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Detroiters slam regulators for lax approach to stinky Stellantis plant

A nauseating smell has been wafting from the plant on Detroit's east side for more than a year.

By Steve Neavling
Oct 20, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Stellantis, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Detroit, consent order, Michigan, environmental racism, environmental, air pollution, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy
Savage Love

A small-town teacher wonders how she can find sex online without parents or former students finding out

Schooled me once

By Dan Savage
Sep 7, 2022

Tags: Savage Love, Savage Love, online dating, cunnilingus, teacher, internet
Metro Detroit

Demolition set to begin this week on toxic industrial site that oozed toxic slime in metro Detroit

The green slime was groundwater contaminated with cancer-causing hexavalent chromium

By Steve Neavling
Apr 18, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Environmental, Madison Heights, Oakland County, Jeremy Moss, state Senate, Michigan, Gary McGillivray, Oakland County Board of Commissioners, Gary Alfred Sayers, hexavalent chromium
Metro Detroit

Under Armour's downtown Detroit location to permanently close

By Randiah Camille Green
Jan 12, 2022

Tags: Under Armour, News Hits, downtown Detroit
Metro Detroit

People are having a hard time with the new DetroitPark app and asking for the old version back

By Randiah Camille Green
Jan 11, 2022

Tags: Detroit, DetroitPark, News Hits
Metro Detroit

A new Aaliyah record, Detroit auto show return, and a new name for TCF Center: The top ten Metro Times headlines of the week

By Alex Washington
Dec 17, 2021

Tags: Aaliyah, News, News Hits, Top Ten Headlines, Metro Times
Metro Detroit

State launches website amid air quality violations at Stellantis plants

By Steve Neavling
Nov 4, 2021

Tags: Stellantis, Detroit, pollution, environmental, Michigan, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, environmental racism
Metro Detroit

Whitmer orders state agencies to find alternatives to 'forever chemicals'

By Steve Neavling
Oct 28, 2021

Tags: Gov. Whitmer, executive order, PFAS, environmental, Michigan, Sen. Brinks, Great Lakes PFAS Action Network
Metro Detroit

Protesters temporarily shut down controversial Line 5 pipeline

By Steve Neavling
Oct 20, 2021

Tags: Enbridge, direct action, protest, Tuscola County, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer, Line 5 pipeline, oil, Great Lakes, environmental
Metro Detroit

Whitmer warns of potential for ‘catastrophic oil spill’ after Canada invokes 1977 pipeline treaty in Line 5 dispute

By Steve Neavling
Oct 5, 2021

Tags: Michigan, Enbridge, Line 5, Great Lakes, environmental, Gov. Whitmer, Canada, oil, 1977 Transit Pipelines Treaty
Metro Detroit

City Council approves ordinance to protect Detroit River from another industrial collapse

By Steve Neavling
Sep 28, 2021

Tags: Detroit River, Detroit, Detroit City Council, environmental, Detroit River Protection Ordinance, pollution
Metro Detroit

US extends nonessential travel restrictions through August

By Alex Washington
Jul 21, 2021

Tags: Border, COVID-19, Travel, Restrictions
Metro Detroit

City Council considers ordinance to protect Detroit River from another industrial collapse

By Steve Neavling
May 24, 2021

Tags: EGLE, Michigan, Detroit, ordinance, environmental, Detroit City Council, Public Health and Safety Committee, Detroit River, Sierra Club, Raquel Castañeda-López
Metro Detroit

Whitmer traveled out of state to visit sick father amid pandemic

By Lee DeVito
Apr 19, 2021

Tags: Whitmer, COVID-19, coronavirus, travel, Michigan
Metro Detroit

Detroit artist and former Golden Gloves boxing champ Ray Gray’s infamous 1973 murder case is back before the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Conviction Integrity Unit

By Dave Mesrey
Apr 4, 2021

Tags: News Hits, prison, prisoner, conviction integrity unit, wrongful conviction, exoneration, Ray Gray, Reuben Bryant, Golden Gloves, Kym Worthy, Valerie Newman, Gabi Silver, Detroit, Michigan
Music News

Lizzo is looking for 'big grrrls' to add to her squad — here's how to apply for her new Amazon reality series

By Jerilyn Jordan
Mar 22, 2021

Tags: City Slang, Lizzo, Amazon, big grrrls, big girls, full-figured models, dancers, reality show, Detroit, Grammy, Truth Hurts, DNA test, Juice
Metro Detroit

Duggan's administration endorses plan to allow hazardous materials on Ambassador Bridge

By Steve Neavling
Jan 26, 2021

Tags: Ambassador Bridge, Mayor Duggan, Detroit. Michigan Department of Transportation, hazardous materials, Sierra Club, environmental, BSEED, Detroit International Bridge Co.
Metro Detroit

St. Clair Shores warns about elevated levels of lead in water system

By Steve Neavling
Jan 21, 2021

Tags: Lead, lead poisoning, drinking water, St. Clair Shores, Mayor Walby, EPA, environmental
Metro Detroit

Imprisoned for nearly 48 years, artist and former boxer Ray Gray might finally see the light of day

By Dave Mesrey
Jan 13, 2021

Tags: Local News, News Hits, coronavirus, COVID-19, prison, prisoner, Ray Gray, Detroit, Kym Worthy, Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan, Video
Metro Detroit

Enbridge plans to defy Michigan's order to shut down controversial pipeline

By Steve Neavling
Jan 12, 2021

Tags: Great Lakes, environmental, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Enbridge Energy, Straits of Mackinac, Department of Natural Resources, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer