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Professional basketball Hall of Famer Dave Bing has been re-elected Detroit mayor.
The look of the Detroit City Council could change drastically when voters go to the polls in the city's fourth election in just over eight months.
A photographer and an architect plan to freeze one of Detroit's thousands of abandoned homes this winter, encasing it in ice to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region.
The financial manager for Detroit's public schools has enlisted — and received — the support of the city's mayor on an ambitious $500.5 million building plan expected to extend taxes for district capital projects through 2039.
For the five years that the wood bungalow next door has been empty, Darlene Banks has kept an eye on it as Halloween approaches. She wasn't expecting anyone to burn it weeks sooner.
Like the rundown houses and shuttered storefronts in his Detroit neighborhood, bleakness abounds in LeRoy Taylor's future.
Scuffles erupted as several thousand Detroit residents jockeyed, pushed and shoved Wednesday to get free money being offered to only 3,500 of the city's recently or soon to be homeless.
A retired police officer-turned-pastor shot and wounded a man who broke into his Detroit church, police said Monday.
Bill Cosby says Detroit residents must take responsibility for improving their city and schools.
Bill Cosby had heard about the tough-as-nails, uncompromising man tackling fraud and improving education throughout the Detroit's public schools, and wanted to help.
Investigators say chemicals in a heating oven sparked a fire and explosions that destroyed part of a Detroit factory complex.
Here's a look at the enrollment decline in the Detroit Public Schools:
Felicia Harvey has two reasons for sending her children to the Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences: They are learning at the charter school and she doesn't trust their education — or safety — to the city's historically poor public schools.
A teenager was shot by Detroit police after a member of an advance crew for a film titled "Little Murder" was robbed at gunpoint.
Dave Bing is aware of what waits for him each morning as he strolls into Detroit City Hall.
The driver of a stolen pickup truck fleeing police died in a fiery crash Thursday morning after the truck collided with a minivan, another truck and a utility pole and burst into flames, authorities said.
Five Detroit Public Schools employees have been charged with embezzlement in an ongoing investigation into the "culture of corruption" that took hold in the state's largest district, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
In a neighborhood served by 26 liquor stores but only one grocery, a community group is peddling fresh fruits and vegetables like ice cream.
Warren Evans once thought he might tame scandal-plagued Detroit City Hall as mayor. As the new police chief, he's focused on bringing order to streets he has called the "wild, wild West."
Former Motown singer Martha Reeves' tenure on the Detroit City Council will end after one term.
There's no Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix this year, and organizers say the troubled economy means the race is off again in 2010. They say the event could resume in 2011 if conditions improve.
As Ford prepares to launch a highly anticipated update of its longtime flagship Taurus, the automaker is steadily gaining market share and benefiting from its position as the only U.S. automaker not on the federal dole.
Danny Martin is precisely the sort of young buyer you once would have expected to fall in love with the Chevrolet Camaro.
A federal grand jury has indicted a political consultant on corruption charges, accusing him of working with a Detroit City Council member to shake down businesses for bribes in exchange for favors.
In a July 3 story about Mayor Dave Bing firing Detroit's police chief, The Associated Press erroneously reported Chief James Barren's history in the department. Barren had been a deputy chief there, but was not when then-Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. hired him in September.
Equality's Ragged March for Same-Sex CouplesLast Tuesday's Election Day results showed how far the nation has traveled in the struggle for gay equality — and the distance still to go.
New Council Members Head To Meeting DETROIT -- Newly elected Detroit City Council president Charles Pugh and several other incoming candidates made their way to the City Council Chambers Wednesday, although their terms will not officially begin for a few months.
Hello, Where is Detroit?OK -- what happened to Detroit. I know they have been having their problems but to be left off of a map??
Push on to get voters to the polls in Detroit | freep.com | Detroit Free PressVoters are trickling in to the polls throughout southeast Michigan, with voter turnout predictions varying from 20% to 25% in Detroit to much less in other voting areas.
Jihadi Training Compounds, U.S.A. A battle in the war against radical Islam in Detroit was briefly waged on October 28 when the FBI engaged in a deadly shootout with an extremist imam refusing to be arrested.
Putting a vacant Detroit home on (in) iceA photographer and an architect plan to freeze one of Detroit's thousands of abandoned homes this winter, encasing it in ice to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region.
Tax Auction Faces Scrutiny As Detroit Woes MountTo understand why critics say the market-based tax foreclosure system is failing in Detroit, drive up Desoto Street near the city...
Detroit house auction flops for urban wastelandDETROIT (Reuters) – In a crowded ballroom next to a bankrupt casino, what remains of the Detroit property market was being picked over by speculators and mostly discarded. After five hours of calling out a drumbeat of "no bid" for properties listed in an auction book as thick …
Isiah Thomas blasts Magic Johnson over criticisms in new book - Ian Thomsen - SI.comSome drama from the basketball world. When he heard the criticisms from his former friend Magic Johnson in a soon-to-be-released book, Isiah Thomas said he'd had enough. And so he began to fight back.
Apparently, If You Cover A Car With Golf-Ball-Like Dimples It Gets Better Gas Milage (Why Hasn't Detroit Figured This Out?)The show's team completely covered a last-gen Ford Taurus with modelers clay and figured out that it would achieve about 26 mpg at a constant 65 mph. They then went about adding over 1,000 dimples to the car's exterior.
3 Detroit marathon runners dieThree runners died Sunday during the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon in Detroit, Michigan, police told CNN. All three deaths occurred between 9 and 9:20 a.m. ET, Second Deputy Chief John Roach said.
I grew up on the lower east side of Detroit, in 1967. We were fairly well off but I saw abject poverty everyday. A picture of the corner store that I went to just about every day was on the front page of the Detroit News, in flames.
Feds: Food stamps swapped for booze, ViagraDETROIT - Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit liquor store supplied them during a series of illegal deals.
Officials: Food Stamps Swapped for Booze, Viagra in Detroit Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit store supplied them during a series of illegal deals.
The first news that attracted my attention today was that homeless people or people in danger of being evicted in Detroit, lined up yesterday to apply for $3000 assistance. I was told that the line was quite long.
giving boblo boats a renew look Michigan's boblo boats coming back, giving a new clean looker. To head down the detroit river. should be a great time
Cities Too Poor To Bury Dead Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/01/cities-too-poor-to-bury-d_n_306702.html"CNN's Assignment Detroit project released a report Thursday detailing how 67 people lie in wait at the Wayne County morgue.
'Imagine No Religion' Billboards Hit Detroit | Christianpost.com##The first billboards promoting atheism are up in the Metro-Detroit area with more signs on the way next month. There are currently 7 billboards reading, "Imagine No Religion," and "Praise Darwin."
Detroiter focuses on his escapeFrom his front porch, Sean Bush can turn to his left and see an abandoned home. He can turn to his right and see a crack house. Now, the 36-year-old is turning to the Internet to escape Detroit.
Babies finding babiesI've often told my 21-year-old son, Jay, "Don't even THINK about bringing a baby home!" But little did I know it would come to this:
Children's Health Magazine : Parents : The 100 Best (and Worst) Places to Raise a FamilyHate to have to admit this, but putting Detroit in 100th place is something I agree with. I would not raise children there not only because of the crime situation, but also the overall "Michiganly" attitude that some people have.
'Black Flight' the New 'White Flight' in Detroit?After decades of "white flight," African Americans are now leaving Detroit at a higher rate than their white neighbors, according to estimates released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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