A Saturday night shooting on Detroit’s east side left one woman dead and four other people injured, according to police. Detroit police responded to the shooting in the 17800 block of Albion Street around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Four females were shot, ranging in age from 14 to 20; one died. A fifth victim was a […]
A Saturday night shooting on Detroit’s east side left one woman dead and four other people injured, according to police. Detroit police responded to the shooting in the 17800 block of Albion Street around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Four females were shot, ranging in age from 14 to 20; one died. A fifth victim was a […]
DETROIT (AP) — A man who for years controlled the finances at a group that has turned Detroit’s riverfront into a popular attraction was charged Wednesday with embezzling tens of millions of dollars. William Smith routinely used money from the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy to pay credit card bills for travel, hotels, limousines, household goods, clothing […]
Born in the city and first living in a home on Porter and Trumbull, Ray Moncivais lived in different spots in Corktown, got married and later settled into a home down the road from Michigan Central Station, the neighborhood’s latest dazzling development that has shaped Corktown and Moncivais’ life. The 66-year-old son of Mexican immigrants […]
Free Press Flashback revisits the beginning of the end of Detroit’s ornate seat of government. The beloved building was inaugurated in 1871, but became expendable, in the eyes of city officials, after what is now called the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center opened in 1955. Preservationists waged a long campaign to save it. This story […]
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan didn’t drive to his first or second stop of the day Saturday morning — instead, he took the bus. Duggan greeted smiling residents, shook their hands and listened to Detroiters as the 4-Woodward bus made its way to the opening day of the Jason Hargrove Transit Center, a 52,000-square-foot sheltered transportation […]
When Bethany Howard spoke to the Free Press during October 2022, she described her love for the east-side Detroit neighborhood where she grew up and continues to live. At the time, the fourth-generation east sider was a climate equity project manager for the Eastside Community Network. Today, the 37-year-old Howard is a project manager for Detroit’s […]
Below Detroit’s streets is a network of tunnel systems almost as elaborate as the bustling metropolis that sits above it. Unveiling this underworld opens a cavern of secrets necessary to understanding Detroit’s history. While most of the tunnels are now abandoned and closed off to the public, learning about these labyrinths can contextualize the city’s […]
For people facing homelessness in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park, the main way to access shelter and other housing help is through one central phone or in-person system. Starting Monday, that system — known as the Coordinated Assessment Model (CAM) — will be changing how people can get into emergency shelters. When someone calls or […]
Isaiah “Ike” McKinnon, 80, served as a Detroit police officer for 19 years and was appointed chief of the department by Mayor Dennis Archer in 1993. He earned a Ph.D. from Michigan State University, became a tenured professor at the University of Detroit-Mercy and served as deputy mayor under Mayor Mike Duggan. The following is […]