A vote this week could seal Detroit’s long‑planned WNBA return in 2029, backers say.

A Genesee County man was arraigned after prosecutors charged him with open murder and weapons counts in the May 17, 2024 killing of retired Bay City teacher John Strachan. A preliminary exam is set for April 22, 2026.

A shooting at a gas station on Detroit’s east side left one man critically injured Wednesday morning; the suspect fled and no arrest has been reported.

A speeding stop on I‑75 in Groveland Township on April 6 turned up a loaded 9 mm, about 101 grams of meth and other suspected contraband; one man jailed, driver hospitalized.

A Warren man pleaded guilty to second‑degree fleeing after a Halloween high‑speed chase that ended in a crash at Lahser and Grand River. He is due to be sentenced May 11.

A 59-year-old pedestrian was killed Monday on southbound Woodward Avenue in Pontiac. Oakland County investigators say the driver passed field sobriety checks and the crash remains under review.

A Detroit couple admitted to using stolen identities to take at least $1.1 million in SNAP benefits over nearly a decade.

Nathan Dimitruck, 34, was arrested after detectives say they seized child sexual abuse material during an April 2 search; he now faces 12 charges.

Two years after Pasquale's was razed, the 31555 Woodward lot remains undeveloped while Big Boy says it still plans to build. Planning approvals date to 2021.

A Michigan State Police trooper was hospitalized with non‑life‑threatening injuries after a suspected drunk driver struck her patrol car on westbound I‑94 near Merriman in Romulus. The driver was taken for a blood draw and lodged.

A Virginia man who posed as an Olympian-in-training was sentenced to 28 years for grooming and sexually exploiting a 15-year-old in Marquette County.

Severe spring storms and cascading schedule strain left Detroit Metro with roughly 143 delays and 22 cancellations, stranding passengers across North America and Europe.

A police chase that ended near Greenfield Road and Rotunda Drive left a woman dead and a man in custody, Melvindale police say. Investigators are probing the crash.