Sixty-seven Detroit residents will go to bed Friday as homeowners after completing the Detroit Land Bank Authority’s Buy Back program, which helps people living in land-bank-owned homes purchase those properties. The program is not a free pass to homeownership. Participants must first become curr...
schools
Brooklyn Adams, the fiancée of Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, is giving back to teachers and their classrooms to celebrate her birthday. Adams purchased an entire teacher’s classroom wishlist to help kick off the new school year, according to the St. Brown Foundat...
safety
Hundreds of oxycodone and amphetamine pills, several weapons with multiple rounds of ammunition, and cash were seized following a search warrant at a Shelby Township home last week, leading to at least one arrest. Detectives with the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office and Warren Poli...
Local
Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander is donating $100,000 to Michigan Humane for Military as he celebrates the end of his 21-season Major League Baseball career. The donation, made on behalf of the Detroit Tigers Foundation, is part of Verlander’s Career Celebration Weekend, h...
business
A Downriver mother said mold inside a storage unit damaged the last memories of her late fiancé, and she said the company isn’t giving her any answers. She also isn’t alone. People renting units inside a Downriver indoor, climate-controlled storage facility say they’ve each lost ...
safety
Ather Butris owns Athens Liquor in Greektown. He said every weekend for the past four months the fencing in front of his business has been a barrier to his bottom line. He told 7 News Detroit, I try to push this gate. They want to arrest me. The liquor store, a staple in Greektow...
News
Former Michigan State University resident physician Arpit Saxena was arraigned Friday in connection with a sexual assault investigation and is being held on a $2 million bond. Saxena was arraigned Sept. 25, 2026, in East Lansing’s 54B District Court . He was ordered to surrender ...
Local
On Sunday, September 27, Spotlight on the News will interview Detroit Attorney Elliott Hall about his new autobiography and his historic rise to success. We'll also celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with Dr. Reyna Esquivel-king, Assistant Professor of History and faculty...
government
With the November election approaching, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson spent her Friday in Detroit, joining forces with hometown artist and entrepreneur Big Sean for a conversation about Michigan’s creative economy. The discussion centered on investing in the a...
safety
The city of Detroit says there will be more police on patrol throughout downtown this weekend with an additional focus on alleyways after last week’s deadly stabbing of a Chipotle worker. However, questions remain about the city’s access to critical mental health services and wha...
safety
Lexi Romesburg says she feels safe living in downtown Detroit, but she’s keeping an extra eye on things after the fatal stabbing of 34-year-old Jaquoya Wix, not far from where she lives....
parks
Justin Verlander will take the mound one final time Saturday at Comerica Park, closing out a career that began in Detroit more than a decade ago and a weekend of celebration that brought thousands of fans to their feet. Friday night's pregame ceremony drew a standing-room-only cr...
business
A portion of Brush Street that runs through the neighborhood reopened to traffic Friday, marking a major milestone in a project that has been years in the making. “It’s been about eight years from the time we started meeting with architects to do a vision, and today, opening up B...
