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Metro Detroit could see record high temperatures this week, after the region's April temperatures proved cooler than March for the first time in recorded history, according to the National Weather Service.
The state has a hugely disruptive reconstruction project on the books for I-96 in Wayne County and is giving motorists and residents a two-year warning that a long stretch of the expressway will close down. The Michigan Department of Transportation said Monday that it will rebuild seven miles of I-96 between Newburgh and Telegraph roads in Livonia and Redford Township starting in early 2014.
In a new public corruption case unfolding in federal court, two Detroit Housing Commission employees were charged Monday with stealing government vouchers designed to help needy families pay for affordable housing. The government ended up paying roughly $25,000 to help pay the rent for one of the defendants and her brother, records show.
Prosecutors said the two companies, The Prescription Shop and The Prescription Shop II, filled more than 17,000 prescriptions of the painkiller hydrocodone through a Florida-based internet scheme that let customers order drugs online without a prescription. Instead, they said, customers completed an online questionnaire and paid for the drugs with a credit card.
Two would-be carjackers were arrested Monday after they chased their intended victims to the rear of the Harper Woods police department then continued to pursue them around a parking area, police said.
Come along in this exclusive new video as Free Press reporters M.L. Elrick and John Wisely crisscross metro Detroit with photographer Brian Kaufman, seeking out companies that received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano’s campaign funds. Few, if any, political consultants had heard of the companies. So the Free Press hit the road hoping to speak with the people behind companies, including QTI, CARF Consultants and Absolute Services.
Three top aides to Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano devoted much of their county work time to raising money for Ficano's political and nonprofit operations, with more than $500,000 they generated going to companies connected to families or friends of two of them.
In response to an anti-Islam conference in Dearborn, Arab Americans and their supporters held a separate conference in Detroit today against bigotry, organized by the Arab American Institute and supported by several other Arab-American groups. About 100 attended, speaking out against another conference held in Dearborn organized by anti-Muslim activists.
Aug. 2: Wayne County Airport Authority names county's economic development chief, Turkia Awada Mullin, as CEO of Detroit Metro Airport. Aug. 25: Mullin signs a separation agreement with the county that pays her $200,000 in severance.
Here's how money flowed into the political operation of the Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano during his 2010 re-election campaign, a Free Press investigation found.
Six animal control officers armed with a search warrant and wearing protective suits removed 30 cats -- 27 adults and three kittens -- Friday from a Waterford house that was ankle-deep in cat feces and littered with years of accumulated debris, the county's animal control director said.
Anjali Lyons' voice was barely above a whisper as prosecutors asked her whether she heard 2-year-old Bianca Jones crying the night before she was reported missing by her father, D'Andre Lane.
A woman who calls herself the former girlfriend of Bob Bashara -- the Grosse Pointe Park man whose wife was found strangled in January -- says in a written plea for a personal protection order that she is terrified of meeting the same fate.
Roger Stockham was arrested near the Islamic Center of America. Authorities say he had fireworks in his car and threatened an explosion at the mosque. The Imperial Beach, Calif., man has a history of mental illness and has been locked up since January 2011.
Prosecutor Kym Worthy today charged Daniel David Stoll, 25, with felony murder, punishable by up to life in prison, in connection with the death of Norman Gurski, according to a release issued today by Worthy’s office. Gurski was found dead in his home in the 3300 block of Edwin. Stoll was also living at the home, which is owned by Gurski, according to police.
Snow is in the forecast for metro Detroit, as temperatures plunge into the 30s and 40s on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
Three weeks after charging him with theft, the federal government started disclosing evidence Thursday that it may use at trial against indicted Highland Park School Board Secretary Robert Davis.
Retired Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Donald G. Miller has been appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to preside over misconduct charges against Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Deborah Ross Adams.
Tristan Cash testified Wednesday that a friend called to ask for a ride the night two Hamtramck women disappeared after being kidnapped from their home at gunpoint. Cash said he picked up Miguel Rodriguez, 24, and they stopped at several places.
The results of a mental health examination could be used at trial against indicted Highland Park School Board Secretary Robert Davis, according to documents filed today.
A woman who calls herself the former girlfriend of Bob Bashara - the Grosse Pointe Park man whose wife was found strangled in January - says in a written plea for a personal protection order that she is terrified of meeting the same fate.
GE CEO Jeff Immelt had no sooner opened the meeting with several hundred shareholders in attendance when protesters stood up and began chanting. Immelt delayed the start of the meeting while security guards led the protesters out. The protesters continued to chant from outside the ballroom once led out of the meeting.
Students said they fear the merger of Western International and Southwestern high schools will lead to increased gang fights and classroom overcrowding.
