Detroit MI

DETROIT - The Detroit Riverfront hasn’t had this many Tall Ships docked at once since 2001. This is all part of the Sail Detroit Festival. The Alliance, Empire Sandy, Pride of Baltimore II, and Ernestina-Morrissey all docked on Thursday, August 7 and will be on the Detroit River through Sunday, August 10.

The FBI Detroit office is warning Michigan residents that criminals are using artificial intelligence to run major scams and it’s costing victims big. In a exclusive interview with Supervisory Special Agent Bryan Drake, a 25-year veteran of the FBI, he says criminal organizations are now using AI to generate fake...

Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison is promising stepped-up enforcement after a wave of shootings in the city, including a deadly one that happened just before noon on the city’s east side. “There’s been too much violence in this city. Even though crime is down, it doesn’t feel like it,...

A Detroit man says his ex-partner falsely accused him of molesting their daughter and alleges her powerful, politically connected family helped her get a felony charge dismissed for filing a false police report. The ex-partner, Taylor Clark, is the granddaughter of retired Wayne County Circuit Judge Michael Hathaway,...

WESTLAND, Mich. – Management of an assisted living facility in Westland announced it would be closing its doors, giving residents just over a month to relocate. The facility, which offers assistance through the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, was taken over by the company Alcore Senior four years ago.

A 37-year-old man in Michigan will likely spend multiple decades behind bars for killing his 8-year-old stepson last year, starving the little boy for months before ultimately beating him to death. Wayne County Circuit Judge John C. Gillis on Thursday ordered Jamarr Hill to serve between 18 and 40 years in a state...

Monika Elkins, the mother of missing Ashley Elkins, was the first witness to testify during the victim's ex-boyfriends' preliminary hearing on Wednesday.

A repeat offender from Clinton Township has made his way into the headlines again after being arrested on allegations of retail fraud for the 30th time. Sixty-six-year-old Dwayne Effren Taylor is accused of attempting to steal over $900 worth of goods from a Target store on Gratiot Avenue in Clinton Township last...

A Dearborn man wanted for kidnapping his daughter in a custody dispute has been arrested. Millcreek Township police said Wednesday afternoon that Jafar Almaarej’s daughter is safe and she’ll be reunited with her mother very soon.

DETROIT – A dog found burned and chained near I-96 and Linsdale Street in Detroit is recovering after being rescued by a woman walking by and a local rescue. The dog, now named Persephone, was discovered alone and severely injured late Monday (Aug. 4) night. “She was tied with...