Wayne County News

A Romulus police officer is accused of being the aggressor in a road rage incident May 29 on Belleville Road near Interstate 94 in Van Buren Township.

The man accused of killing a referee in Livonia earlier this summer will face arraignment in Wayne County circuit court next week after being bound over on a second-degree murder charge Thursday.

Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday. They will find a lot to digest when they look at the ballots.

NANCY KAFFER: I'm having deja vu. For the last decade, southeast Michigan politics have been absolutely lousy with nonprofits, the kind that can receive unlimited contributions but don't have to disclose donors.

A voter enters Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, a new polling location for precincts 8 and 14, in Portage, Mich., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013.

Money, endorsements and voter outreach are defining the final days of the 14th Congressional District race.

CITY OF GARDEN CITY Notice of Election To the Qualified Electors of the City of Garden City, Wayne County, Michigan: Notice is hereby given that the General Primary Election will be held in the City of Garden City on, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2014 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the regular polling places.

The prosecution rested its case today in the murder trial of a suburban Detroit man accused of fatally shooting an unarmed teenager.

No further punches were thrown after a soccer referee was fatally struck during a June match, a witness testified Wednesday during a preliminary exam for a Dearborn man accused in the incident.

An 8-year-old boy who was sleeping early Wednesday died after a bullet fired from outside went through the home's wall and into his bedroom, hitting him, Detroit police said.

An 8-year-old boy who was sleeping early Wednesday died after a bullet fired from outside went through the home's wall and into his bedroom, hitting him, Detroit police said.

Jamre Pearson is held back by a friend outside his home after his 8-year-old son was hit by a bullet fired from outside that pierced the wall of the home, hitting the child in bed, early Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

It's the difference between districts that thrive and those that struggle. Statewide, the number of public school students in Michigan has declined every year for the last 10 years, the result of a bad economy, a statewide population loss and a dwindling birthrate.

Questions about how Dearborn Heights police investigated the death of a 19-year-old Renisha McBride are expected to be asked today when the defense cross-examines the investigator in charge of the case.

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Following claims of voter suppression from the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, city council members of Dearborn Heights are requesting the state or Wayne County to monitor the August 5th primary election.

Prominent Michigan attorney Richard Bernstein will announce his candidacy for the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday, his campaign said Tuesday.

Federal authorities say a Phoenix man who escaped from Arizona and Wayne Countyjails has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in a drug trafficking case.

Federal authorities say a Phoenix man who escaped from Arizona and Wayne Countyjails has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in a drug trafficking case.

A jury trial has been set for Oct. 14 in the case of a 21-year-old Redford Township man accused in the stabbing death of his brother after the two fought over the control to a ceiling fan.