Detroit's archbishop to bless grave for fetuses
The head of the Catholic Church in Detroit is to bless a grave marker Saturday at a pro-life event remembering fetuses that were found in 2008 in a Lathrup Village dumpster.
Trial postponed in dirty-look murder case
The first-degree murder trial of Chauncey Owens, accused of killing a Detroit teenager for giving him a dirty look, was rescheduled this morning for Nov. 15.
Arts, Beats & Eats kicks off at new home in Royal Oak
Royal Oak -- An annual Labor Day festival that has become a tradition for hundreds of thousands of Metro Detroiters opened in a new venue Friday with no Arts -- but plenty of Beats and Eats. The 13th ...
Arts, Beats & Eats kicks off at new home in Royal Oak
Royal Oak -- An annual Labor Day festival that has become a tradition for hundreds of thousands of Metro Detroiters opened in a new venue Friday with no Arts -- but plenty of Beats and Eats. The 13th ...
Sex Charge Dropped Against Former Lion
A circuit court judge has asked for further explanation on why a sexual assault charge against former Detroit Lion Tommie Boyd has been dropped.Boyd, 38, of Shelby Township was charged with sexual ass...
Honored as a hero after dying from a fall off the toilet
: "CHINA HAS produced all kinds of heroes in the six decades since the revolution, but the latest public servant to qualify for hero status, who died after falling off the toilet, is causing a major c...
Baby pronounced dead revived by mother
According to a CBS report, the Australian mother used a skin-to-skin contact method called the "Kangaroo Care Method" to save the life of one of her premature babies who was born without vital signs. ...
Feel the music at Detroit's jazz fest!
Take in the music this holiday weekend with the sweet sounds of jazz at the Detroit International Jazz Festival. The festival is touted as one of the world’s premier jazz festivals on Labor Day Week...
Cincinnati, Detroit Selected As Final Health IT Pilot Communities Under Innovative HHS Recovery Act Beacon Program
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that Cincinnati and Detroit are the two final pilot communities selected under the new Beacon Community Program that is using health information technol...
Former General Motors CEO to head Knoxville company
KNOXVILLE -- Former General Motors Chairman and CEO Frederick A. “Fritz” Henderson has been tabbed to head Knoxville-based SunCoke Energy, which makes coke for steel manufacturers.
2010 Ford Arts, Beats & Eats starts
Freep.com has all you need to know if you're going to Ford Arts, Beats & Eats the four-day Labor Day weekend festival now in Royal Oak after a dozen years in Pontiac.Come back to freep.com for more on...
Bobb, DPS board head back to court in school control lawsuit
Detroit -- Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb and members of the Detroit Board of Education will be back in court today in their legal fight over academic control in the state's largest school di...
SS Badger car ferry grounded due to winds, waves
Ludington -- The company that owns the SS Badger says the car ferry won't be sailing due to heavy winds and high waves on Lake Michigan. The Badger runs between Ludington and Manitowoc, Wis., but its ...
WB I-94 in Harper Woods moving slowly after crash
Harper Woods -- The Michigan Intelligent Transportation system is reporting that westbound Interstate 94 is closed at Eight Mile due a crash. Police are on the scene and there are no reports at this t...
1 Person Dies In Traffic Accident
Several lanes of Interstate 275 were shut down on Friday morning in a crash that killed one person.The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. on I-275 near Cherry Hill Road in Canton Township.Police said ...
Roethlisberger Suspension Reduced To 4 Games
Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been reduced from six games to four by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Pittsburgh Steelers' star quarterback met with Goodell early Friday and was told he could...
'Gone With The Wind' Child Actress Dies At 76
In this Jan. 25, 2006 photo, Ann-Marie Johnson, National First Vice President of the Screen Actors Guild second from right, joins "Gone With the Wind" cast, from left -- Ann Rutherford, Cammie King Co...
Knicks lose sharpshooter SEP 03
Warriors sharpshooter, will be healthy enough to practice with the team as he returns from a torn tendon in his knee. ... "It is too early to pinpoint an exact date when he will be available." Azubuik...
Nuggets a good team even without Melo SEP 03
Nuggets , and that, if he doesn't, they're still a good team. "For some reason, our P.R. in the summer, it seems like people like to think that we're going to be awful. And I just go, why? Why do they...
