The successful “nerd” campaign advertising pitch is working. In a major turn of events, Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder has captured a narrow lead in the Republican primary race for Michigan governor.
The issue of control over the Detroit Public School system will not be on the ballot this November. Detroit city council members voted against the idea Thursday afternoon.
Slain Taylor Police officer Matthew Edwards was laid to rest today at Michigan Memorial Park Cemetery in Taylor. .
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be questioned about rumored Manoogian Party and slain-stripper case.
While her husband Kwame is facing tough questions under oath, Carlita Kilpatrick is settling in to a new home in Texas. INSIDE: View photos of the new Kilpatrick home
President Barack Obama says the government will recover all the taxpayer money used to bail out the auto industry last year.
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After more than 45 years as Detroit’s trusted source for weather, WXYZ-TV Chief Meteorologist Jerry Hodak will retire from Detroit’s ABC affiliate in September.
Skies will remain partly cloudy this evening but will clear up later.
A new Distracted Driving Ordinance is now in effect in the city of Troy.
Investigators
While her husband Kwame is facing tough questions under oath, Carlita Kilpatrick is settling in to a new home in Texas. INSIDE: View photos of the new Kilpatrick home
Kwame Kilpatrick will be transported from the federal prison in Milan to the federal courthouse in Detroit Thursday. Will he finally answer the big questions?
The wife and father of Detroit’s former mayor are trying to avoid some upcoming depositions – and if they do have to give testimony, their lawyer is saying they will plead the 5th so they don’t incriminate themselves.
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