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Schuette running mate's home burned down in crème brûlée accident
It has been reported that the source of the fire that destroyed the two-story home of Bill Schuette's gubernatorial running mate Lisa Posthumus Lyons was a kitchen torch being used by one of the...
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Bees In The D holds fundraiser after car plows through its hives
Detroit-based bee breeders Bees In The D are turning to the community for help after an out-of-control car plowed through the nonprofit's fence and destroyed four hives that were each home to 60,000...
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Detroit residents to Ford: Want tax breaks? Give us jobs, affordable housing
OK — off the top, Ford will most likely get the $240 million in tax breaks it's seeking for its planned Corktown campus, regardless of what it promises Detroiters living in the area. The community...
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Wayne County Commissioner calls for regulation of ammunition, mental health...
Wayne County Commissioner Reggie Davis called for limiting the purchase of ammunition and a mental health background check on ammunition purchasers in press event at Woodlawn Cemetery Tuesday morning....
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These are the best-fed Michigan lawmakers of 2018
Who says corporate dollars can only flow to a lawmaker's campaign coffers? Thanks to lax laws surrounding the wining and dining of elected officials, the people tasked with making decisions about what...
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Modular apartments are coming to Corktown – starting at a cool $1,100 per month
Corktown is getting a facelift near the site of the former Tiger Stadium. Today, The Corner, a mix-use development property at the intersection of Trumbull and Michigan Avenue, began dropping the...
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Video: Michigan Senate candidate wishes 'The Handmaid's Tale' was real life
Are you a fan of Christian theocratic dictatorships? Did you watch or read The Handmaid's Tale and think "Hm, Gilead might be a tight place to live"? Well then do we have the political candidate for...
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Trump-loving Grosse Pointe Shores councilman posts memes joking about sex...
Updated at 12:56 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19: But wait, there's more:…
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Michigan's medical marijuana gray area gets grayer
The state Medical Marihuana Licensing Board could not have handled setting up and rolling out the medical marijuana facility licensing system in a more ham-fisted manner. It seems as though the whole...
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Savage Love: ‘Should I be satisfied with the mind-blowing sex I’m having,...
I am newly divorced and have started a relationship with a man I've known and deeply cared about for decades. The sex is amazing — from start to finish, I feel better than I ever did even in the best...
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Third annual bike drive hopes to get bicycles into the hands of Detroit kids
Do you have an old bicycle that's been sitting in your garage that could use a little extra love? If so, it might be worth considering donating your gently used bike to help benefit Detroit kids. This...
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Winston Churchill's granddaughter visits Detroit for potential public art...
Detroit is no stranger to public art installations, nor to notable people making their mark on the city. But it is not every day that the city’s art arrives from across the pond, especially from a...
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Michigan women are more likely to be murdered by men they know, study finds
Women in the Great Lakes states are more likely to be murdered by a man they know, and most commonly with a gun, according to a study released today by the Violence Policy Center, a nonprofit...
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Additional 33 Detroit schools found to have elevated lead, copper in water
Just three weeks after test results revealed elevated lead and copper levels at 16 Detroit Public Schools Community District schools, a new round of testing shows tainted water at an additional 33...
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U-M prof refused to write letter for student to study in Israel, receives...
University of Michigan associate professor John Cheney-Lippold received death threats after he declined to write a recommendation letter for a student to study in Israel due to a personal boycott on...
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Michigan's Founders Brewing Co. quits Grand Rapids chamber over Schuette...
Founders Brewing Company is the latest — and largest — business to leave the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce after its endorsement of Republican gubernatorial candidate and attorney general Bill...
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Some Republicans are supporting Whitmer over Schuette
Lately, it's been tough for Republican nominee for governor Bill Schuette. As Michigan's attorney general, it must have been humiliating for the state's largest police organization to throw its...
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Today marks the 100th birthday of Dr. Charles Howard Wright
“My legacy was my job,” Dr. Charles Howard Wright once remarked.…
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Kwame Kilpatrick highlighted in second season of 'Crimetown' podcast
The well-known podcast for covering crime and corruption, "Crimetown," is putting an emphasis on Detroit - and much of Kwame Kilpatrick's mayoral tenure in the city - for its second season. Detroit...
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Sabato's Crystal Ball predicts Michigan will go 'Likely Democratic' in 2018...
Of course, it's not over until it's over, but those of us fearful of a Bill Schuette governorship should take comfort that things are looking pretty good for Michigan Democratic candidate Gretchen...
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