Hawks to push Horford extension SEP 03
Hawks plan to make an aggressive push to sign Al to an extension but that process hasn't started. "I haven't heard anything yet," Horford said. "I think anything will start coming once training camp g...
Stoudemire picked Nash over Kobe SEP 03
Jason Kidd were free agents as well. Amar'e Stoudemire was the up and coming star in Phoenix, and management came to him asking what he wanted, Stoudemire told Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic. "The ...
Chelios ends stellar career; joins Red Wings front office
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Veteran defenseman Chris Chelios has officially called it a career and will move into a front office role with the Detroit Red Wings. Chelios played in a record-tying 26...
Storm knocks out power in Downriver cities
Officials said the bulk of the outages and damage was in Brownstown Township, Rockwood, Gibraltar and Riverview, where wind gusts of 60 m.p.h. were reported. At the peak of the outages, about 7,000 cu...
Mail to resume at Detroit seniors' complex after bedbug halt
Detroit -- Mail service will be restored as early as today to a senior citizen apartment high-rise with a bedbug problem, a postal official said. A pregnant letter carrier last week stopped delivering...
Fatal crash slows commute on northbound I-275 in Canton Twp.
Canton Township -- One lane of northbound Interstate 275 between Ford Road and Michigan Avenue remained closed this morning following a fatal crash. A car hit the back end of a large truck and a fire ...
The big chill's on the way for Metro Detroit
Tom Gage: 1. Three big contributions from Ryan Raburn on Thursday night: His home run in the eighth, his RBI single in the 11th and his hustle to cut off Alexi Casilla's single in …
Burr Oak man comes across alligator in corn field
Burr Oak -- A Burr Oak man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer. He didn't expect to have to deal with an alligator rushing at him. Jeff Adamski was in a corn field on a rece...
DPS To Show New Bus Safety Features
A GPS-tracking system and onboard cameras are among new safety features on Detroit Public Schools buses this year.The district plans to demonstrate some of the features Friday morning at Brenda Scott ...
Jay-Z, Eminem give Detroit something to remember
Two for the price of one: Eminem, left, and Jay-Z tag-team the crowd at Detroit's Comerica Park. "This is hip-hop music," Jay-Z told a packed stadium, "and this is how far we've come." By Kevin Mazur,...
Canton's defense fuels romp over Grand Blanc
Grand Blanc came rolling into Canton with sensational running back Justice Hayes, who has committed to Notre Dame, and a quality runner and passer in Ryan Morley. Those two, along with fullback Detric...
Even a Lions win can be worrisome
BY STEVE SCHRADERFREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER A win is a win, even in the preseason, right? Especially after the past few years the Lions have put us through.So why does that one Thursday night at Ford F...
Getting to the real truth about bigotry
The former hang onto passed-down 19th-Century bigotry like dogs with bones, and the latter fuel the old dogs' hatred while embarrassing their own race with acts of violence that include raping a 90-ye...
Ford reveals new 2011 F-150 SVT Raptor
In addition to the new four-door model Ford will make the previously optional 411-horsepower 6.2-liter V8 standard equipment on 2011 Raptors. The Raptor is seven inches wider than a standard F-150 to ...
General Motors to commission powertrain engine plant
New Delhi, Sep 3 : General Motors India Friday said it will commission a 160,000-unit powertrain engine plant at its Talegaon manufacturing facility in Maharashtra by this year-end.
Wayne County exec to give away 300 free backpacks
Robert Ficano's office says he will distribute 300 backpacks at Fountain Court Co-op housing development this morning to help children with needed back to school items.Brochures about the various serv...
New Michigan justice soon will make public debut
Lansing -- Michigan's new Supreme Court justice will make his first public appearance with other justices on Sept. 15. On that day, the state's highest court will meet in Lansing for a public hearing ...
Spot The Lies Behind Online Dating Profiles
Anyone who has ever attempted to brave the daunting world of online dating knows that what you see is not always what you get. The Internet has completely changed the dating scene, partially because i...
From Detroit, a fix for smog-belching motorcycles
DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) -- When Americans debate the impact of fuel emissions on the environment, they usually talk about cars and trucks. But what about smaller vehicles like motorcycles, scooters, la...
