Feds: Restaurant owner hid 12 undocumented immigrant workers in Royal Oak, Shelby Township
The FBI is investigating the owner of three suburban Kyoto Japanese Steakhouse restaurants, alleging he housed at least a dozen undocumented immigrants in "substandard" living conditions and had them driven to and from his restaurants to work illegally, according to new court filing in U.S. District Court in Detroit....
She’s The First a new, impactful group on UDM campus
She’s the First (STF) was established in 2009 and is a global organization whose mission promotes the education of young girls and women as a solution for poverty. For over a decade this organization has created programs that teach girls to be their own activist, funded grants that allow organization cohorts to hold...
Woman charged in stabbing at Taylor’s Southland Center
A Detroit woman has been charged in connection with a stabbing last week at Southland Center. Tiffany Rose Williams and a 19-year-old woman argued inside a shoe store at the shopping mall on the 23000 block of Eureka Road in Taylor around 7:19 p.m. Wednesday then started fighting, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office...
The Ballot Box Isn’t the Finish Line for Rev. Kinloch
As Detroiters watched the mayoral contest unfold, Mayor-Elect Mary Sheffield’s momentum was undeniable, and it was evident by her decisive win that the city wanted her to be the city’s next mayor. But even though Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. did not emerge as the next mayor of our...
Residents in Detroit’s Old Redford neighborhood push back after latest round of illegal dumping
DETROIT – Neighbors in the Old Redford neighborhood are fed up with yet another illegal dumping incident left a vacant lot at the corner of Thatcher and Burgess strewn with trash, broken glass and household debris. John George of Detroit Blight Busters, who has helped lead cleanup and neighborhood...
Skilled trade program takes workers of all levels to fill workforce gap
FOX 2 - Right now there is a real need for skilled workers in Michigan and beyond. But a new partnership in Metro Detroit is looking to fill that gap literally and figuratively. The backstory: — A program is making it easier than ever for workers to make a career...
Detroit approves $75M for Renaissance Center riverfront transformation
DETROIT, MI – Detroit’s plan to transform the Renaissance Center and reconnect downtown to the riverfront advanced Wednesday as the city’s Downtown Development approved $75 million in funding for a $1.6 billion redevelopment. The approval marked a pivotal step to advance the project slated to bring public...
Two men charged with making threats against Macomb County authorities
A Warren man and another man from New York City, New York have been charged for allegedly making online threats against police and judges in Macomb County
Detroit mom battling cancer receives $3,900 from Hot Pink Helpers nonprofit
A Detroit mother of four fighting Stage 3 invasive breast cancer received unexpected financial relief when a local nonprofit delivered hope directly to her doorstep.
Body of missing Michigan woman, 76, found in submerged vehicle
Juanita Clowney, of Madison Heights, was last seen by her family on Nov. 2 in Detroit.
