Detroit Free Press food critic wins James Beard Award

Detroit Free Press restaurant critic Lyndsay Green was recently honored with a James Beard Award.

Detroit's community-driven comeback on display in Fitzgerald neighborhood

Residents believe the area near Livernois and Six Mile bottomed out in 2015, when vacant homes and blight dominated the streetscapes. Quite the revival has taken hold since then.

$10 million in Covid funding to go towards improving Ecorse Creek Drain

The project will remove obstructions across seven different communities in Wayne County, but $10 million just scratches the surface of what is needed, officials say.

Water main breaks continue to spike in Detroit despite warmer weather

"It’s not really about the air temperature," he said. "But the Detroit River, when it gets hot dramatically, that water is running through pipes and aging infrastructure, it can burst those pipes."

Man tells police to arrest him because he murdered girlfriend at Taylor motel

A woman was found shot to death inside the Tel Wick Motel in Taylor after her boyfriend flagged down a Michigan State Police trooper to tell them he had killed her.

2 Detroit gas station arson incidents happen within 12 hours; one with blowtorch inside store

One happened when an angry customer used gasoline and a blow torch to light at the Sunoco at Seven Mile. The second incident involved a suspect trying to light an SUV full of accelerants on fire at a downtown Speedway.

Harper Woods school employee describes culture of fear, coverups after gun found at high school

After two incidents involving guns in Harper Woods, including one where a student brought a weapon to the high school, an employee with the district came forward describing a culture of fear and coverups.