Detroit Free Press is a partner and shares a reporter with BridgeDetroit. Stories shared are not under a paywall. Detroit Free Press Former residents of the Leland House apartments in downtown Detroit are to each get $15,000 as part of a bankruptcy court settlement that a judge approved the week...
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SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy skies. High: 51. Winds: NW 10-15 MPH. SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear skies. Low: 35. Winds: W 5-10 MPH. SUNDAY: Mostly sunny skies. High: 56. Winds: W 10-20 MPH, gusts to 30 MPH. SUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy skies. Low: 40. Winds: W 5-15 MPH. MONDAY: Mostly s...
safety
A 50-year-old St. Clair County man is facing multiple drug charges stemming from the alleged sale of methamphetamines in the area. Police say Jason Durham was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 3, following a search warrant by the St. Clair County Drug Task Force that turned up a “dealer’...
government
What to know: Former 36th District Court Judge Kahlilia Davis received an 2023 six-year suspension for misconduct, including disabling courtroom recording equipment and threatening colleagues. A 2024 ruling sought to keep her off the ballot, but Davis sued in 2026; a judge then a...
safety
What to know: Neighboring businesses say B&W Comfort Spa on Kelly Road has drawn suspicious short-stay customer traffic for years, raising safety and reputation concerns. Eastpointe police say the spa operated without a business license and undercover officers were offered sexual...
safety
One of the men charged after allegedly carjacking a father and daughter at gunpoint, then later crashing a different car during a police chase, has pleaded guilty. Robert Bates, 37, of Detroit, and Skylar Carlisle, 28, of Eastpointe , were charged with multiple felonies stemming ...
safety
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. A dispute involving an Amazon driver and construction workers in Hamtramck turned dangerous Thursday when an excavator struck the delivery driver, an incident captured on video that has since circulated on social media. WATCH full the report here: Amazon driver h...
government
Legal challenges are mounting against Proposal 2 just days after voters overwhelmingly passed the campaign finance measure.
parks
What to know: One of the men charged in connection with a 2025 shooting at Skinner Park that took the lives of a 4-year-old and an 18-year-old has been sentenced. William Wheeler, the alleged driver in the drive-by shooting, was sentenced to 16 to 40 years in prison after taking ...
government
Two separate federal lawsuits have been filed, one on Election Night by a conservative policy group, and a brand-new lawsuit filed by major utilities DTE and Consumers Energy. The message of getting big money out of politics clearly resonated with voters this week, but opponent a...
business
According to a 179-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Philadelphia in August, Mansfield Oil Company is suing K.R.S.M. for $4 million and sold some of it to Freedom gas stations in Pennsylvania and they never paid for it....
