Michigan State Police has added its first battery electric vehicle to its patrol fleet. The 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E will patrol state-owned and leased facilities within the Lansing area. “This is an exciting opportunity for us to research, in real time, how a battery electric vehicle performs on patrol,” said Col. James F. Grady II,
Beginning in March 2025, the eastbound lanes of I-696 will be completely closed from Lahser Road to I-75 in Oakland County. The project stretches through Southfield and Hazel Park. It is expected to impact thousands of drivers for at least two years. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) plans to detour traffic onto the Lodge Freeway,
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) A wrong-way crash on westbound I-96 Freeway near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Detroit early Sunday morning left at least one person dead and sent several others to the hospital. At 3:15 a.m., Michigan State Police received reports of a sedan driving eastbound
We had some snow move in across metro Detroit on Friday so why not find a way to enjoy it. Here’s a list of some sledding hills in metro Detroit. Wayne County• Robert C. Valade Park, Detroit• Milliken State Park and Harbor, Detroit• Balduck Park, Detroit• Derby Hills, Detroit• Vernier Hill, Grosse Pointe• Lake Erie
Detroit rapper Sada Baby was taken into custody early Friday morning following a traffic stop in Sterling Heights. Police say they located possible “illegal contraband.” Authorities stopped Sada Baby, whose real name is Casada Sorrell, while he was in Ram with tinted windows on Mound Road near 18 Mile around 4 a.m. After running the
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has confirmed the first 2025 case of avian influenza (HPAI) in Oakland County. The virus was detected in a backyard flock following testing by the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. This marks the second confirmed case in the county since the virus was first reported
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) The ex-boyfriend who police say was involved in the disappearance of 30-year-old Warren mother of two has been arraigned Thursday morning. 32-year-old DeAndre Booker was charged with lying to a police officer. During the arraignment, it was discovered that he allegedly fled to Flint
Police have arrested the ex-boyfriend on Wednesday in connection to the missing 30-year-old mother of two who has been missing since last week. Family now believes she was murdered but her body has not been located yet. Ashley Elkins was reported missing by her family on Friday, after she failed to return home or respond
A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a car in Midtown Detroit on Wednesday. The crash happened on Woodward Ave near Warren Ave at around 8:30 a.m. Multiple cars were involved in a collision, which led to one car hitting a pole and pedestrian on the side walk. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at
Raising Cane’s, the popular Louisiana chicken fingers restaurant, wants to open on Hall Road near Schoenherr Road in Sterling Heights, where the old Chili’s building stands in front of the Sterling Town Center. The developers plan to tear down the former Chili’s and replace it with a new, roughly 3,500-square-foot restaurant. They need to get
