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Host Saeed Khan talks with feature writer and former Detroit News reporter Jim McFarlin; Mike Stone, aka "Stoney" of 97.1 The Ticket; attorneys Joel Sklar and Steve Fishman; labor and community activist Barb Ingalls; veteran journalist Nancy Derringer; and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. Fishman, a...

The streets of Detroit bear witness to a surge of violence in the new year as a stabbing incident escalated to a fatal shooting, prompting Detroit Police Department to seek assistance from the public. According to a report by WWJ Newsradio, in the early hours of January 4th, officers from the 8th Precinct were...

Dittrich Furs in Detroit will be closing its doors in April, the store announced on Saturday afternoon.

DETROIT – A man was killed early Saturday morning in a shooting on Detroit’s east side. Police arrived at the 18000 block of Dwyer around 1:45 a.m. on Jan. 10 and found the victim, who has not been identified. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unknown. The Detroit...

Timesha Beauchamp was declared dead in her Michigan home by an ER doctor over the phone.

Milton Butch Jones, a leader of the notorious Detroit heroin gang Young Boys Inc. (YBI) in the 1970s and 1980s, died this week of a heart attack, according to The Gangster Report, which covers organized crime. He was 70. Jones had been released from a federal prison to a halfway...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Mayor Mary Sheffield made Pershing High School the first stop after her public swearing-in ceremony on Friday . The stop at the Detroit Public Schools Community District’s neighborhood school...

Police arrested a 29-year-old Lincoln Park woman, and they believe drugs or alcohol may be a factor. It’s going to take a few months to get the test results back on that. Meanwhile, the woman is waiting for arraignment and could face multiple felonies.

TAYLOR — A driver was found slumped over his steering wheel at 11:46 p.m. Dec. 16 on the eastbound I-94 ramp to northbound Telegraph Road in a red Ford Escape. The car was in drive, and was stopped only because the unconscious man’s foot was on the brake.

The year 1976 was a defining one for Detroit music, and in 2026, several Motor City classics officially turn 50. These songs didn’t just chart nationally. They were forged, tested, and embraced right here in Detroit. The Detroit rock songs turning 50 in 2026 are among the most iconic songs, not just for Detroit but...