Southfield News

One person was killed in a house fire that occurred just after sunrise Thursday.

State Sen. Rudy Hobbs, D-Southfield today announced his candidacy for a Detroit-based congressional seat expected to come open next year.

FLINT, Mich.-The city of Flint has stopped billing security companies for false alarms, but the future of the policy remains uncertain as industry representatives await the next move by city officials.

Lightweight, flexible CrushShield material can be used across a broad range of applications for electric, hybrid electric and combustion-powered vehicles Southfield, Michigan, May 14, 2013.

Channel 7, WXYZ recently honored more than 250 recipients of this year's "Brightest and Best" award with a special luncheon at the station in Southfield .

Police say one person was killed and three others are in critical condition after a SMART bus rear-ended a pickup truck which rolled over another car on Michigan Avenue in Dearborn.

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Strapped budgets and stretched-thin staff have prompted many city, county and state government entities to seek new ways to conduct business and to meet the service, transparency and policy demands of constituents.

He plays rock songs by Radiohead. As a teenager, he was deeply influenced by a cassette tape split between the music of Jimi Hendrix and John Coltrane.

The Chamber is showing appreciation to the staff of Berkley Schools while also giving businesses an opportunity to market to the more than 600 Berkley school employees through a discount or special offer.

Many underprivileged children in the metro area never get the opportunity to be introduced to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Joseph Golden , a lawyer with Royal Oak law firm Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden, was appointed to the board of directors of the Macomb County Bar Association.

Greg Kowalski, editor of the Birmingham Eccentric for the past several years, is leaving the company Friday, May 17.

The city of Southfield will hold a public auto auction of 28 impounded and municipal vehicles/equipment on Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m. at Ross Towing, 21340 Telegraph Road in Southfield.

In celebration of 10 years serving the community of Southfield in the new facility, the Southfield Public Library has announced that, as of June 1, the library will increase the number of hours it is open each week.

Michigan again pulls a bit of a recruiting coup, pulling in Southfield MI DE Lawrence Marshall just as everyone had pretty much conceded him to Michigan State.

Work was underway Friday evening to spruce up Lisa D's Divine Treats at 212 W. Nine Mile, formerly Karizma Couture, in downtown Ferndale.

Dozens of workers at fast food restaurants across metro Detroit walked off the job Friday in protest over low wages.

Construction is to begin next week on a $3.3 million project to replace part of a parking lot at Lake St.

A Detroit-area pimp took his own life as a team of law enforcement officers closed in on arresting him, Fox 2 News Detroit reports .