The Knight Foundation Announces Winners of its Cities Challenge
Marissa Gawel/WDET The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is awarding $600,000 dollars to projects designed to increase opportunity and...
Tax Foreclosures Make National Headlines As Wayne County Prepares To Foreclose on 70-thousand homes
Today (Tues) is the last day for Wayne County homeowners at risk of losing their homes due to unpaid back...
Thousands Rush To Meet Foreclosure Deadline
In Detroit tens of thousands of people are facing a deadline today that could cost some of them their...
Feds Return Control Of Housing Commission To Detroit
The US Housing and Urban Development Department is preparing to return control of the Detroit Housing Commission to city...
A History of Metro Detroit’s Extreme Tornadoes [TIMELINE]
The Palm Sunday tornadoes that ripped across Monroe and Lenawee Counties in 1965 packed winds estimated at 200 miles an...
Michigan Prepares To Commemorate 50th Anniversary Of Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak
Next week, several communities throughout the Midwest will commemorate one of the worst tornado outbreaks in the nation’s history. On April...
Spartans March To Another Final Four
Michigan State overcame an eight-point halftime deficit to beat Louisville 76-to-70 in overtime in the NCAA men's basketball tournament Sunday...
Free Press Editor Reflects On Paper’s Digital Evolution
The Detroit Free Press has broken some big news stories during Paul Anger’s time as editor and publisher. They include...
Pastors and Community Organize “March For Justice 2015”
A group of Detroit pastors and community members are coming together to hold a “March for Justice” Saturday. The event...
Personal Stories Of Wayne County’s Foreclosure Crisis
Roughly 76-thousand homes in Wayne County are at risk of tax foreclosure. As the deadline to pay back taxes approaches...
Wayne County Leads Nation In Population Loss
Newly-released Census data reveals that more people left Wayne County last year than in moved out of any other...
Dearborn Historical Museum Looking to Grow Endowment
Courtesy of Dearborn Historical Museum Officials with the Dearborn Historical Museum are launching a campaign to help grow the institution’s...