From Detroit, a fix for smog-belching motorcycles
DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) -- When Americans debate the impact of fuel emissions on the environment, they usually talk about cars and trucks. But what about smaller vehicles like motorcycles, scooters, la...
Judge allows medical pot defendants' use
A district judge in Ferndale said Thursday that he would allow state-approved medical marijuana defendants to keep using the drug while out on bond -- a sharp contrast to a Waterford judge's statement...
Convicted serial killer Nolan Ray George to be in court
George, 67, was extradited from Ohio and arraigned this week by video in the 1968 death of Gwendolyn Perry, 22, of Pontiac. If convicted, he faces life in prison without parole. George is a suspect in...
Jennifer Aniston seeing Lindsay Lohan's ex
Poor Jennifer Aniston. She's presumed guilty of dating every man with whom she's seen in public. The latest? Radaronline.com is reporting that her new boyfriend (read: male with whom she had dinner) i...
Em, Jay-Z concert highlights, by the minute
Word among show personnel is that Jay-Z will be immediately exiting the stadium upon completion of his set -- in other words, no appearance during Eminem's set. He'll be headed to his waiting Gulfstre...
Michigan Tea Party has links to some Democrats
Despite blanket denials from top Michigan Democratic Party officials, the elusive group that wants to call itself the Tea Party on the November ballot has been linked repeatedly to Democrats since it ...
12 freshmen may play for Michigan vs. Connecticut
Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez said on his Thursday radio show that as many as 12 true freshmen could play in Saturday's opener against visiting Connecticut.
Getting to the real truth about bigotry
The former hang onto passed-down 19th-Century bigotry like dogs with bones, and the latter fuel the old dogs' hatred while embarrassing their own race with acts of violence that include raping a 90-ye...
The sooner Pistons sell, the better
Numbers crunching and negotiations are moving into high gear as would-be buyers of the Detroit Pistons prepare to make formal offers in the next few weeks.
Convicted serial killer Nolan Ray George to be in court
George, 67, was extradited from Ohio and arraigned this week by video in the 1968 death of Gwendolyn Perry, 22, of Pontiac. If convicted, he faces life in prison without parole. George is a suspect in...
My foolish prediction Lions aren't totally bad
"I made a bad throw, and he made a nice play," Stafford said, and that pretty much sums it up. Nobody will care in a week. I don't think too many people cared the moment it happened, actually.
Detroit police gun buyback nets 800 weapons
All of the $20,000 donated for a gun buyback program held Thursday by the Detroit Police Department was spent and thousands more were committed in vouchers to cover the more than 800 guns turned in, p...
Political charades are nothing new in Michigan
It happened in 1997, when a Sal Rossa and the better-known Macomb County Commissioner Sal Rocca both turned up as candidates for the state Senate. Another Republican opponent, David Jaye, won the seat...
Post-primary reports show Snyder with $505,000; Bernero, $85,000
Venture capitalist Rick Snyder is putting his money where his campaign is -- the GOP nominee for governor and his family are lending his campaign more than $6 million for his run.
$16.2M grant aims to aid diabetic care
Hospital systems in Detroit, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Hamtramck and Highland Park -- as well as doctor networks and federally funded clinics in the region will use the three-year grant to create an...
Livonia gets speed trap designation
Livonia was named the city with the worst speed traps in Michigan this month by the National Motorists Association. The organization said they identified cities by using data from its National Speed T...
28 schools to get federal grants
Twenty-eight of the lowest-performing schools in the state will receive nearly $82.7 million in school improvement grants from the federal government, the Michigan Department of Education announced Th...
Convicted serial killer Nolan Ray George to be in court
George, 67, was extradited from Ohio and arraigned this week by video in the 1968 death of Gwendolyn Perry, 22, of Pontiac. If convicted, he faces life in prison without parole. George is a suspect in...
Harsher penalty sought for Mike Stefani
Michigan's attorney watchdogs are pushing their claim that Detroit police whistle-blower lawyer Mike Stefani needs to have his license suspended for his role in the text message scandal that unseated ...
Above average summer temps
The average summer temperature for the city of Detroit was 74.4, about 3 degrees above normal, National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Deedler said. That makes it the fourth hottest on record. A b...
Shelby Twp. treasurer won't be charged in zoning flap
No criminal charges will be filed against the Shelby Township treasurer after allegations that he tried to influence a vote on a controversial zoning request, Macomb County Sheriff's Capt. Tony Wicker...
