Residents at a senior living apartment complex in Southfield were evacuated Wednesday morning after a garbage truck hit a gas main.Southfield Fire Chief Joey Thorington said a garbage truck struck a 3-inch gas main below the shutoff at Highland Towers on July 8 at around 8:30 a.m., and they weren...
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The man accused of killing a 40-year-old Sterling Heights woman in a fatal hit-and-run while driving drunk in Detroit last fall was sentenced on Tuesday to 6-15 years in prison.Cameron Lee Sims, 24, of Farmington Hills, faced five charges in connection to the Sept. 5 collision, including operatin...
Detroit Free Press is a partner and shares a reporter with BridgeDetroit. Stories shared are not under a paywall. Detroit Free Press A Michigan cash aid program is expanding out of state for the first time. Rx Kids, which kicked off in Flint more than two years ago offeri...
Residents at a senior living apartment complex in Southfield were evacuated Wednesday morning after a garbage truck hit a gas main.Southfield Fire Chief Joey Thorington said a garbage truck struck a 3-inch gas main below the shutoff at Highland Towers on July 8 at around 8:30 a.m., and they weren...
Oil prices have fallen to levels seen before the Iran war, but airfares have not followed suit.According to Deutsche Bank, airfares are up 15% to 20% from a year ago, while jet fuel prices have fallen 35% since April.The consumer price index put out by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed t...
Officials say a truck on the property struck a gas line, causing the leak.
A St. Clair County man is facing multiple charges after allegedly beating and strangling his girlfriend for days. He is also accused of shooting her phone to keep her from calling 911.Michigan State Police said troopers responded to the 1200 block of Holmes Road on July 5 at around 11 a.m. for a ...
Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news.Michigan Cyclosporiasis outbreak tops 700 cases as health officials search for sourceMore than 700 Michiganders have fallen ill with cyclosporiasis, a severe stomach bug linked to p...
Residents of a senior living apartment building in Southfield are being evacuated on Wednesday morning due to a gas leak.The Southfield Fire Department tells 7 News Detroit that a garbage truck struck a gas line near Highland Towers. That's located at 25225 Greenfield Road. Officials are evacuati...
The Utah man charged in the shooting death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is back in court for the third day of his week-long preliminary hearing as prosecutors continue presenting the evidence they have against Tyler Robinson, including DNA evidence.
Democrats are working to gain control of the Senate for the first time since 2014, but the path is steep requiring wins in 8 of 11 competitive races.It has been a dozen years since Democrats led the Senate. Half of those required wins involve defending seats Democrats already hold in Minnesota, ...
A man in his 30s is dead after being found wounded inside a car that crashed on the city's west side.
More than 700 Michiganders have fallen ill with cyclosporiasis, a severe stomach bug linked to parasites found in food or water, and health officials warn the worst may not be over.The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has received more than 700 reports of cyclosporiasis si...
It’s time for a summer reset. As adults, we often prioritize everything else: the kids’ activities, work, household chores -- and you’ve done nothing for yourself. That pattern can go on for days, weeks, or months, and then you realize you’re completely drained.But there are easy strategies to tr...
How do we take care of ourselves when we are so busy working and taking o stress and exhaustion because we are taking care of everything and everyone else? You can start with easy ways to improve mental health, from prioritizing time for hobbies to the healing powers of an hour of sound therapy, ...
Renewed fighting between the United States and Iran has raised questions about whether the two sides will resume all out war.
The Detroit Pistons have traded guard Marcus Sasser to the Dallas Mavericks, according to multiple reports.The deal was first reported last week by longtime NBA reporters Marc Stein and Jake Fischer with The Stein Line. ESPN's Shams Charania and Ohm Youngmisuk reported on Tuesday evening that Sas...
A man in his 30s is dead after being found wounded inside a car that crashed on the city's west side.
The intersection of Teggerdine and M-59 is what is driving one driver crazy.Mike Coffey writes, The light at the intersection of Teggerdine and M59 needs to be better timed with the addition of a left hand turn arrow for the north and southbound traffic on Teggerdine onto M59.The email goes on to...
