Black Americans may have a different viewpoint of America 250
The United States of America is celebrating its 250th anniversary this week. There will be parades and fireworks and lots...
Jerome Vaughn is News Director at 101.9 WDET. He joined WDET in 1992 to help chronicle Detroit's comeback and let people around the world know the truth about his hometown.
Vaughn runs the news internship program, providing opportunities for future public radio producers. He has also served as a mentor for NPR's Next Generation Radio Project. Vaughn has won dozens of awards for his reporting. He was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in 2018.
His interest in news reporting began when he was five years old, after his mom bought him a yellow Panasonic ball and chain radio.
Detroit Evening Report: Extreme heat warning continues
Most of Michigan’s lower peninsula, including all of Metro Detroit, remains under an extreme heat warning until tomorrow night. Temperatures are forecast to rise into...
Hantz Woodlands experiment seems to be a growing success
Thirteen years ago, a local businessman and an agriculture expert joined forces to change a chunk of Detroit’s east side. ...
Detroit Evening Report: Congressman John James calls for smoke control in Gordie Howe Bridge deal
Michigan candidate for governor, John James, says Canadian wildfire smoke needs to be better controlled, as part of a deal to open the Gordie...
Detroit Evening Report: Sun Bucks program returns to help Michigan families feed kids this summer
Michigan has restarted its Sun Bucks program.The goal of the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer program is to help ensure school-age...
McDonald Rivet says lawmakers can find common ground across party lines
A recent Gallup poll shows 86% of Americans surveyed think Congress is not doing a good job on behalf of...
Detroit Evening Report: Heat advisory in place
Detroiters should get ready for a few days of hot weather. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Wayne,...
Can and bottle returns are losing steam. What can Michigan do to increase recycling rates?
Michiganders have been taking their pop bottles and cans back to grocery stores for nearly half a century to collect...
Federal funding cuts test resilience of Focus: Hope nonprofit
Focus: Hope was founded in 1968 as a way to bring Black and white Detroiters together in the aftermath of...
Detroit Evening Report: Lawsuit to block transit millage dismissed
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit targeting a millage proposal on the August primary ballot that would prevent Wayne County...
Detroit City Council President looks forward to working with mayor on poverty and transit issues
James Tate is the latest in a long line of Detroit city council presidents as of January. He attended the...
Detroit Evening Report: Mackinac Policy Conference gets underway
The Mackinac Policy Conference is officially underway. The annual event brings together politicians, policymakers and journalists to discuss issues affecting...