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U.S. District Judge David Lawson indicated in court today that he will declare a mistrial in the Bobby Ferguson bid-rigging case. The jury has not yet signed verdict forms reaching that conclusion, but Lawson gave them the opportunity to do so, meaning they will no longer be deliberating in the case.
Authorities have Bob Bashara on tape in the case against him that led to his Monday arrest on a charge of solicitation to murder a witness, a source told the Free Press.
Snyder was hustled out after about a half-hour of discussion on voting registration legislation that is awaiting Snyder’s signature, the consent agreement, and a second span across the Detroit River that Snyder supports.
Authorities say the search for a 4-year-old boy reported missing from a mid-Michigan Indian reservation is now a criminal investigation. Carnel Chamberlain disappeared last Thursday while in the care of his mother's boyfriend.
To date the Bing administration has demolished 4,500 houses, and the 90-day blitz will bring the total to 6,000, Bing said today. The mayor promised to demolish at least 10,000 during his four-year term.
The Committee for More Michigan Jobs, which wants to build privately owned casinos in Detroit, Pontiac, Clinton Township and Romulus in metro Detroit and outstate in Grand Rapids, Lansing, Birch Run and Cadillac, turned in 81 boxes of signed petitions, the Michigan Secretary of State’s office said.
The show — with industry heavyweights Kevin McCollum and Doug Morris as co-producers — will include songs from Motown’s catalog, accompanying the story of the label’s rise from Detroit obscurity to global fame.
Detroit police detained nearly 300 juveniles, issued 150 tickets to parents and arrested five adults for disorderly conduct under a security crackdown during Monday night's fireworks, they said.
Mulally testified before Senate Banking Committee on Nov. 4, 2008, in support of the rescue for his competitors.
On Friday, Lamarand vetoed the resolution which passed by a 5-1 vote on June 19. Nearly all City Councilmembers are in support of the resolution designed to address the lay offs of 32 firefighters since August reducing their ranks to 24 on duty.
Detroit City Council president Charles Pugh engaged in a back-and-forth on Twitter over the weekend with an intern for Automotive News.
Authorities conducting a drug raid in Michigan's Upper Peninsula found a 2-year-old girl at the site of a suspected marijuana growing operation.
After a low tonight of 63, temperatures are expected to climb Wednesday to 87, with an overnight low of 70. Then Thursday's high will jump to 93 degrees with an overnight low of 76 and a 30% chance of rain.
Tomislav Anakiev was pronounced dead at the scene after he was hit while walking on 24 Mile Road east of Hayes at 11:17 p.m. Monday, Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said in a release issued today.
Authorities say a 73-year-old motorcyclist has died after colliding with a deer in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula and being thrown from the bike.
Michigan prisoners serving life without parole for crimes committed when they were juveniles may become eligible for release under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday that struck down such sentences as unconstitutional.
The bills for Wayne County's troubled pension plan are likely to rise now that it is only 50% funded, according to a preliminary report released Monday.
Many in the Grosse Pointes say they aren’t surprised Bob Bashara is behind bars today, regardless of whether they think he is guilty of any crime.
The latest research from the ongoing Pew Internet and American Life Project found that for 17% of adult cell phone owners, their phone is their primary way of accessing the Internet, as opposed to a laptop or desktop computer.
A new course at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business Executive Education offers the chance to learn about leadership by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
More searches are planned for a 4-year-old boy reported missing from a mid-Michigan Indian reservation.
Tracy Sych watched Monday as yet another house in her hardscrabble east-side Detroit neighborhood near Chene and Ferry burned. Sadly, the scene isn't unusual. Sych said there have been seven fires within three blocks of her house in the last 10 days.
Checks to Michigan's universities and community colleges totaling $300 million for 18 building projects represent a significant investment in higher education, Gov. Rick Snyder said Monday.
First Bob Bashara was suspected of hiring a hit man to kill his wife. Now he's accused of attempting to have that alleged hit man killed, a source familiar with the investigation told the Free Press. Bashara was arrested Monday evening on a charge of solicitation to murder a witness, according to the source and Bashara's attorney, David Griem.
