Detroit has completed the demolition of 6,000 blighted homes today and fixed thousands more across the city. In 2020, following the passing of Proposal N, the city set a goal of demolishing blighted homes (that are beyond repairable) and also fixing & reselling homes that could be repaired. After demolition, the side lot lland is
I-75 in Detroit is closed due to a fatal crash Thursday morning. Police say two separate crashes happened at the same time on Southbound I 75 near 8 Mile Road. A 37-year-old Oak Park male driver of an SUV was traveling in the left lane when he lost control due to speed. The SUV slid
The #Detroit Hollywood-like Detroit sign installation has been completed on I-94. The sign is located on I-94 just before Livernois for all visitors heading into Detroit for the NFL draft at the end of the month. #NFLDraft.
April 8 is the day a total solar eclipse will pass directly over #Michigan. The moon will completely cover the sun, and the sky will fall dark. It will be decades before you’ll see another one. You will have a better chance seeing the eclipse if you are closer to the Ohio/Michigan border. Here are
Southfield police are investigating a shooting that occurred at a Chipotle restaurant. The incident happened Friday night at the Chipotle on Evergreen near I-696. A 32-year-old customer shot a 21-year-old employee after a dispute over guacomole. The employee was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect was arrested shortly after nearby. Stay with
An Oakland County woman was charged after she allegedly put a tracker on a man she fell in love with and pistol-whipped his girlfriend. The incident happened on March 29 at around 8:19 a.m. in the 90 block of W Shevlin, near 10 Mile and I-75 in Hazel Park. Police responded to the location for
The NFL draft stage is going up in downtown Detroit 🏈. The Draft will be free and open to fans in the downtown area—Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza from April 25–27. The NFL Draft Theater will act as the Draft’s central hub where all 32 teams pick the future football stars live and in-person.
A woman was charged after she started dating a 73-year-old Hazel Park man and allegedly stole over $100,000. Kristin D. Vian, 42, was charged with larceny over $20,000. Police say Vian met the man at a Detroit gas station in the summer and later started dating him, according to the Daily Tribune. During their relationship,
A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself with an unsecured gun in Detroit. The shooting happened Saturday in the 15000 block of Sussex, near Fenkell and Grand River. Police say a 12-year-old boy found a gun inside the home and accidentally shot himself. Police did not say who the gun belonged to. The
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) 5 people were shot outside a bar on Detroit’s west side. The shooting happened Friday morning at around 3:00 a.m, outside Chicago Blu’z Bar located on W. Chicago near Livernois. Police say the shooter had an argument over a parking spot. It then turned
