Livonia planners recommended approval for a Culver’s and retail building at the former Cascades banquet site, with conditions on parking, materials and pedestrian access. The measure now heads to City Council for final review.

Michigan’s UIA raised work-search requirements to three per week, added a domestic-violence eligibility exception and broadened Work Share to help employers keep staff.

SAY Detroit and donors tied to an ex‑Microsoft CEO will help convert Detroit’s historic St. Cecilia gym into an education and recreation center while preserving its hoops legacy.

Michigan's jobless rate dipped to 5.0% in June as the labor force shrank and payrolls barely grew; Detroit's metro saw unemployment tick higher.

A fatal shooting on Tuller Street left one man dead and one person detained; Detroit police recovered two weapons and say the scene was isolated.

A paperwork error left Howell Nature Center scrambling for $100K and forced a pause to new wildlife intakes. The new 10-day campaign is already more than halfway funded.

Southfield police investigated a midday shooting near Eight Mile and Beech Sunday; no injuries were reported and investigators are asking for tips.

State police will run a one‑day Move Over enforcement blitz on Monday to protect first responders. Tickets begin at $400 plus two license points.

Smoke lingers over Detroit as mostly sunny skies give way to late-night storms and gusty winds.

Drone footage and renderings show resort‑style pools, a reimagined clubhouse and The Eleven short course as Kalamazoo Country Club nears the next phase of its multi‑year rebuild.

A Fairbanks grand jury indicted a suspect in the 1993 killing of Patrick Dearth after remains were found in a barrel; authorities arrested a Michigan man on July 16, 2026.

The state’s high court found Detroit officers misled a suspect about getting a lawyer; his post-invocation statements were suppressed and the case remanded to Wayne County.

A Warren resident says his monthly water bill jumped from about $41 to $581 in one month and now faces an eviction demand. Tenant groups say similar disputed bills have appeared at other manufactured‑home parks.