Noticeably fewer people attended the 54th Annual Target Fireworks as safety precautions increased in downtown Detroit, but that did little to affect spectators' enthusiasm Monday night.
How many parents blanched when they read about the recent rape allegations involving three children and the Skout smartphone dating app?
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His son was born just eight days after Pfc. Steven Stevens II was deployed to Afghanistan. Stevens, 23, saw the boy that he and his wife named Kairo for the first time over Skype. Relatives say he was looking forward to holding his only child, born March 29, when he was scheduled to return in October.
Rather than spend her summer chilling out with friends, 17-year-old Detroit high schooler Nina Wilson has a better idea.
Kerry Bentivolio, the lucky candidate who ended up as the only Republican on the ballot for the 11th Congressional district because of a petition foul-up by U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter, R-Livonia, is taking no chances and began airing a television ad this week.
Tonio Dace stood quietly before Wayne County Circuit Judge Patricia Fresard on Monday as she ordered him to spend 15-45 years in prison for sexually assaulting three women in March.
Local and federal law enforcement officials arrested 70 people and recovered six teens during a three-day crackdown on child prostitution. The effort was part of a national initiative dubbed Operation Cross Country, in which local, state and federal law enforcement officers set out to arrest pimps and rescue children forced into the sex trade, FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet said Monday.
A man accused of stabbing several men in the Flint area two years ago was sentenced Monday to life in prison for one of the murders. Elias Abuelazam was found guilty last month after a three-week jury trial of killing 49-year-old Arnold Minor on Aug. 2, 2010.
HARRISON TOWNSHIP An 18-year-old Clinton Township man has been charged with fleeing police and drunken driving in connection with a police chase and crash Friday that left his passenger dead.
Spectators watch the fireworks over the Detroit River from Hart Plaza in Detroit, MI.
Police presence was strong for the 54th annual Target Fireworks in downtown Detroit on Monday night, with more than two dozen mounted police trotting along Jefferson Avenue two-by-two, to officers stopping anyone who looked remotely younger than 17 without an adult.
Microsoft agreed to buy corporate social-network operator Yammer for $1.2 billion in cash to help it woo businesses with Facebook-like tools that help employees collaborate in the workplace. San Francisco-based Yammer will become part of Microsoft's Office division, and the team will continue to report to current Yammer CEO David Sacks, the companies said Monday in a statement.
An event this week in Detroit aims to make thousands of jobs available to veterans.
Michigan continues to move forward with a top-to-bottom overhaul of its child welfare system four years after it settled a lawsuit that accused the state of running a "depleted and overburdened" system that threatened children's lives.
Here is a list of all the charges in the Bobby Ferguson case, and the penalties.
Two more appointees of Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano have applied for retirement under special terms Ficano offered last year. Assistant County Executive Cameron Priebe and Keith Lee, a division director in the department of public services, both applied for retirement. The retirement board agreed to begin processing the applications, despite reservations from two board members.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge David Lawson dismissed a female juror because the woman had prepaid vacation plans and was promised her travel would not be interrupted by the case.
For the second time in five months, Bob Bashara has been accused of trying to hire a hit man. He was first suspected of hiring Joe Gentz to strangle his wife, Jane Bashara, in January. Now, Bob Bashara is accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill Gentz in jail, a source familiar with the investigation told the Free Press. Bashara's attorney said he's bewildered by the accusation.
The increased police presence and 6 p.m. curfew for minors resulted in noticeably fewer people downtown -- and no people along the normally packed RiverWalk near the Renaissance Center.
Wayne State University hosted Gov. Rick Snyder today as he signed a bill authorizing more than $300 million in spending on Michigan universities.
Local and federal law enforcement officers arrested 70 people — and recovered 6 teenagers — during a three-day crackdown on child prostitution.
Private First Class Steven Stevens grew up in Detroit and went to Afghanistan on March 21—just days before his son was born March 29, family members said.
The layoffs could be temporary, as the city hopes to secure a federal grant that would restore the jobs of 108 of those firefighters. Still, there is no guarantee the city will be awarded the grant, Commissioner Don Austin said during budget talks this spring.
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