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Flint funeral home goes quiet after judge orders release of Councilman Mays’s body

A hearse rolled up to the Flint funeral home to pick up the body, but no one was there

By Steve Neavling
Mar 12, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, Eric Mays, Flint City Council, Flint, Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays, Sheldon Neeley, lawsuit, health insurance
Michigan

Son of late Flint Councilman Mays alleges ‘cruel act of retaliation’ in lawsuit against city

Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays alleges the vengeful city is withholding his father’s insurance information

By Steve Neavling
Mar 11, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, Eric Mays, Flint City Council, Flint, Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays, Sheldon Neeley, lawsuit, health insurance
Michigan

Legal battle halts funeral plans for late Flint Councilman Eric Mays

The lawsuit alleges a funeral home is holding Mays’s body ‘hostage’

By Steve Neavling
Mar 7, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, Flint, Flint City Council, Eric Mays, funeral, Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, Genesee County Circuit Court, lawsuit, Lento Law Group
Michigan

Body of late Flint Councilman Eric Mays is being held ‘hostage’ by funeral home, lawsuit alleges

Mays’s four siblings are also accused of conspiring to profit from the popular official’s death

By Steve Neavling
Mar 5, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, Flint, Flint City Council, Eric Mays, funeral, Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, Genesee County Circuit Court, lawsuit, Lento Law Group
Politics & Elections

Outspoken Flint Councilman and TikTok sensation Eric Mays dies

The 65-year-old is known for his outbursts and passionate support of residents during the Flint water crisis

By Steve Neavling
Feb 26, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint Water Crisis, Obituary, Eric Mays, Flint, Flint City Council, TikTok, Sam Riddle, politics, obit
Politics & Elections

Flint mayor Neeley warns Democrats of Black voter exodus

Polls show an increasing number of Black voters are pulling away from the Democratic Party

By Steve Neavling
Feb 22, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Sheldon Neeley, Flint, Sam Riddle, National Action Network, Michigan, Michigan Democratic Party, President Biden, Donald Trump, election, politics
Metro Detroit

Blood or pizza sauce? Charlie LeDuff’s version of 2009 arrest contradicted by police report

Last month’s incident wasn’t the first time the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was accused of domestic violence

By Steve Neavling
Jan 10, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Media, Charlie LeDuff, domestic violence, police, Oakland County District Court, Detroit: An American Autopsy, journalism, reporter, Pleasant Ridge
Politics & Elections

U.S. Rep. Kildee won’t run for reelection, leaving an opening for Republicans

The Flint Democrat said his cancer scare earlier this year made him change his priorities

By Steve Neavling
Nov 16, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint, Genesee County, Dan Kildee, U.S. House, Congress, politics, election, Democrats, Michigan
Metro Detroit

Detroit cop who knocked elderly man unconscious was combative and failed to render first aid, witness says

The witness painted a different picture of the encounter compared to the official police account

By Steve Neavling
Sep 7, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Crime, Garden Bowl, Detroit, Midtown, Detroit Police Department, police, assault, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners
Metro Detroit

Duggan announces changes to tax plan to address concerns by Detroit’s urban farmers

Community gardens and urban farms will be exempt from the land tax increase while side lots will see a small increase

By Randiah Camille Green
Sep 1, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Nature, Politics & Government, Detroit Land Value Tax Plan, Urban farming, Detroit property taxes, News
Michigan

Arrest and surveillance of Detroit activist raises questions about police conduct

Peatmoss is accused of defacing a controversial statue of General Custer in Monroe

By Steve Neavling
Aug 24, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, Crime, General George Armstrong Cluster, protest, police, Monroe, Cop City, surveillance, GPS tackers, Detroit
Metro Detroit

Ex-Detroit cop charged with kidnapping and raping a relative

A manhunt for the retired sergeant ended with his capture out of state

By Steve Neavling
Aug 18, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Crime, Detroit Police Department, police, Detroit, sergeant, rape, criminal sexual conduct, incest, Romulus, James Everett Sharpe Jr.
Metro Detroit

Alarming racial disparity found in Ferndale arrests and traffic tickets – again

An advocacy group is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate ‘predatory policing’ in the suburb

By Steve Neavling
Aug 17, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Council on American-Islamic Relations, racial profiling, Ferndale, Detroit, 8 Mile, Muslims, traffic stops, police, racism
Metro Detroit

Elderly vet sues Madison Heights police for brutal attack after he offered children ice cream

The 74-year-old man’s injuries were so severe that he had to have surgery

By Steve Neavling
Aug 15, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Civil rights lawsuit, lawsuit, Jon Marko, Madison Heights, Madison Heights Police Department, police, police brutality, Fourth Amendment
Metro Detroit

Detroit police arrest pregnant Black woman after false facial recognition match

The faulty Project Green Light surveillance network has led to at least three false arrests

By Steve Neavling
Aug 7, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Porcha Woodruff, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, facial recognition technology, racism, police, lawsuit, U.S. District Court
Food News

Former NBA star will open soul food restaurant in downtown Detroit

Kevin Johnson is bringing Fixins' Soul Kitchen to the D

By Layla McMurtrie
Aug 2, 2023

Tags: Food News, Restaurants, Food, News, Basketball, NBA, Kevin Johnson
Michigan

Michigan still allows emergency takeovers of local governments. Is it finally time to reconsider this drastic measure?

Under emergency management, Flint faced problems that turned catastrophic while Detroit charted a new course. That mixed record and stark racial disparities have prompted calls for change.

By Anna Clark, ProPublica
Jul 11, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, Emergency management, Detroit, Flint, ProPublica, Michigan, Rick Snyder, Lansing
Food News

USA Today Wine + Food Experience launches 2023 tour at Belle Isle

Detroit executive chef Jared Bobkin leads culinary experience in upcoming tour

By Layla McMurtrie
Jul 6, 2023

Tags: Food News, Things to Do, Michigan, Detroit, Food, News, Wine, Belle Isle, Events, Restaurants
Metro Detroit

Livonia police criticized for response to racist attack on Black teen

An adult severely assaulted a 13-year-old Black child while yelling racial slurs

By Steve Neavling
Jun 27, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Livonia, Livonia Police Department, Assault, racism, Facebook, social media, police
Michigan

Flint mayor used emergency alert system to promote his Easter egg hunt

Alert Flint is intended to warn residents about active shooters, natural disasters, missing children, and other emergencies

By Steve Neavling
Apr 14, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, Flint, Sheldon Neeley, Cynthia Neeley, CodeRED, emergency alert, Easter