Detroit News

Bankruptcy may be the best thing to happen to Detroit. It has forced a once and future great city to change the missteps that might have killed it.

Wayne State University Assistant Professor of Archaeology Krysta Ryzewski, left, of the Tommy's Bar Speakeasy Project, at a secret tunnel that was used by the Purple Gang from 1916 to 1933.

A forensic examination was granted today for a Warren mother accused of killing her 2-week-old baby.

With the death of South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela at 95 Thursday, many are reflecting on his historic visit to Detroit June 28, 1990, just three months after being released from a 28-year prison sentence as a political prisoner in South Africa.

Detroit -- A federal appeals court has heard arguments in the case of a Nigerian man who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jet on Christmas 2009.

The Garden Theater, a renovated Detroit venue that's at least a century old, has big holiday plans for Saturday's Noel Night festivities.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes has ruled that Detroit, Mich., may seek to protect itself from its creditors under Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy protection, thus making this once proud city the largest municipality in American history to go bust.

Picketers, many of them American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees retirees, protest outside the Federal Courthouse in Detroit on Tuesday.

Judge Brian MacKenzie shakes hands with Russ Mullen of Redford, who served as an E5 with the 82nd Airborn in Iraq at the 52-1 District Court in Novi on March 23, 2010.

Friends in the Detroit rock community have been celebrating the life of Bootsey X, the colorful front man and drummer who died Thanksgiving Day after a four-year battle with brain cancer.

The Public Lighting Authority of Detroit has contracted Corby Energy Service of Belleville, to perform a block by block assessment of street lights as part of a pilot project to get the lights back on in the city.

BlueWater Technologies Inc., a Southfield-based provider of custom audio visual integration and event technology, said it had joined the tech parade to downtown Detroit by opening an office in the Campus Martius area.

Chevrolet has officially announced that the newest Corvette - the 2015 Corvette Z06 - will be revealed next month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.

Police are investigating the shooting death of a man found slumped over his steering wheel on Detroit's east side early today, according to Detroit Police.

The family of Walter Harris, a Detroit firefighter killed on the job in 2008, face uncertainty amid the city's bankruptcy.

A judge has ruled Detroit can come up with a plan to get rid of $18 billion in debt in the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history, a case that ultimately could crack a shield protecting public pensions and also put the city's extraordinary art collection up for grabs.

After over 50 years of Democratic rule On Friday, December 6, Senator Rand Paul will travel to Detroit, Michigan to open the latest Michigan GOP office.

EM Kevyn Orr speaks to Free Press Editorial Board ...: Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr speaks to the Detroit Free Press Editorial Board after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes declared Detroit met the specific legal criteria required to receive protection from its creditors.

The city of Detroit, which for years paid its bills with borrowed money, is the largest city in U.S. history eligible for bankruptcy protection.

'Commissioner Austin provided much needed leadership to the department during his tenure,' Mayor Bing said in a written statement Tuesday.