Why does nearly every freeway in Metro Detroit have a weird trench section? The answer is the Davison Freeway, America’s first urban below-grade freeway in the United States. Leave it to the Motor City to innovate when it comes to cars, right? The design is called a depressed freeway. It separate...
government
The U.S. National Security Agency and other military intelligence and cybersecurity forces will guard election systems during the November midterms, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday. Military cybersecurity experts have routinely helped monitor systems and deter potentia...
Local
A 41-year-old Detroit man has been arraigned on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of a man following a dispute at the County Line Flea Market in Warren. Zarick Lamont Johnson was arraigned Tuesday (Sept. 29) in 37th District Court. Prosecutors allege Johns...
News
David McPherson, 40, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years for the murder of Haleigh Pace. Despite claiming the 24-year-old committed suicide in June of 2025, a jury didnt buy it. During his sentencing, he doubled down on that claim. Haleigh's mother, Ella Pace, told the judge, Im aski...
safety
A group of Farmington Hills mothers say they were scammed by the organizer of a competitive cheerleading team, and police are now investigating. The mothers say the Diamond Cheer All Star Team launched last year. They paid thousands of dollars for their daughters to participate, ...
business
Contracting documents posted online by the federal government are offering new details about how Immigration and Customs Enforcement intends to begin using four-legged robots that resemble dogs. The records show ICE has obligated $1.3 million to a Connecticut-based company to pur...
safety
For 45 years, the family of Lisa Schwartzkopf believes someone has lived with a secret. Someone knows what happened inside a Warren home in the early morning hours of June 12, 1981, when two young women were brutally killed. But there’s another problem: police back in 1988 mistak...
safety
A heated exchange between a group of Muslim men and the activist organization New Era Detroit began to spread online earlier in September. The back and forth happened after a crash took place in Detroit involving an Arab American driver allegedly running a red light and hitting a...
safety
A former dispatcher with the Detroit Fire Department in trouble with the feds accused of tipping off her brother about an impending raid then lying about it to the FBI....
News
A Birmingham boutique was broken into for the second time, and the owner says thieves took nearly everything inside even after she spent thousands of dollars on extra security following the first break-in. Security cameras captured the break-in at Via Manzoni, a high-end fashion ...
schools
A vacant historic schoolhouse with parts of it that date back to the 1800s could get new life. As three bids are vying to transform the space, one wants to preserve the structure and turn it into a community center, and the other two plan to bring housing options. One proposal, l...
safety
The victim’s attorney is holding a news conference at the Westin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday to call on the prosecutor’s office to charge this as a hate crime. Attorney Johnny Hawkins says his client was allegedly tormented by an angry mob of Muslim men using racial slurs....
schools
Detroit Lions players traded the football field for the classroom Tuesday, surprising students at Savage Elementary with a special reading event designed to encourage literacy and confidence. Cornerback Keith Abney II led the visit, making sure to shake each student's hand before...
