Detroit MI

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. A student was stabbed by a classmate during school Wednesday at Gompers Elementary-Middle School, according to officials. The stabbing occurred after the child’s mother reportedly gave her...

DETROIT, MI – A Michigan mother, Alisha Hollamon, and her boyfriend, Avion Traylor, have been sentenced to decades in prison for the brutal death of her 7-year-old son, Deshawn Williams, in what prosecutors have described as a “sick, demonic, ritual-like crime”. Heartbreaking Crime and Plea Deal. Hollamon,...

Your father or grandfather might have told you to change your oil every 3,000 miles. But that once-standard advice might be a bit outdated. Motor oils have changed and so have many of the recommendations. So how long can you go between oil changes? There’s no uniform answer, but Claude Townsend, program coordinator...

There's enough evidence to proceed to trial in the case against two teenagers who authorities say gunned down a 4-year-old going up a playground slide and an 18-year-old in a drive-by shooting at a Detroit park in June — allegedly because one of the suspects was mad his ski mask was ripped off his face on a bus...

DETROIT, Oct. 7, 2025 ~ Detroit officials are touting continued declines in violent crimes, seeing fewer homicides so far this year than in 2024. Looking at the time range from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, homicides fell from 155 in 2024, to 132 in 2025, with carjackings and non-fatal shootings also falling significantly in...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday weighed in on the deployment of National Guard troops being sent to Illinois and said she believes it's only a matter of time before the National Guard is deployed to Michigan.

In a notable case addressing human trafficking and illegal operations, Huazi Piao, age 61, has been sentenced to a term of 40 months to 20 years in prison. According to the Michigan Attorney General's office, Piao's conviction stems from a guilty plea to one count of Conducting a Criminal Enterprise. This case...

(FOX 2) - Family of the woman found on I-96 in Detroit this week have identified her as Ti'Nishia Lloyd, a 33-year-old. Collection Clearance SaleMargaret & Clara's Jewelry |. While her identity has now been confirmed, the mystery of what happened to the woman remains — and her family hope that by speaking out, they...

Do you know this woman? The Detroit Police Department is looking for her, in connection with two assault and battery incidents in September.

The individual was charged as part of an investigation that started in 2024 when St. Clair Shores police investigated a massage parlor.