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As quickly as Macomb County Commissioner Carey Torrice swept onto the political scene after an improbable victory, controversy followed.
Sinking property values already have wrought havoc in metro Detroit, but the worst may be ahead. For home sellers, it could mean more price slashing.
Running for governor for more than a year, Pete Hoekstra (pronounced HOOK-stra), a west Michigan Republican, has learned some things about how Michigan works.
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The NBA free-agency dust will settle. We promise. And when it does, that will allow the Pistons to do what they must: Trade Richard Hamilton.
Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper and the Michigan Department of Corrections appear to be doing their best to push Craig LeRoy Atkins back to prison. "It's almost like they want me to start selling drugs again," said Atkins, 52, of Pontiac, who was paroled on Oct. 22 after serving 21 years for second-degree murder.
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Fireworks, families and music. Have a blast this Fourth of July weekend.
The girl who nudged Bloomfield Hills officials in April to allow a summer-long trial of garage sales — long banned in the tony, security-conscious town — will take the proceeds of sale to the Michigan Humane Society today, said her mother, Margaret Baxter.
AUSTIN, Texas -- Chevrolet will add Texas, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut as target markets for initial sales of the long-awaited Volt electric car, which goes into production in November at General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, CEO Ed Whitacre said Thursday.
Michigan's appalling public defense system has made a sham of the constitutional right to adequate legal counsel. No uniform standards and scandalously low pay, among other things, prevent many indigent defendants in Michigan from getting effective legal assistance and, ultimately, a fair trial.
There's been no public screening in Michigan yet of "Art House," but coproducer Eddie Rubin hopes to change that soon. The Farmington Hills resident says the comedy, which had its world premiere at the Nashville Film Festival in April and is due later this month at the Indianapolis International Film Festival, is under consideration by several upcoming Michigan film fests. "Art House," shot mostly in Ann Arbor during the summer of 2008, features rock icon and Stooges founder Iggy Pop and indie movie newcomer Greta Gerwig ("Greenberg"). The film, which Rubin describes as a romantic comedy that's reminiscent of a John Hughes movie, is about a group of underachieving art students who face eviction from their run-down residence, a hard-partying haven for artists and artist wannabes. For more: savearthouse.com.
The Wings GM likes what he sees so far from his former player-turned-co-worker-turned-competitor, Tampa Bay general manager Steve Yzerman.
Tarlton Small is familiar with experimentation. Combining Pontiac's two public schools -- Northern and Central -- seemed like a walk in the park to the Pontiac athletic director compared to when he left tiny Plymouth, N.C., and became a freshman at North Carolina State.
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