headaches; city struggles with lighting
A lone thief triggered a power outage in Detroit that darkened dozens of traffic lights, lofts and office buildings and parts of Wayne State University this weekend, the Motor City Muckraker has found. The theft occurred at a power station at the beleaguered Detroit Lighting Department, police said, provoking the third major city power outage in […]
Detroit’s thug cops could learn a lot from WSU police
By Steve Neavling While crime continues to batter Detroit neighborhoods, Midtown has managed to reduce crime and increase its population. Crime in the gentrified entertainment and university hub has fallen by more than a third since 2008, the Free Press reported today. Authorities credit the success on a collaborative effort with local police and crime experts to […]