Metro and State News for Michigan from detnews.com

Hamtramck in financial emergency, state review team finds

May 23, 2013 7:50 pm

A state review team has concluded that a financial emergency exists in Hamtramck, the Michigan Department of Treasury said today.

Duggan certified to run for Detroit mayor; Pugh dissents

May 23, 2013 7:24 pm

The city's Election Commission today certified Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan to stay on the ballot for the Aug. 6 primary election.

Man's car stolen in Detroit with wife's ashes in trunk

May 23, 2013 7:01 pm

A man planning to take his deceased wife's ashes to a memorial service for her mother says his car and the ashes inside it were stolen in Detroit.

Video shows man used hammer to rob Waterford Twp. gas station

May 23, 2013 6:56 pm

Waterford Township — Police released photos and a surveillance camera video Thursday of a man who used a claw hammer to rob a Speedway gas station earlier this week.

Concerns about pet coke piled along Detroit River remain

May 23, 2013 5:37 pm

Detroit — New testing on samples of the petroleum coke piling up along the Detroit River show results similar to those produced by state officials.

Ferguson due in federal court hours after Kilpatrick

May 23, 2013 4:58 pm

Detroit — Bobby Ferguson could move a step closer Thursday to finding a lawyer to represent him in a $12 million bid-rigging trial, or decide to defend himself.

Lawyer 'not offended' Kilpatrick dropped him

May 23, 2013 4:45 pm

Detroit — Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick canned his taxpayer-funded lawyer Thursday after saying their relationship was destroyed, a move that will delay sentencing in the City Hall corruptio...

4,000 missing without trace in Mich.; families keep searching

May 23, 2013 4:41 pm

Families desperately seek answers from police, even strangers, while other crimes — murders, break-ins, drug rings — grab headlines and the public's attention.

Teen shot on Detroit's southwest side

May 23, 2013 4:32 pm

A teenager has been shot in the chest on the city's southwest side. The incident occurred Thursday morning near Sharon Street and W. Vernor Highway, located in an area between Springwells and...

Census: Detroit population loss slows, some suburbs see growth

May 23, 2013 4:09 pm

Detroit's rate of population loss slowed last year, barely keeping the state's largest city above 700,000 people, according to Census estimates released today that also show some gro...