Detroit MI

DETROIT – Children’s Hospital of Michigan hosted its annual ‘Snowpile’ event -- a free gift giveaway for patients who are hospitalized and their families. During Snowpile, parents or guardians get to “shop” for free for the patient and their siblings from thousands of new toys and gift items donated by the community.

Four students from Western International High School in Southwest Detroit seeking asylum remain in federal immigration custody. The superintendent of DPSCD and the school board are calling for their release. Chalkbeat Reporter Hannah Dellinger spoke about the story.

Dec. 17, 2025 ~ Steve Dolunt, retired Detroit Police Assistant Chief, joins Kevin Dietz to discuss how a woman who was abducted as a toddler was found alive 40 years later under a new identity. KENTUCKY ~ Michelle Newton, a woman who was kidnapped in 1983 at three years old,...

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is pivoting away from its once-ambitious electric vehicle plans amid financial losses and waning consumer demand for the vehicles in lieu of investment in more efficient gasoline-engines and hybrid EVs, the company said Monday. The Detroit automaker, which has poured billions of dollars...

DETROIT – A teen and a man were charged in connection with a shooting that killed one person and injured another on Detroit’s west side on Wednesday. The shooting happened just before 3 p.m. on Dec. 10 in the 15500 block of Sussex. When officers responded to the scene, they found Cherish Hinson, 18, and a 22-year-old...

Federal prosecutors are actively pursuing $823,681.18 in restitution payments from former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, launching a new effort to track down potential assets that could satisfy his outstanding debt to taxpayers. Kilpatrick was convicted of 24 federal felonies, including racketeering, mail fraud,...

MASON, Mich. (WILX) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer has announced two redevelopment projects that will create 23 new apartments and commercial space in Detroit and Mason. Together, the projects are expected to generate more than $8.7 million in total capital investment statewide while activating long-vacant properties....

Without access to a car, transportation alternatives can be unaffordable or inconvenient.

A distracted driving crash in downtown Detroit left a Michigan State Police trooper’s patrol car damaged after a driver ran a red light while texting.

DETROIT – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that a redevelopment project in Detroit is receiving funding to create 21 apartments and commercial space. The mixed-use development project in Detroit’s historic North Corktown neighborhood is receiving support from a $1.5 million Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) grant,...