Twelve Oaks still thriving, but other area malls face uncertain futures
On a late November afternoon, just a few days before Black Friday, the Westland Shopping Center looked more like a scene from a dystopian movie than a mall nearing Christmas. The more than 1 million-square-foot mall has many dark, permanently closed stores behind locked metal gates. The cavernous halls were dim and...
Top 4 Michigan High Schools in U.S. Ranking
Does your son or daughter attend one of the best high schools in the United States? 4 of them are located in Michigan, with one in West Michigan.
Detroit Just Turned a City Street Into a Live EV Charger
Detroit just did something every EV driver has dreamed about: it turned a normal city street into a live charger. Under a quarter-mile of 14th Street, copper coils sit a few inches below the pavement and feed power into electric vehicles that pass over them. The Michigan Department of Transportation's new wireless...
Juvenile facing carjacking and assault charges waives preliminary exam
ROSEVILLE — A juvenile facing charges for allegedly carjacking an elderly woman outside a Roseville restaurant has waived his preliminary exam. At approximately 1:30 p.m. Nov. 24, Jeremiah Collins, 15, allegedly stole a woman’s 2016 Jeep Patriot by force in the parking lot of a Roseville Applebee’s, according to a...
Michigan Steakhouse Ranked Inside America’s Top 50
Prime and Proper in Detroit isn't just the best steakhouse in Michigan but one of the best in the entire country.
Presbyterian church in Detroit found new pastors, new life | Opinion
I was raised Presbyterian, and still think of myself that way, although I stopped going to church in high school. I feel a connection to the Presbyterian church, because it's how I grew up; the denomination’s focus on scholarly analysis of Scripture appeals to me, and I find its tenets of inclusion, redemption and...
‘Shop with a Cop’ program brings holiday joy to Detroit kids
DETROIT – 20 Detroit children experienced holiday shopping with a unique twist Saturday, Dec. 13, as Detroit Police officers and Police Athletic League (PAL) members accompanied them on a $250 shopping spree at Meijer. The event, held at the Meijer store at Eight Mile and Woodward, marked the second...
Eastpointe officers rescue dog from car crash
EASTPOINTE — When Eastpointe police arrested a man for alleged drunken driving after he crashed a car into a utility pole, they heard growling coming from the backseat of the vehicle and realized there was a badly frightened dog on board. The incident occurred the afternoon of Tuesday, Dec....
‘I Felt Like I Was Stuck’: Man Who Slashed 7-Year-Old Girl’s Throat at Detroit...
Detroit, Michigan – A 74-year-old Michigan man who brutally attacked a 7-year-old girl at a neighborhood park in broad daylight has been sentenced to spend years in prison, bringing a measure of legal closure to a case that deeply shocked the community and left a young child traumatized. Guilty...
Detroit man shot “multiple times” while driving on I-96 on the city’s west side:...
MSP officials said investigators learned an SUV pulled up alongside a car with three people inside, and an unknown suspect inside that SUV fired “multiple shots.” The victim was struck multiple times, and took himself to the hospital.

















