Detroit MI

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...

A distraught Detroit man, Rod Stanley, and the All About Animals Rescue are offering a $2,000 reward for the safe return of two dogs, Annie and Lucky, following the theft of his minivan. His vehicle was stolen from an auto parts store on Chicago and Hubbell avenues, leaving the owner heartbroken and without his pets....

Police investigating the Christmas Day deaths of two people at an apartment complex say neither the victim nor her friend ever called 911, despite a history of domestic violence in the victim's relationship.

SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM. DONATE TO DOWNTOWN NEWSMAGAZINE. Birmingham police officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of Webster Ave. for a report of vehicle theft on Sunday, December 21, around 5 p.m. The victim, a 41-year-old female resident, reported that her vehicle was parked in her driveway around 8 p.m....

In response to the plummeting temperatures in Detroit, city officials are taking action to shield its residents from the biting cold. With forecasts predicting dangerously low temperatures, Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries has opened an overnight stand-by shelter located at 13130 Woodward Avenue, as reported by the...

Monroe and Beaubien Streets crossed paths again on Christmas Eve, as per the Detroit News. The intersection in Detroit's Greektown swung open to cars after months of closure, hitting the first big marker in a $20 million state-funded makeover. Work kicked off in March and closed Monroe Street to vehicles from...

DEARBORN — Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and Dearborn Heights Mayor Mo Baydoun will address local business leaders and residents at the annual Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce “Tale of Our Cities” breakfast from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Jan. 22 at Park Place Caterers, 23400 Park St. The...