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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
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Crime, Detroit Police Department, police, Detroit, sergeant, rape, criminal sexual conduct, incest, Romulus, James Everett Sharpe Jr.
Pistons and Red Wings are helping Detroit’s homeless dogs
The teams are offering ticket packages that include a donation to a shelter nonprofit
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit Animal Care and Control, Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control, Pistons, Red Wings, sports, donations
Under new management, Detroit’s Anchor Bar reopens with tweaked menu (again)
The beloved bar announced it will reopen with some new dishes — following similar announcements in 2019 and 2021
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Food News, Detroit, Anchor Bar, sports
Online gambling is exploding. At what cost?
A third of gaming tax revenues are being collected off the backs of vulnerable people
By Abdul El-Sayed
Tags: The Incision, The Incision, online gambling, sports, betting
NFL announces Detroit will host 2024 NFL Draft
It's “a huge win for Detroiters," Gov. Whitmer says
Tags: Detroit Sports, Michigan, Detroit, Lions, Football, sports, Gov. Whitmer, NFL, NFL Draft, downtown Detroit
Judge vacates murder, rape convictions of Oakland County brothers who spent 25 years in prison
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Melvin DeJesus, George DeJesus, Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, Conviction Integrity Unit, Oakland County, rape, murder, wrongful conviction, Cooley Law School Innocence Project, University of Michigan Innocence Clinic
Attorneys tells wife of Lee Chatfield to stop blaming the victim
Tags: Michigan News, Lee Chatfield, politics, Michigan, State House, Rebekah Chatfield, Stephanie Chatfield, sexual assault, rape
University of Michigan reaches $490M settlement in sex abuse case
Tags: University of Michigan, Dr. Robert Anderson, football, sports, sexual assault, lawsuit, Jordan Acker
Historic Negro League ballpark in Hamtramck to get new life with $2.6M in renovations
Tags: Negro Leagues, Hamtramck Stadium, Turkey Stearns, sports, baseball, Hamtramck, history, Wayne County, Warren Evans
Michigan-based Runner's High aims to destigmatize marijuana use in athletics in wake of Sha'Carri Richardson controversy
By Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: One Hitters, News Hits, Sha'Carri Richardson, Olympics, Michael Phelps, Marijuana, cannabis, sports, Runner's High, Belle Isle, Detroit, legalize weed
Michigan GOP proposal to ban transgender athletes in high school advances to committee hearing
Tags: LGBTQ, transgender, high school sports, sports, Michigan House, Lansing, bill, Michigan Education and Career Readiness Committee, Lana Theis
On Mitch Albom’s misguided argument against the anti-police brutality movement
By Ryan Herberholz
Tags: Views, Detroit, Mitch Albom, Free Press, Detroit Will Breathe, Defund the Police, Black Lives Matter, Abolish the Police
Opponents of Michigan's proposed trans sports ban are working to educate people about its dangers
By Mary Kulhman, Michigan News Connection
Tags: transgender, sports, Michigan, Republicans, GOP, LGBTQ
'Let Them Play' lawsuit seeks to overturn order barring winter sports in Michigan
Tags: Let Them Play, sports, Schools, lawsuit, Michigan Court of Claims, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan, coronavirus
New legislation allows Michigan college athletes to receive compensation for the first time
Tags: Michigan, sports, Whitmer
Michigan's gyms and pools are finally allowed to reopen
Tags: gyms, Whitmer, Michigan, pools, sports
Coronavirus makes an unwelcome comeback in Michigan after two months of significant progress
Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, hospitals, cases, deaths, Gov. Whitmer, Dana Nessel, Attorney General, Michigan, sports
New Detroit Lions ownership would 'completely support' signing Kaepernick, though it's unlikely
Tags: News Hits, Sports, NFL, Colin Kaepernick, Sheila Ford Hamp, Detroit Lions, Godell, Kneel, BLM, Black Lives Matter
Michigan is a long way from returning to normal, despite progress in coronavirus battle, Whitmer cautions
Tags: Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, coronavirus, COVID-19, testing. Dr. Khaldun, deaths, cases, school, sports
Michigan grapples with testing shortage, school closures, and other massive disruptions as coronavirus cases increase
Tags: Coronavirus, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer, Dr. Khaldun, Oakland County, Macomb County, concerts, health, sports, school, education
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
Michigan communities are raking in benefits of legalized weed
Detroit’s City Winery music venue aims for 2025 opening