Detroit MI

DETROIT, MI – A Detroit man is accused of stealing the identities of more than a dozen people to fraudulently obtain more than $400,000 in unemployment benefits and rental assistance. Stanley Butts, 58, faces various charges for the identity fraud scheme, Michigan Attorney Dana Nessel announced Feb. 5. The...

Five years can feel quick inside a neighborhood that changes block by block. At Second Baptist Church of Detroit, five years also lands like a checkpoint. This month, Pastor Lawrence W. Rodgers reaches his fifth anniversary leading the 190-year-old congregation planted a few steps from the entertainment district of...

Video captures a road rage incident that occurred Tuesday near Jefferson Avenue and Van Dyke in Detroit. According to the victim, a semi driver was speeding and driving recklessly. The victim began recording out of concern for safety. The victim alleges the driver noticed the recording and then attempted to...

Police are investigating the drowning death of a 4-year-old girl who was swimming unattended at a private athletic club in Sterling Heights, Mich. According to Fox 2, the girl was pulled from the pool at Deer Lake Athletic Club by her sister. The girl was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Sheetz plans to open 14 new convenience stores in southeast Michigan this year as part of a half-billion-dollar investment in the state, the chain said on Wednesday. Sheetz broke ground on its first Michigan store near Detroit in March 2024 and it opened in August 2024. It said at the time that it planned to build up...

Henry Ford Health’s Madison Heights hospital will become a 75-bed provider of adult mental health care as early as this spring, later expanding to 100 beds. The new mental health services dramatically expands care for adults in southeast Michigan. The Detroit-based hospital system will continue to operate the...

An alleged “porch pirate” is facing charges in Oakland County after community members worked together to help identify him. He’s facing 17 charges.

The long legal shadow over former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has taken on a fresh edge, as public attention swings back to the enormous restitution tied to his corruption case. The figure that has come to define his financial reckoning is roughly $800,000, a sum that encapsulates both the scale of his misconduct...

DETROIT - General Motors Co. is strategizing for an inevitable economic downturn by paring down dealer inventory and maintaining a cash safety net, Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said Wednesday. Jacobson's comments to a panel of auto insiders at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank's Detroit branch provide insight...

The Pennsylvania-based gas station company has no intention of scaling back in 2026. From Click on Detroit, Sheetz is gearing up for a major expansion throughout Southeast Michigan. This includes 14 new locations stretching from Eastpointe to Ypsilanti. Right now, gas stations in Eastpointe, Novi, Fraser and Taylor...