Highland Park News

Following an exclusive report by Action News Investigators last April, Michigana s Attorney General Mike Cox has filed a lawsuit to force the former Emergency Financial Manager of Highland Park to repay the city $264,000. Action News Chief Investigative Reporter Steve Wilson says after taking the job for $1-a-year, Art Blackwell was soon making ...

Brenda Stevenson, an officer with the city of Highland Park, Mich., Police Department, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges of using unlawful and excessive force and making a false statement to an FBI agent, the Justice Department announced.

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has sued Art Blackwell in an attempt to recoup $264,000 he paid himself in unauthorized payments from Highland Park while serving as emergency financial manager.

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 2009: U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow today hailed news that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has awarded $2 million to Communicating Arts Credit Union in Detroit through the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

There are two ways to become a district judge in Michigan, and Mark Randon tried both.

The City Council has approved a $5.9-million settlement in a lawsuit between the city and trash-hauling company Rizzo Services, but the money will not be covered by insurance and will come from the city's insurance reserve funds.

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Residents of Highland Park, Mich., said a new set of stringent barbecuing regulations taking effect just in time for July Fourth are unlikely to be followed.

She may have resigned her post as Detroit City Council president pro tem, but Monica Conyers continued her job as TV talk show host today.

Highland Park -- Charles Collins has a longstanding Fourth of July tradition: He gets up early and begins preparing ribs, chicken and other meat, then fires up his barbecue grill.

Boyga Adeseye made a safe bet that operating his new business out of the trunk of his car would appear, shall we say, less than professional.

DETROIT: Resident pleads guilty in shooting A 56-year-old Detroit man pleaded guilty Friday to shooting at a federal agent who was sitting in a vehicle during a stakeout in Detroit in 2005.

Thirteen candidates have filed to run for four seats on the Livonia City Council, which probably means a primary election will be held Sept.

Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers has received a pre-indictment letter from federal authorities who have given her until the end of today to reach a plea deal or they will proceed with possible criminal charges against her, the Free Press has learned.

A state panel charged with monitoring the operation of financially troubled local governments asked Attorney General Mike Cox on Thursday to begin collection proceedings against former Highland Park emergency financial manager Arthur Blackwell II.

Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, was beaten June 19, 1982, by autoworkers in Highland Park who were angry about the growing success of the Japanese auto industry.

A Wayne County circuit judge removed a Highland Park school board member from office today in a dispute over residency.

Gustave Ernst Jr., the former owner of a Rochester Hills landscaping company and a World War II veteran, died Monday at HarborChase of Auburn Hills, an assisted living center, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.

The 1982 killing of Chinese-American Vincent Chin is a story familiar to Metro Detroiters.

Former U.C. Berkeley professor Ron Takaki passed away last month. With his quietus, America lost one of its most important warriors in the endeavor to forge a stronger, more successful multi-cultural society.