The City of Detroit Parking Department has become the first city department to convert its fleet to fully all-electric. In 2022, DDOT unveiled its first four all-electric buses; currently, the city has over 250 electric and hybrid vehicles in the fleet. “Detroit is now working toward converting the city’s active fleet of over 3000 vehicles
The World’s largest bounce house is coming to metro Detroit in May. The ‘Big Bounce America’ will be stopping at Steffens Park for two weekends, starting May 18 and ending May 26. The bounce house is over 24,000 square feet and has over 50 unique obstacles. OctoBlast is a brand new attraction that has been
The City of Detroit unveiled 20 cleat sculptures that will be displayed across downtown Detroit ahead of the NFL draft. The sculptures are part of a project called ‘DCLEATED.’ In football when you make a big impact hit it is called a “decleating”. This project is trying to do the same, using local artists to
80-76 NCAA March Madness upset victory for #14 seed Oakland University over the #3 seed Kentucky. Jack Gohlke alone has 10 3-pointers.
Taylor Police has added a Robot crime-fighting dog, also known as RADDOG, to their force. The new device was delivered on Tuesday, March 19. The robotic dog is a situational, defensive tool that gives its user a vision that may not be available without human risk, according to officials. “It puts us face-to-face with the
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) Video captures the moment a Porsche AG Taycan rolled over multiple times and went airborne after crashing in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Saturday at around 4:00 am in the Plymouth Rd. and Broadway. AnnArbor Officers arriving on the
The city of Detroit has narrowed down which six neighborhoods it has plans to install solar arrays on blighted & vacant land to generate clean, renewable energy. These six finalists are Gratiot/Findlay, Greenfield Park/I-75-McNichols, Houston Whittier/Hayes (Outer Drive Hayes), I96/ Plymouth (O’Shea), State Fair, Trinity/Pickford, and Van Dyke/Lynch. “I just want to make this neighborhood
Megan Thee Stallion announced the “Hot Girl Summer Tour” with a stop in Detroit. The tour will perform at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, May 18, at 7 p.m. with special guest GloRilla. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 22 at 10 a.m. at 313Presents.com
A 15-year-old Detroit boy was honored Tuesday with the Spirit of Detroit Award after performing CPR on an unresponsive neighbor. On January 3, 2024, his neighbor experienced a medical emergency while entering his vehicle at home on Detroit’s northwest side, in the Evergreen-Outer Drive neighborhood. Gregory Pope III, a 9th grader attending Detroit Public School
A 30-year-old mother has been charged after she allegedly beat her 8-year-old daughter to death and lied to police by saying she fell down some stairs. Chelsea Renee Duperon, 30, of Wayne, MI has been charged with Felony Murder and First-Degree Child Abuse. She was arraigned and remanded to jail this afternoon in 29th District
