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  1. Orr: DIA collection at risk if city declares bankruptcy

    The city’s new emergency manager has told the Detroit Institute of Arts it may “face exposure to creditors” if the city is forced to seek bankruptcy protection, a spokesman said Thursday night.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Detroit council OKs Bing’s $1.1B budget with amendments

    Detroit — The City Council on Friday approved Mayor Dave Bing's proposed $1.12 billion general fund budget with amendments that will spare $6 million in the upcoming fiscal year.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Report slams leadership of 36th District Court in Detroit

    The 36th District Court is plagued by financial mismanagement, a backlogged docket, a bloated payroll and is run by administrators unable or unwilling to change, according to a scathing report commissioned by state court officials.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Court challenge likely next step to keep Duggan off Detroit mayor ballot

    Detroit — Mayoral candidate Mike Duggan was certified Thursday to run for mayor by the city's election commission, but the controversy continues over whether he met City Charter residency requirements.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Former mistress hasn’t ruled out lawsuit against McCree

    Southfield — The woman at the center of the scandal swirling around Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree has not ruled out legal action against him.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Kilpatrick gets new lawyer, says relationship with previous attorney destroyed

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

  2. Man suspected in Novi family slayings to be extradited from India

    Novi — A man suspected of killing his wife and two children nearly five years ago is to be extradited from India this weekend to face charges in the deaths.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    State panel declares Hamtramck in financial emergency

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

    • May. 24, 2013
    • METRO AND STATE

    Court denies Telford request to get Detroit schools job back

    A federal court judge denied a request by the former interim superintendent of Detroit Public Schools for a temporary restraining order against the district’s emergency manager to get his job back.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Pint-size pride, stylishly done

    Detroit -- Thursday was a special day for 19-month-old Kaedence Garcia of Lincoln Park, who watched with her parents as her grandmother, Elida Garcia, originally from Guatemala, was sworn in as an American citizen at the federal courthouse.

  3. Prepare yourselves — road construction set to crisscross Wayne County

    Get ready, Wayne County, because there's a heaping helping of road construction headed your way this summer season.

    • 7:58 PM, May. 23, 2013
    • COMMUTING

    Gas prices to keep rising, then fall

    The cost of gasoline at U.S. pumps, defying a drop in wholesale prices, is poised to keep rising through the Memorial Day holiday before retreating as production increases and fuel is shipped north from the Gulf Coast to relieve shortages

    • May. 24, 2013
    • METRO AND STATE

    Priest targeted in probe sues over frozen assets

    A priest who is the focus of an investigation into the alleged mishandling of $429,000 in church funds is suing the city, claiming his personal assets have been frozen in violation of his constitutional rights.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • METRO AND STATE

    Police: 1 dead, 3 hurt in pre-prom party shooting in Saginaw

    Saginaw — A shooting in a parking lot during a party where hundreds of students and their family members gathered before a Michigan high school prom left a 17-year-old girl dead and three women injured, police said.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • METRO AND STATE

    Bait rules designed to contain deadly fish virus in Michigan

    Lansing — State wildlife regulators are reminding anglers that use of salmon eggs or minnows for bait is restricted in some waters to prevent the spread ...

    • May. 24, 2013
    • METRO AND STATE

    Metro Detroit's Memorial Day weekend forecast: cool and clear

    Central air off, furnace back on: Welcome to Michigan.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • METRO AND STATE

    Michigan Muslim Capitol Day returns to Lansing next week

    Lansing — A coalition of organizations and individuals is planning a daylong event at the state Capitol during which Muslims from across Michigan can ...

  4. Probation for man charged with threatening kids in Livingston County

    Howell — A man has been sentenced to probation in Livingston County for threatening to cut off his children's fingers with a kitchen knife at a ...

  5. Bill would let Michigan install red-light cameras

    Lansing — Michigan's local governments would have the option to put cameras at intersections to spot drivers running red lights under proposed ...

    • May. 23, 2013
    • METRO AND STATE

    150 dogs removed from northern Mich. unlicensed breeding facilities

    More than 150 dogs were being removed from two sites of an unlicensed breeding facility in northern Michigan, anti-animal cruelty groups said Thursday.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • METRO AND STATE

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

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

    • May. 23, 2013
    • METRO AND STATE

    Details emerge behind Detroit Metro bomb threat that wasn’t

    Thickly wrapped in newspaper and duct tape, several packages stowed in a man’s luggage as he passed through Detroit Metro security last month had local and ...

    • May. 23, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Teen shot on Detroit’s southwest side has died

    Detroit — A teen shot Thursday morning on the city's southwest side has died, police said.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Hamtramck in financial emergency, state review team finds

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

  6. Man being brought back from India to face Novi family killings

    A man suspected of killing his wife and two children nearly five years ago is to be extradited from India this weekend to face charges in the October 2008 ...

  7. Troy priest sues city over asset freeze in church funds probe

    Pontiac — A Troy priest who is the focus of an investigation into the alleged mishandling of $429,000 in church funds is suing the city, claiming his ...

  8. Man’s car stolen in Detroit with wife’s ashes in trunk

    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.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    1 dead, 1 arrested after police chase ends in Detroit

    Detroit — One person is dead and another in custody after a police chase early Thursday involving two suspected carjackers.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Alleged robber fatally shot on Detroit’s northwest side

    Detroit — An attempted robbery proved fatal for the alleged robber early Thursday morning in a shootout on the city's northwest side.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Ferguson a step closer to getting court-appointed attorney

    Detroit — Bobby Ferguson moved a step closer Thursday to having taxpayers pick up the tab for his defense in a $12 million bid-rigging trial.

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