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Detroit goes from bankrupt to “investment grade” credit rating in less than 10 years

Moody’s Investors Services on Friday gave the city of Detroit a rating increase. The city went from bankruptcy in 2014 to investment grade in 2024. The new rating returns Detroit to investment-grade status for the first time since 2009. We are now higher than in several cities such as Chicago. In a report issued Friday,

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Taylor police adds robot dog to force

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

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15-year-old Detroit boy honored after using CPR on unresponsive neighbor

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

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Mother charged in 8-year-olds brutal death

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

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Registration now open for free entry to the NFL draft in Detroit

The 2024 NFL Draft is heading to Detroit for the first time. The three-day event will be free and open to fans in the downtown area surrounding the award-winning Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza from April 25 – April 27. Fans can now register for free entry by clicking the banner below: All adults are

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Video shows moments Detroit cops were shot at during traffic stop

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) Detroit police are searching for a suspect who fired shots at officers while they conducted a traffic stop. The incident occurred Monday night in the area of Harper & Seneca, near Van Dyke. The video shows the driver of the stopped car and officers

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Dairy Queen giving out free ice cream cone today

Dairy Queen’s Free Cone Day is back for the first day of Spring! You can stop in for a small vanilla cone, free of charge today only. (Tuesday, March 19) No other purchase is necessary and limit one per customer.

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Suspect flees scene on foot after crashing & killing innocent driver

Detroit police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left an innocent driver dead Sunday night. The crash happened around 8:40 p.m. on Van Dyke near E. 7 Mile. The 32-year-old male driver of the Dodge Charger was stopped at a red light when a Toyota Avalon traveling at a high rate of speed struck him.

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3 shot, 1 killed at Romulus bar and grill

3 people were shot, and one person was killed after a shooting at a bar and grill in Romulus. The shooting happened inside Luxury Nightz Bar and Grill, located in the area of Merriman and Van Born, at around 1:30 a.m. Police say two people were injured, and one person was killed. The suspect was

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Police investigating ‘suspicious’ death of 8-year-old inside home in Wayne

Michigan State Police say they are investigating a suspicious death of an 8-year-old child in the city of Wayne on Saturday. The death investigation is taking place in the block of Phyllis, near Wayne Road and Michigan Ave. According to Michigan State Police, their Special Investigation Section was requested to investigate the suspicious death of

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