Former college football player home from prison in China
Wendell Brown welcomed home after three years
DATE: Sep 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Sports
Corey Williams
With security measures, urban schools avoid mass shootings
DETROIT – Alondra Alvarez lives about five minutes from her high school on Detroit’s southwest side but she drives there instead of walking because her mother fears for her safety. Once the ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education
Indoor velodrome expected to draw cyclists to Detroit
DETROIT – An indoor cycling track in Detroit is expected to draw bike riders from other cold-weather states and across the U.S. while giving inner-city youth the opportunity to participate f...
DATE: Jan 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
US Rep. John Conyers announces he’s retiring today
DETROIT – U.S. Rep. John Conyers – beset with allegations of sexual harassment by former staff members – announced Tuesday that he is retiring.
The 88-year-old Conyers made the an...
DATE: Dec 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Conyers confirms harassment settlement; ethics probe opens
DETROIT – John Conyers has dealt with various ethics investigations and a public corruption case that landed his wife in prison during a U.S. House career spanning more than five decades – l...
DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
New black history museum could spur interest locally
DETROIT – The dedication and official opening of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture wasn’t just celebrated in Washington.
On Chi...
DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Whites coming home to Detroit
Cheap housing, programs helping to refuel Motor City’s population
DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Family celebrating one month with identical triplets
ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. – A suburban Detroit couple who have two older children are adjusting to life after becoming parents to identical triplets – a multiple birth that’s rare.
...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family
Detroit’s bankruptcy trial is set
Creditors, retirees, art to be navigated
DATE: Aug 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Detroit fighting back against carjackers
DETROIT – When they pull up to a gasoline station these days, Detroit drivers are looking beyond the price per gallon at a far more threatening concern: carjackers.
The armed auto...
DATE: Jun 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Utility linemen brave cold to restore power
DETROIT – When an ice storm glazed over Michigan last weekend, Tony Carone feared he wouldn’t be spending Christmas at home with his family.
“Nobody had to call. I heard it on the...
DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Detroit mulls options to maintain its art
DETROIT – Detroit may have to rely on the generosity of strangers to keep its impressive art collection, which was amassed from taxpayer dollars during better times.
The bankrupt ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
