Wayne County Prosecutors to Review 300 Cases Involving Claims of Innocence
Editor's note: This post and headline has been updated to include more information on what the Wayne County Commission will...
Is Newark The Next Flint?
Jake Neher/WDET Residents have been lining up Newark, New Jersey to get their bottles of water after testing revealed lead in the...
Historic Detroit Church’s Bell Tower, Famous After Shipwreck, Under Renovation
On November 10, 1975, as news of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck circulated, Rev. Richard Ingalls, pastor of Mariners’ Church of...
Detroit Students Return With Improved Test Scores, Revised Conduct Policy
Wiki Commons As students return from summer break, the Detroit Public Schools Community District is heading into the new school...
Activists Call For Ballot Initiative On Police Use of Facial Recognition Tech
A coalition of Detroit civil rights organizations blasted Detroit Police over the proposed use of facial recognition technology, citing potential for...
New Football Season Means New Controversies and New Ways for Lions to Disappoint
The NFL season is officially underway, as is college football. Each new season recently has brought its own batch of controversies...
Prosecutors Might Be Running Out Of Time To File Charges In Flint Water Crisis
WDET Digital April of next year marks the six-year anniversary of the start of the Flint Water Crisis. That’s significant, because...
Former Flint Councilman on Why Justice Hasn’t Been Served For the City
Joan Isabella/WDET State officials have apologized for the mishandling of the Flint water disaster over and over. But for one former...
Ypsilanti Man Recalls Glory Days of the Grande Ballroom with Historic Recordings
An Ypsilanti man has collected a set of rare recordings from Detroit’s Grande Ballroom and is working to get them...
Cobo Hall Gets a New Name, Leaving Behind Complicated Racial Legacy
Alex McLenon The red lettering once mounted on the side of Detroit's largest convention center is gone. The building once known...
The Flint Water Crisis’ Latest Victim Died Earlier This Year
This February, one of the most recent deaths caused by the Flint Water Crisis occurred: Jassmine McBride, who died 6 months...
Rep. Haley Stevens Concerned About Recession, Calls Out Tariffs as Obstacle to Job Creation
Members of Congress head back to Capitol Hill in early September, returning to a political environment that is rich with problems...
