Tag: Detroit

Must-try flavors at 12 metro Detroit shops

What can ice cream do? It helps us celebrate on special occasions and consoles us during difficult ones. Its memory-making power reminds us of racing to catch the ice cream truck as its tune floated through the windows and childhood afternoons spent gobbling up vanilla and chocolate twist cones. It can sweeten a first date […]

FBI asked to take over probe into finances of Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been asked to take over the criminal probe into potential financial mismanagement at the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. Michigan State Police opened an investigation last week after a law firm hired by the conservancy presented “evidence of financial wrongdoing” amid the suspension of Chief Financial Officer William A. Smith, according […]

At Detroit NAACP dinner, Biden says he needs Black voters, chides Trump

DETROIT – Speaking to a sold-out crowd Sunday night, President Joe Biden addressed thousands attending the marquee dinner event for the largest branch of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, outlining the steps his administration has taken to help Detroit and crediting Black voters for his election in 2020. And he took special care to […]

Biden heads to Detroit amid campaign push to bolster support among Black voters

President Joe Biden‘s visit Sunday to speak at the Detroit Branch NAACP’s annual Fight for Freedom Fund dinner comes at a time when his reelection campaign faces a fraught question it desperately needs to answer. It’s not whether Black voters will vastly prefer the Democratic president to his Republican challenger in this year’s election: that’s […]

Detroit City FC acquires abandoned hospital site for future soccer stadium

The Detroit City FC minor league soccer club announced Thursday that it will build a new stadium in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood on the site of the long-abandoned Southwest Detroit Hospital. The announcement said the club hopes to complete the stadium and begin playing there in time for the 2027 season. Detroit City FC currently plays […]

Detroit City Council to start commission to represent renters

Detroit City Council on Tuesday approved the creation of a tenants rights’ commission to represent and advocate for residential renters. Council members voted unanimously to pass an ordinance establishing the nine-member body tasked with developing policy recommendations to reduce evictions, enforce landlord compliance and help city departments educate tenants and landlords on issues related to […]