Detroit MI

DETROIT – Dead batteries, slick roads, accidents, and breakdowns: winter weather can be dangerous for drivers. Consumer Reports explains how to winter-proof your car, plus a cold-weather concern affecting electric vehicles. As temperatures drop, roads can quickly get slippery. In 2023, about 100,000 crashes involved...

Cornbread Restaurant and Bar showcases some foods that are said to bring you good luck and fortune in the new year if you eat them on New Year's Day. Cornbread Restaurant and Bar is located at 29852 Northwestern Highway in Southfield. For more visit, cornbreadsoulfood.com.

Three semi-trucks and at least 20 vehicles were involved in a major pileup on Detroit’s main highway amid snowy and windy conditions. No injuries have been reported, according to the Michigan State Police.

A new Michigan Historical Marker to be unveiled along Seven Mile Road will formally recognize the area as Chaldean Town, honoring the neighborhood that served as the cultural and economic heart of Detroit’s Chaldean community for much of the 20th century. Beginning in the early 1900s, Chaldean immigrants—primarily...

1 dead, 1 critical after shooting in westside Detroit apartment. Police say a suspect was taken to the hospital and is in custody. Homicide investigators are still gathering information and evidence.

DETROIT – The FBI Detroit Field Office provided an update on the results it delivered in 2025. The agency said in a press release Tuesday, Dec. 30, that its 2025 operations produced 841 arrests -- a 120% increase from 2024 -- and secured more than $1 billion in restitution for fraud victims, part of a yearlong effort...

The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer and former Detroit News business reporter, writes a blog, Starkman Approved. This column first appeared in his blog. I’ve spent plenty of time bashing Ford CEO Jim Farley. Recent features in the Detroit Free Press forced a reassessment. A chief executive who for decades has...

Not every act of heroism is announced or celebrated. Some arrive quietly, wearing work boots and carrying tools, guided only by compassion and the instinct to help without expecting anything in return. For people like that, the reward is never applause. It is the quiet relief of a life spared...

There’s been a tradition in Detroit and elsewhere in which some folks celebrate the start of the New Year at midnight by firing off a gun. "I know this sounds like something I shouldn’t have to say, but… Don’t shoot guns in the air tonight to welcome the new year," the agency said in a statement on X.

YPSILANTI, MI — Tenants who remained in condemned apartments in Ypsilanti have a month to move out, a Washtenaw County judge ordered. Most of the Arbor One apartments within city limits were condemned earlier this year due to deteriorated conditions, with residents given a court-ordered option to temporarily stay...