Sterling Heights man charged in domestic assault
A Sterling Heights man shot by police on Tuesday after attempting to shoot his wife and an intervening officer has been charged with four felony counts in connection with the incident and was arraigne...
Family wants answers in Detroit man's killing
Family members of David Morgan Jr., the 61-year-old Detroit man whose body parts were found Monday scattered in an east-side neighborhood, issued a statement Thursday saying they are devastated by his...
Getting to the real truth about bigotry
The former hang onto passed-down 19th-Century bigotry like dogs with bones, and the latter fuel the old dogs' hatred while embarrassing their own race with acts of violence that include raping a 90-ye...
City must yield phone records in stripper suit
Detroit -- A federal magistrate judge Thursday told the city of Detroit to produce cell phone records and other documents within 16 days to a lawyer representing the family of a slain stripper. The ci...
DPS unveils $10.7M renovation project
Detroit -- Detroit Public Schools unveiled Thursday the first completed construction project under a $500.5 million bond construction program. John R. King pre-kindergarten to eighth-grade school rece...
Detroit downs Buffalo to finish fine preseason
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Drew Stanton threw a pair of second-half touchdowns and rookie Paul Pratt returned an interception 102 yards for the eventual game-winning score, as the Detroit Lions ra...
Base IDs source of Legionnaires' outbreak
Harrison Township -- A water cooling tower was identified as the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak that sickened seven civilian workers in July at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, officials...
Teachers rule in experimental school
Detroit -- Students at Palmer Park Preparatory Academy this year won't have to worry about being sent to the principal's office. Their school won't have one. When Michigan's first teacher-led school o...
Gun buyback event nets more than 400 in 3 hours
Detroit -- So many people turned in firearms Thursday at a police gun buyback event that officials had to issue vouchers for payment. More than 400 broken and working pistols, rifles and shotguns were...
DPS unveils $10.7M renovation project
Detroit -- Detroit Public Schools unveiled Thursday the first completed construction project under a $500.5 million bond construction program. John R. King pre-kindergarten to eighth-grade school rece...
Facebook juror fined, apologizes for posting
Mount Clemens -- A former juror told a judge Thursday she was "very sorry" for announcing a guilty verdict on Facebook before the trial was over. Hadley Jons, 20, of Warren must pay a $250 fine and wr...
State probes oil spill cleanup
Michigan's Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched an investigation this week into conditions of the workers cleaning up the more than 800,000 gallons of crude oil that recently spilled...
Man sentenced to 11 months in heroin cases
Fowlerville A 19-year-old Fowlerville man was sentenced Thursday in Livingston Circuit Court to 11 months in prison for two heroin-related cases. Jonathon Lockwood, who pleaded guilty last month, was ...
Police ID victim after body parts found near Eastern Market
Detroit -- Officials have identified the man whose body parts were found in an east-side lot Monday. The victim was David Morgan, a 61-year-old Detroit resident, said Wayne County Medical Examiner's s...
Cabrera leaves game vs. Twins
Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera left the game in the middle of the fifth inning. The Tigers said he has biceps tendinitis in his left shoulder. He's listed as day-to-day.
Thunderstorm knocks out power Downriver
Residents in four Downriver communities are dealing with power outages, downed power lines and branches after an early afternoon thunderstorm moved across the area.
Finance reports show Rick Snyder loaned gubernatorial campaign most of its funds
Venture capitalist Rick Snyder is putting his money where his campaign is -- with the Republican nominee for governor and his family loaning the campaign more than $6 million for his run.
4 arraigned in alleged theft from DPS school
Two former Detroit Public Schools employees and two others were arraigned today on felony charges that they stole about $150,000 from a vocational high school.
Former Pontiac mayor Phillips dies at age 69
Kaino Phillips told The Associated Press Thursday that his father died Wednesday in his sleep. Services were incomplete.Phillips was mayor from 2006 until the end of last year. The Democrat was electe...
4 arraigned in alleged theft from DPS school
Two former Detroit Public Schools employees and two others were arraigned today on felony charges that they stole about $150,000 from a vocational high school.
