District 4 race for Detroit City Council seat tightens up with Johnson, Elrick
District 4 in Detroit is home to nearly 100,000 people and tomorrow they decide who represents them on City Council in a race that will likely come down to the wire between ML Elrick and Latisha Johnson.
Detroit police has 'relatively quiet' Halloween weekend
"I want to say we had a good weekend," he said. "We all know historically we have not been able to say that."
Freeway shootings are down, but a new kind of road rage is on the rise
"Some of the conversations that they have, are just amazing to me," Shaw said. "I’ve been doing this for 26 years as a trooper and 11 as a military policeman in the Army, society needs a little bit of help right now."
Weekend road construction to watch out for in Metro Detroit - Oct. 29-31
As the construction season begins to wind down, there will be a smattering of lane closures around Metro Detroit this weekend.
Facebook changes company name to Meta to emphasize its ‘metaverse’ vision
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company is rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future.
Detroit City Council votes to relax lead checkups for landlords to every 3 years
"If you’re doing people wrong, you’re putting people in jeopardy and it’s not just children," she said. "It also impacts a woman’s reproductive system."
2 Detroit police officers charged with bribery as federal probe into improper towing practices widens
Among the men charged was a lieutenant who previously ran the Detroit Police Department's public integrity unit. He allegedly used his position to secure favorable towing referrals in exchange for bribes.
Woman sentenced to 27 years for drunk driving crash that killed Michigan state trooper
Thomasina Jones had a blood-alcohol level of .23 when she crossed the roadway's center line and smashed into a patrol car, killing the trooper.
Charges dropped against Detroit Police Officer charged with shooting photojournalists with rubber bullets
The charges filed against a Detroit Police Officer for shooting three photojournalists with rubber bullets have all been dismissed.
Facebook: Language gaps weaken platform's screening of hate, terrorism
Internal Facebook files reveal that in some of the world’s most volatile regions, terrorist content and hate speech proliferate because of the company’s language gaps.
Detroit's Bates Academy goes virtual after multiple COVID-19 cases
The health department reported 101 new COVID-19 outbreaks at schools last week, adding to the 319 ongoing outbreaks already being tracked.
UPDATE: Homicide suspect dies by sucide after barricading inside Detroit home
Chief James White said the suspect told a citizen he needed to use a phone before the person brought him into their home. At that point, the suspect revealed he was wanted for murder.
2 suspects arrested in gas station ambush double murder where woman died holding her child
DPD said homicide detectives have arrested two suspects and recovered one firearm Wednesday afternoon.
Facebook Oversight Board criticizes company for not being ‘fully forthcoming’
“On some occasions, Facebook failed to provide relevant information to the Board, while in other instances, the information it did provide was incomplete,” the Facebook Oversight Board said in its quarterly transparency report.
Detroit police officer offer to pay phone bill for elderly woman who couldn't call 911
Two Detroit police officers offered to pay an elderly woman's phone bill after she was unable to call 911 for help.
2 suspects wanted for double murder of couple inside car with child in backseat
The child was unharmed, but DPD says the suspects ran up on both sides of the car firing shots killing a man and a woman in the front seat. The ambush happened at 8:40 p.m. at the Marathon gas station near Ashton and W. Warren.
Detroit police officers save runner who suffered cardiac arrest in Free Press marathon
A 26-year-old man was in cardiac arrest at Kirby and Cass. The officers immediately started running towards him and then began doing CPR.
Police search for driver after Schaefer Hwy double fatal hit-and-run
Erica Yancey and Brittany Jones were killed by a hit and run driver on Oct. 16. DPD recovered the vehicle believed to be involved, but are searching for the driver.
Rash of fights break out at East English Village, school to provide extra counselors, security
Detroit Public Schools Community District is bringing in more security and counselors to the school this week in light of what happened. A community activist group is hoping that their task force for conflict resolution help can stop incidents like Tuesday's from happening.
Police look for suspect who abducted and raped lost 9-year-old girl
Police initially said the girl left her Farmington Hills home, walked for two hours, and got lost in Detroit, where a man asked if she needed help and picked her up. However, police said that they now believe the girl was taken in Farmington Hills.