British artist creates a Human Atlas of Detroit residents

Marcus Lyon tells the extraordinary story of our city through portraits, soundscapes, and ancestral DNA of 100 different Detroit residents.

Time almost up for 2020 Census; Detroit could lose hundreds of millions due to poor response

The deadline is Thursday. The US Census Bureau is warning that communities that are undercounted, risk missing out on roughly $675 billion in federal funds - designated for cities across the country every year for the next decade.

Detroit mother creates sisterhood, nonprofit that's helping the homeless community

Ericka Woods created the group 1 Mother 2 Another six years ago, which began with several women in the area finding a sisterhood together that has now grown into the thousands.

Detroit releases best practices for celebrating Halloween safely this year

For any Detroit residents trick-or-treating this Halloween, the city has released guidelines for staying safe during the holiday season.

Community mourns standout Pershing senior killed in crash who was destined for greatness

Monday night Pershing High School senior Ga'heime Griffin left his job at McDonald's when suddenly the driver lost control of the vehicle near Joseph Campau and Carpenter and Ga'heime was killed.

Predatory towing company still has its hooks in victims

You remember Breakthrough Towing, they're the guys who were towing car after car in mid-town Detroit. Rob Wolchek did a bunch of stories on them from the fall of 2018 until the spring of 2019. 

Man shot, killed at Detroit gas station after argument with clerk

Detroit police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened at a gas station in the 10000 block of Gratiot Avenue Monday evening that involved a customer and a clerk.

Detroit woman says she woke up to pastor peeing on her on plane 

A Detroit woman says she was sleeping on a flight home from Las Vegas when a man, identified as a North Carolina pastor, urinated on her.

Detroiters to vote on Proposal N which city says would help blight

Voters in Detroit will decide in early November whether or not the city can spend a quarter of a billion dollars as part of a plan for blighted homes through Proposal N.

Boy, 13, hurt by hit-and-run driver after dispute at party in Detroit

Police are investigating after a 13-year-old boy was hurt by a hit-and-run driver on Detroit's west side in the 18400 block of Wyoming Avenue.

Woman recovers after 31 days on ventilator with COVID-19

Heather-Elizabeth Brown, an Emory University graduate and ordained minister now living in Detroit, was working as a police chaplain in early April of 2020 when she started not feeling well.

Suspect arraigned in execution of Warren 6-year-old boy, woman, and boy's father

A suspect was arrested for the execution-style murder of 6-year-old Tai'raz Moore, the boy's father's girlfriend who was found in the home with the boy, and the boy's father who was found in a burning car in Detroit.

Detroit Angels' Ride held to remember victims of gun violence

People gathered at Church of the Messiah on E. Grand Blvd. A police-led processional traveled to the Zion Hope Baptist Church a few miles away.

94-year-old comes 300 miles with family to cast her vote in-person in Detroit

After driving nearly 300 miles, the son and daughter of  94-year-old Mildred Madison brought her from the Chicago area Monday morning to make sure her vote is counted.