Finance reports show Rick Snyder loaned gubernatorial campaign most of its funds
Venture capitalist Rick Snyder is putting his money where his campaign is -- with the Republican nominee for governor and his family loaning the campaign more than $6 million for his run.
Detroit cop aims at pit bull, shoots animal control officer in raid
Detroit -- Police accidentally shot an animal control officer Thursday afternoon during a raid at a home on the city's east side. The officer was among the authorities trying to locate several pit bul...
Former Pontiac mayor Phillips dies at age 69
Kaino Phillips told The Associated Press Thursday that his father died Wednesday in his sleep. Services were incomplete.Phillips was mayor from 2006 until the end of last year. The Democrat was electe...
Back-to-school event a slam dunk
"There were times growing up when I didn't take school seriously," said Stuckey, who had a foster mother for part of his youth. "But my stepmom guided me and made me realize how important an education...
Woman ticketed for hitting cop car, fleeing scene
The 51-year-old was backing out of a parking space in a lot on the 6300 block of Sashabaw Road in Independence Township around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday and hit the front bumper of a sheriff cruiser, which ...
Program that helps disabled to stay put
A program that helps adults with disabilities got a reprieve Wednesday, with a judge ordering that it can continue to operate, for now, in the former Meadow Lake Elementary School.
Autopsy planned for body in lake
An autopsy is to be performed this morning on the body of Sally M. Maloney, 47, of Ferndale, who was found floating Wednesday in Round Lake, about 100 feet from her boyfriend's home on Smoky Hollow La...
Lions wrap up exhibition season tonight vs. Bills
Running back Jahvid Best is among six starters who will not play for the Lions tonight. Safeties Louis Delmas and C.C. Brown, middle linebacker DeAndre Levy, defensive tackle Corey Williams and left ...
Man's body found at vacant New Baltimore factory
New Baltimore -- Police are investigating the death of a 59-year-old man whose body was found behind a vacant factory Wednesday, officials said today. Police found the body after receiving a call repo...
Mich. Train Station On Track For Makeover
The state will get $3.6 million in federal stimulus funds to begin rehabilitating a railroad station in Battle Creek. U.S. Transportation officials say in a release Thursday that the money is part of ...
DDOT Offering Student Bus Card Savings
The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) is offering students easy and affordable transportation to school, work, and recreation at a low price of 75 cents per bus ride.Students are required to...
Butts Arrested in Boob Murder Case
: "Police have arrested a third person in connection with the murder of Samuel Boob. Boob was shot and killed at his home ... Kermit Butts, 26, of Madisonburg, is accused of driving the suspected k...
ESPN's Wiley predicts 7-9 season for Lions
By Dave BirkettFree Press Sports Writer I spent a few minutes on the phone with ESPN analyst Marcellus Wiley this afternoon after Wiley finished a segment about the Detroit Lions for "NFL Live." His ...
Disabled adults program gets injunction to continue to use school building
An Oakland County Circuit Judge ruled Wednesday that a program that caters to adults with disabilities can continue operating -- for now -- in Meadow Lake Elementary School, an unused Birmingham Publi...
Appeals court rules against mom in drowning case
A woman who sued her ex-husband after their daughter drowned at a graduation party in Oakland County has lost her case at the Michigan Court of Appeals.
5 centers to seek homes for pets
The outreach centers are the Cat Practice in Birmingham, Advance PetCare of Oakland in Clarkston, Pet Supplies "Plus" stores in Bloomfield Hills and White Lake Township and Allen Animal Hospital in Li...
Body parts found in Detroit ID'd
Authorities recovered an arm belonging to Morgan, 61, from the front yard of a home on Hale Street, just west of Chene. His torso, an arm and pieces of two legs were found nearby, authorities said. Th...
Body parts found in Detroit ID'd
Authorities recovered an arm belonging to Morgan, 61, from the front yard of a home on Hale Street, just west of Chene. His torso, an arm and pieces of two legs were found nearby, authorities said. Th...
Texas man pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme with Mich. ties
A Texas man faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty today to running an oil and gas Ponzi scheme that involved luring in investors at presentations given in Michigan.
Pack a poncho, Eminem and Jay-Z fans
Detroit -- People attending tonight's Eminem and Jay-Z concert at Comerica Park should bring a poncho. There is a 40 percent chance of rain and temperatures are expected to drop in the low 70s. Rain i...