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Tuesday, August 14, 2018
TEDxDetroit reveals speaker lineup for 10-year anniversary
Posted By Devin Culham on Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 11:37 AM
TEDxDetroit is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this September with a select panel of Detroit speakers. TEDx — an off-shoot of the original Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conferences — brings speakers to the stage to engage in deep discussions on a variety of topics. And this year, TEDxDetroit will be...
Monday, August 6, 2018
'Vacant Not Blighted' event aims to showcase potential of Detroit neighborhoods
Posted By Devin Culham on Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 11:31 AM
Detroit neighborhoods have seen some rough times over the years, but that doesn't mean that there isn't hope for the future. That's what Vacant Not Blighted hopes to educate people about, anyway. The event hosted by The Michigan Historic Preservation Network and Detroit Land Bank Authority is a guided tour...
Monday, July 23, 2018
The Detroit Lions are very close to being the least valuable team in the NFL
Posted By Jacob Stocking on Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 2:08 PM
The Detroit Lions can’t even be the best at being the worst. The team has placed 31st in a Forbes' latest ranking of the most valuable NFL franchises, meaning it is the second-least valuable, eclipsed only by fellow friends-in-failure, the Buffalo Bills. Forbes reports the Lions are valued at $1.7...
Monday, July 9, 2018
Gas station hackers give Detroit drivers 600 gallons of free fuel
Posted By Devin Culham on Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 11:55 AM
Gas prices are a major point of pain for many Michigan drivers. Although we've become accustomed to $3 per gallon prices without going full Mad Max, it appears some people have had enough, with thieves managing to hack the Marathon gas station at Seven Mile and Southfield in broad...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Emagine Entertainment and rapper Big Sean are partnering on a downtown Detroit movie theater
Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 10:13 AM
Imagine this: Big Sean, the big screen, and big dreams. It was announced Tuesday afternoon that Emagine Entertainment is teaming up with Detroit rapper Big Sean to open a luxury movie theater in downtown Detroit, Crain's Detroit reports. The theater, which is slated to open in 2020, will have between...
Monday, February 12, 2018
Southfield church will once again offer drive thru ashes on Ash Wednesday
Posted By Alysa Zavala-Offman on Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 2:54 PM
Once again the Lenten season is upon us. For the most devout Christians among us, that means 40 days of "fasting and repentance," which translates to pretending you're giving up chocolate until Easter and eating deep fried cod every Friday night. We digress. Those 40 days begin on Feb....
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Chrissy Teigan vows to pay McKayla Maroney's possible $100k fine for speaking out at Larry Nassar's sentencing
Posted By Alysa Zavala-Offman on Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 3:04 PM
Former Michigan State University sports physician Larry Nassar was in court today, facing sentencing for the criminal sexual conduct charges he pleaded guilty to in late 2017. Nassar was charged with a total of 10 counts of criminal sexual conduct in two Michigan counties. Today, he was in court...
Monday, December 18, 2017
Possible human organs found at Detroit wastewater treatment plant
Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 12:38 PM
Not yourN I How about a nice cold glass of unidentified kidney? How about a liver? In regard to the incident over the weekend at a Detroit water treatment facility, we might have to wait a while to know more. Detroit police responded to a call from a wastewater treatment...
Thursday, November 16, 2017
How Moroun family money nearly cost a city council member her seat
Posted By Michael Jackman on Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 6:55 AM
As last week’s municipal election disappears in the rear-view mirror, it’s worth noting just how hard-fought City Councilmember Raquel Castañeda-Lopez’s re-election campaign was. The challenger was backed by big money that helped turn the campaign into one of the most expensive and nastiest this past election cycle. And right...
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Fundraiser seeks help uncovering the truth about Wayne County foreclosures
Posted By Michael Jackman on Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 1:50 PM
When it comes to Wayne County tax foreclosures, some of the gaps in what even supposed experts know about it are surprising. Few people know this better than Jerry Paffendorf, the CEO of Loveland Technologies. Despite his firm's best efforts to track the county's tax foreclosures in Detroit, it's difficult...
