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Detroit’s ‘BLAC’ magazine accused of nonpayment, ghosting since 2020 acquisition

The lifestyle and culture publication hasn’t printed since September

By Alex Washington

Feb 3, 2023

BLAC Detroit magazine’s website and social media pages have gone cold. Outside of the occasional reshare on the publication’s Instagram story, there hasn’t been any new content produced in the past week...

Several BLAC magazine covers. The magazine has seen a chaotic run under new owner Billy Strawter Jr.

Cannabis delivery drivers in Michigan are getting robbed a lot

In some of the cases, armed robbers assaulted the drivers and stole their cars

By Steve Neavling

Marijuana delivery drivers are getting robbed at an alarming rate.

Detroit’s QLine is testing $5 park-and-ride pilot program

Riders can park in a WSU lot during weekends in February to head downtown by streetcar

By Lee DeVito

The QLine streetcar passes by in downtown Detroit.

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Ethics complaint alleges improper hiring of Detroit paratransit leader

By Steve Neavling

Detroit’s paratransit services contract expired after the city council rejected its renewal in November 2022.

Detroit Council President Sheffield to advocate duty-to-intervene ordinance following Tyre Nichols death

By Steve Neavling

Detroiters held a vigil to honor Tyre Nichols last week.

Detroit’s Corktown has a new adult-use dispensary

By Lee DeVito

The Liberty Cannabis dispensary in Corktown.

You can meet Motown’s Spider Webb in Detroit this month

By Lee DeVito

World wide Webb: “I could not be more happier with the way my career has gone,” drummer Spider Webb says.

Illustrator ‘Darklord’ Escada Gordon nails satire with comics about life in Detroit

By Randiah Camille Green

Illustrator ‘Darklord’ Escada Gordon nails satire with comics about life in Detroit

You should see ‘Gem of the Ocean’ at the Detroit Repertory Theatre

By Randiah Camille Green

jøn kent (left) as Citizen Barlow and Madelyn Porter (right) as Aunt Ester in Gem of the Ocean.

Don’t mind the construction, the Motown Museum is reopening for tours

By Randiah Camille Green

A crowd gathers at the Motown Museum Monday for the unveiling of Rocket Plaza and Hitsville NEXT in August 2022.

FBI arrests Wayne County cousins for joining violent mob during Jan. 6 insurrection

By Steve Neavling

Wayne County residents Kyle Mlynarek and Ronald Balhorn are captured on video during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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