Longtime Inkster Chief Judge Sylvia James was found guilty Tuesday of misconduct for misusing public funds and failing to establish policies that would document the use of public money -- a ruling that could lead to her removal from the bench.
Snyder will answer questions during an online town hall meeting that will stream live today.
A man fatally shot another man in Harper Woods early this morning and the incident was witnessed by an on-duty police officer.
But expect gusty conditions to return on Thursday after rain and thunderstorms move through southeast Michigan tonight, meteorologist Matt Mosteiko said today from the agency's White Lake Township office.
Winning essays by two students who created game plans to change their own lives drew Sharon Robinson to Detroit. The Tampa resident spends six weeks each year visiting nine or 10 student essay winners as part of the “Breaking Barriers: In Sports, In Life” essay contest by Major League Baseball and Scholastic.
A lawyer for Kwame Kilpatrick says his client never rejected an offer to settle his racketeering conspiracy case.
An embarrassed Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Wade McCree should survive the shirt-storm of his e-mailed bare torso picture, his lawyer said.
The federal government today asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal charges against the last remaining Hutaree defendant, an Ohio man who was declared incompetent to stand trial.
Subway sandwiches and a confidential police informant took center stage Tuesday at a court hearing on corruption charges against the former Romulus police chief, his wife and five Romulus police officers. Both a Subway manager and a confidential informant testified that receipts submitted into evidence weren't accurate.
Something happened the night three men showed up at the home where she was staying over, Jasmin Richbow testified Tuesday, but she wasn't sure what. Jeremy Brown, 19, arrived first, around 1:15 a.m. Feb. 29, followed by his cousin Reginald Brown, 24, and Miguel Rodriguez, 24.
Family members of a mother who was shot and killed Friday in Redford Township wept and hugged after the man accused of shooting her was arraigned Tuesday. Shawn Dunlap, 48, was gunned down in her home in the 10000 block of Dixie, along with Bryant Jones, 17, and Darrell Bulock, 40, both of Detroit, officials said. "It's tragic," said her daughter Bianca Seals, 28.
Subway sandwiches and a confidential police informant took center stage today at a court hearing on corruption charges filed against the former Romulus police chief, his wife and five Romulus police officers.
While details of the arrest are not immediately available from police, Catherine Gattari of Grosse Pointe Woods said she saw the man get arrested. She said she saw a picture of the man, who she said was in his 30’s, on Twitter, and came out with friends to see what was going on.
An administrative aide for the Romulus Police Department who said she worked directly for a number of chiefs, including former Chief Michael St. Andre, testified Monday that she handled expense reports for him and the department's Special Investigation Unit.
Abreeya Brown, 18, and Ashley Conaway, 22, were kidnapped from their Hamtramck home in February, and each died of a gunshot wound to the head, officials said. Their bodies were found in a shallow grave in Detroit about a month after they went missing.
But her attorney said the report also validates that James was a hardworking and dedicated court officer who may have misappropriated money, but never for personal gain.
Joshua Manners was arraigned via video on charges of first-degree murder, three counts of felony murder, first-degree home invasion, felon in possession of a firearm and felony firearm.
Mayor Dave Bing's top aide Kirk Lewis told the Detroit Regional Chamber's Detroit Business Conference this morning that Bing will return to the mayor's office on Monday, April 30 after recovering from his recent surgery.
More than 20 people marched in front of the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit on Monday to demand the release of two men: a father whose 7-year-old daughter was shot during a Detroit police raid in May 2010 and a 19-year-old who pleaded guilty to killing four people in 2007.
When Wendy Gurski picked up the phone Sunday, she learned her 73-year-old uncle from Hamtramck had died. "I was very shocked," said Gurski, 42. She saw her uncle Norman Gurski every few weeks and said he was in good health, so the call from an official with the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office came as a surprise.
A curtain of silence has descended around partially disrobed Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade H. McCree, who admitted on television that he sent a beefcake cell-phone photo of himself.
Police say Monday morning they have two people of interest in custody and they were seeking a third person. They also were trying to find Gurski's vehicle.
Meteorologist Mike Richter of the White Lake Township office blames a low pressure system that formed over the Ohio Valley then picked up strength and moisture from the frigid Atlantic.
Police announced the totals on Monday, including 79 charged under the state's tougher "super drunk" law. Michigan's legal limit is a blood alcohol level of 0.08 percent. The "super drunk" designation is 0.17 percent or more.
The M-1 Rail Group would commit to paying the estimated $5.1 million annual cost of operating the Woodward rail line through 2025.
Actors, actresses, models, singers and other entertainers are invited to show off their skills at The Hollywood Summit Motor City Talent Search.
Police released the names of three people found dead in a home in Redford Township Friday night—all had been shot.
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