As many as 1.5 million people in Michigan receive benefits from SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. New eligibility rules and requirements have already gone into effect, and on Oct. 1st, the states will be required to pick up the majority of funding for the program. A policy expe...
safety
What to know: A child was hit by a car after getting off a school bus on Detroit’s west side. The incident happened Wednesday, Sept. 30, on Kentfield Street near St. Martins Avenue. Police said the child was taken for medical treatment and is in stable condition. DETROIT — A chil...
government
Michigan voters will decide in the November midterm election whether to call a constitutional convention for the first time in more than 60 years. Proposal 1 appears near the bottom of the ballot. It would convene a convention to draft a general revision of the state Constitution...
News
Seniors in a Southgate apartment building are disgusted and downright angry after they say bed bugs have been reported throughout their building but nothing’s being done about it. A lot of emotion out here today after talking to seniors who live in the Southgate Co-op Apartments....
safety
Todd Richards says he was just trying to get a haircut. “Before I knew it, I heard him, then I looked in my mirror, and he was already on me,” Richards, 64, said on Wednesday. Richards is talking about a road rage incident late last month, between him and 57-year-old Thomas Sucho...
government
A Clawson neighborhood is feeling stumped after a city project marked more than 70 mature trees to cut down. This was part of a project voted on back in 2024 that will fix up these roads and improve the waterline. However, it appears a lot of people were unaware of just how many ...
News
From there, residents have been raising their voices. Many of the people I’ve spoken with today, both on and off camera, want the infrastructure improvements but love their trees....
Local
Two families have filed lawsuits against a Detroit funeral home after it allegedly mixed up plans that ended with one deceased individual being cremated and the other being dressed for an open-casket funeral and being passed off as someone else....
Local
The future of the iconic Detroit buildings has been up in the air after General Motors said it was relocating its global headquarters. The automaker had been inside the towers since 1996, and relocated earlier this year to Hudson’s Detroit along Woodward Avenue....
News
These are pictures from one resident’s apartment. She recently discovered the bugs in her unit and says she’s not the only one dealing with these unwanted guests. A group of seniors here banding together, to speak out, in hopes of getting something done....
business
Detroit’s only Black-led, community-owned grocery cooperative is asking for help. The Detroit People’s Food Co-op says slow sales weeks, a recent power outage, and the growing pains of being a new business have left shelves thin and finances stretched — and leaders say the commun...
Local
Community advocates canvassed Detroit’s west-side neighborhood Friday, going door-to-door to check on residents, connect them with resources, and hear their concerns following a deadly weekend shooting. Three people were killed, and four others were injured at what officials desc...
Local
Two families are taking legal action against a Detroit funeral home after allegedly being caught in a devastating case that they say robbed them of the chance to say a final goodbye. Fieger Law filed two lawsuits in Wayne County Circuit Court on behalf of the families of Kimberly...
