Jenny Sherman is 101.9 WDET's Digital Editor. She received her bachelor’s in journalism from Michigan State University and has worked for more than a decade as a reporter and editor for various media outlets throughout metro Detroit. When she’s not behind a desk, you might find her at the park with her husband and two boys, Milo and Theodore, or perusing the vinyl at her local record store.
Detroit Opera's 2024–25 opera season will conclude with Anthony Davis’s "The Central Park Five," (May 10–18, 2025), a true-story adaptation of systemic discrimination that earned Davis the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2020.

Detroit Opera 2024-25 season to feature ‘Central Park Five,’ AI-inspired ‘Così fan tutte’ and more

March 18, 2024

Detroit Opera's 2024-25 season will feature an eclectic variety of opera productions written over three centuries, as well as dance...

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Nicole Beausoleil, mother of Oxford High shooting victim Madisyn Baldwin, sits as video is played showing the shooting at Oxford H.S., Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich. James Crumbley is the father of Ethan Crumbley, who killed four students and wounded more at Oxford High School and is charged with involuntary manslaughter for failing to safely store a handgun used by his son in the 2021 attack and ignoring signs of the boy's mental despair.

Jury deliberations to begin in James Crumbley manslaughter trial

March 13, 2024

Closing arguments began Wednesday afternoon in the involuntary manslaughter trial of the father whose teenage son shot and killed four...

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Stellantis' Jefferson North Assembly Plant.

Stellantis agrees to pay $84K for air quality violations at Jefferson North plant

March 13, 2024

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has finalized a deal with Stellantis NV this week over...

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Michigan reports state’s first pediatric flu-related death of season

March 11, 2024

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)  last week confirmed the state's first influenza-linked pediatric death for the...

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New mayor in Warren fires police commissioner William Dwyer ahead of planned retirement

March 6, 2024

Warren's newly elected mayor, Lori Stone, fired the city's long-time police commissioner William Dwyer on Tuesday — just a few...

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Chef Maxcel Hardy was among five other local chefs who participated in the recent WDET benefit, Colors of Detroit. Hardy died on Monday, March 4, 2024, his publicist confirmed Tuesday.

Detroit chef and community builder Max Hardy dies at age 40

March 5, 2024

Maxcel Hardy, an award-winning chef, restauranteur and community leader in Detroit, died on Monday at the age of 40, his...

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Nominations sought for Detroit’s poet laureate and composer laureate

, February 22, 2024

The city of Detroit is currently seeking nominations for a new poet laureate, and — for the first time —...

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Legendary Detroit producer and beat maker J Dilla (James Yancey) would have been 50 years old on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.

50 years of J Dilla: A conversation with ‘Ma Dukes’ on keeping her son’s legacy alive

, February 7, 2024

Detroiters and hip-hop fans everywhere are celebrating what would have been J Dilla's 50th birthday on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024....

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The managers of The Maple Theater in Bloomfield Hills announced on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, that they will not be renewing their lease for the historic theater.

Maple Theater management announces historic theater will close its doors

February 5, 2024

The Maple Theater — a long-time institution for independent film buffs in metro Detroit — will close its doors after...

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Jennifer Crumbley looks at a monitor as she testifies during her trial in the Oakland County courtroom Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich.

Defense rests after Jennifer Crumbley takes the stand in manslaughter trial

February 2, 2024

Closing arguments began Friday in the involuntary manslaughter trial for Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of convicted Oxford High School shooter...

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A new exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum aims to explore life of Jewish immigrants in Detroit's Hastings neighborhood, 1880-1930.

New exhibit takes a walk back in time to Detroit’s first Jewish enclave

, February 2, 2024

A new exhibit exploring the Jewish history of Detroit will open at the Detroit Historical Museum this spring, in partnership...

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Defense attorney Shannon Smith, left, speaks to her client Jennifer Crumbley, back right, on the stand in the Oakland County courtroom on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich.

Prosecution rests, Jennifer Crumbley takes the stand in manslaughter trial

, February 1, 2024

The mother of convicted Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley took the stand in her own defense on Thursday —...

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