An investigation is underway in northwest Detroit Wednesday morning after a man was fatally shot inside a vehicle. Police were dispatched to the area of Prevost Street and Motor Drive near the 8 Mile service drive around 4:23 a.m. after reports of shots fired.Upon arrival, police found a man in h...
The victim was riding his bike outside his home while his father supervised him. That was when he heard three shots and saw his child fall off the bike at 8:50 a.m.
A man was found shot behind the wheel of a crashed car on Detroit's west side early Wednesday morning.
Iran targeted American military sites in the Gulf on Wednesday after the U.S. launched strikes on several places in Iran and reinstated sanctions on its oil sales. Washington said it was responding to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.The crossfire raised fears that the war in Iran...
The person sought in connection with a threat made against the Wayne State University campus and other entities on Tuesday has been arrested, the university announced early Wednesday.In a campus alert issued Tuesday evening, WSU police and other law enforcement agencies said they were actively in...
A man in his 30s is dead after being shot on Detroit's west side, a spokesperson for the Detroit Police Department tells us. Watch Ryan Marshall's live report from 7 News Detroit at 6 a.m. Man dead after being shot, found in crashed vehicle on Detroit's west sidePolice responded to a crash just b...
Some Metro Detroiters may encounter patchy fog early this morning, but any reduced visibility will quickly improve after sunrise. Once the fog lifts, expect another warm and mainly sunny summer day with afternoon temperatures climbing into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. Humidity will gradually...
The Detroit City Council is weighing a legal settlement that will require a long-scrutinized realty group to bring hundreds of poorly maintained rental properties across the city up to code. The city’s proposed agreement with Munoz Realty and its owner, Gaston Munoz, was the subject of a robus...
A Canadian-owned waste oil reclamation company wants to reopen — and expand — a year after a fire shut down its eastside facility. But residents of Detroit’s Conner Creek neighborhood report improved air quality and conditions across the community following the plant’s closure. Since its incep...
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On Tuesday night the university released the suspect's photo to the media in an effort to receive tips and make the campus and community, aware.
The last person to face the death penalty in Michigan was executed 88 years ago by the federal government.The 1938 execution was the first since Michigan abolished the death penalty nearly 100 years prior. Now, in 2025, there is one Michigan man on death row for a crime committed on federal prope...
A Michigan prisoner is asking a judge to order her transfer from the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, arguing that remaining at the state prison is putting her health at greater risk.An attorney for Crystal Clark filed an emergency motion on Tuesday (July 7) requesting that she be move...
A Wayne County man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to embezzling funds from a small business where he worked as a financial controller.Jacob Wise, 29, from Riverview, pleaded guilty on July 7 to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.Wise is accused of orchestrating a scheme that cau...
A Mount Clemens woman has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge after prosecutors said she sent threatening Facebook Messenger messages to Mount Clemens Mayor Laura Kropp.Melissa Ann McGuire, 44, pleaded no contest Tuesday (July 7) in 41B District Court to one count of using a computer to co...
A 5-year-old boy was shot on Detroit’s west side after police said someone fired multiple shots near a park, with a bullet striking the child in the arm as he rode his bicycle outside his home.Detroit police Chief Todd Bettison said the shooting occurred on Tuesday (July 7) around 8:50 p.m. Polic...
Officials confirmed with FOX 2 that a child had been shot near Oakfield and Trojan in Detroit. Detroit police are on the scene investigating.
Officials confirmed with FOX 2 that a child had been shot near Oakfield and Trojan in Detroit.
Some Downriver neighborhoods were still dealing with partial or recurring outages Tuesday evening, days after severe storms last week knocked out power for hundreds of thousands across Metro Detroit.DTE said the severe weather caused widespread damage, leaving nearly 400,000 customers without pow...
The city of Birmingham finalized a $5.2 million purchase of the Community House building and property at 380 S. Bates Street on Monday, securing the future of a community landmark that has stood for more than 100 years.The purchase includes an endowment worth approximately $800,000 and two Marsha...
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