Detroit Free PressDetroit Commute Retired DDOT union President Fred Westbrook Jr. dies of coronavirus freep.com - Miriam Marini Fred Westbrook Jr., the recently retired president of Detroit's bus drivers union has passed away due to the coronavirus, the mayor's office …
Detroit Free PressFlorida Richard 'White Boy Rick' Wershe Jr. to be released from Florida prison freep.com - Miriam Marini Richard "White Boy Rick" Wershe Jr. is scheduled to be released from a Florida prison July 20, three months earlier than his latest release date, …
Detroit Free PressDetroit Sports Michigan football may have its next star in commit Junior Colson, a 'jack-of-all-trades' freep.com - Orion Sang Perhaps the first defining moment of Junior Colson's football career came during his freshman year at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, …
Detroit Free PressDetroit Sports Tom Brady sinks incredible fairway shot in The Match vs. Tiger Woods, Peyton Manning freep.com - Marlowe Alter Tom Brady is arguably the best quarterback to ever play football. He has six Super Bowl rings to prove it. The former Michigan Wolverine proved he has …
Detroit Free PressDetroit Former Hamtramck detective investigated in shooting of his son freep.com - Meredith Spelbring A former Hamtramck police detective is being investigated after he allegedly shot his son in the stomach during a dispute. Michael Joseph Szymanski, …
Detroit Free PressDetroit Sports Michigan football gets commitment from Tennessee four-star LB Junior Colson for 2021 freep.com - Orion Sang Michigan football just added a blue-chip prospect from SEC territory. Brentwood (Tenn.) Ravenwood linebacker Junior Colson announced his commitment to …
Detroit Free PressMichigan Michigan reports 5 coronavirus deaths Sunday, lowest single-day report since March freep.com - Miriam Marini The Michigan health department has reported the lowest number of deaths in a single day since March, with 5 deaths in Sunday's report. This brings the …
Detroit Free PressPolicing Mom charged in Detroit car crash that killed her two children, ages 2 and 3 freep.com - Meredith Spelbring A Toledo woman faces multiple felony charges in connection with a car crash that killed two of her young children and hospitalized a third. Wayne …
Detroit Free PressCrime 20-year-old roommate charged in beating of 75-year-old at Detroit nursing home freep.com - Meredith Spelbring A 20-year-old Ypsilanti man has been charged with multiple felonies in the beating of a 75-year-old at a Detroit nursing home after a graphic video …
Detroit Free PressTennessee Memorial Day weekend pool party in Ozarks draws national attention USA TODAY - Sara KarnesIn a 16-second video clip, dozens are seen in swim wear, eating and, overall, looking like they're having a good time at a pool party in Lake of the Ozarks on Memorial Day weekend. No one appears to be
Detroit Free PressDonald Trump Whitmer: I censor myself when speaking publicly about Trump to receive federal assistance freep.com - Meredith Spelbring When asked if she censors herself when speaking about President Donald Trump, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's response was firm: Axios' Alexia McCammond asked …
Detroit Free PressCollege & University University of Michigan president: No college football in fall if students aren't on campus freep.com - Orion Sang Dr. Mark Schlissel's thoughts on the possibility of a college football season have not changed. If there are no students on campus this fall, …
Detroit Free PressIcon version of the Flipboard logoCorruption Chance of an early release for Kilpatrick raises questions. We've got answers freep.com - M.L. Elrick and , Tresa Baldas There's still no official word whether disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is headed home from federal prison 21 years early, but as …
Detroit Free PressDonald Trump Trump's Ford plant visit had its political moments, but manufacturing won the day freep.com - Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press Business Columnist On Thursday, President Donald Trump continued his thank you tour of American manufacturers who've flipped their primary operations to make personal …
Detroit Free PressPandemics Humans 'not meant to be alone': Many Americans haven't seen or touched another person in 3 months because of COVID-19 USA TODAY - Alan GomezIn the early days of her quarantine, Ema Martinez maintained a routine: for 15 minutes each day, she would throw herself a "pity party" and weep. Living alone in her home in Lubbock, Texas, Martinez used
Detroit Free PressMedical Conditions Health official: 'It's hard to gauge' risk floodwater poses in spreading COVID-19 freep.com - Kristen Jordan Shamus When the floodwaters came, people in mid-Michigan had little time to think about the virus that had kept them in their homes for the previous two …
Detroit Free PressTraverse City Traverse City business owners uneasy as tourists come to town freep.com - Mark Kurlyandchik TRAVERSE CITY — Everywhere you looked, the signs forewarned that this would be no ordinary Memorial Day weekend. Posted in storefront windows and …
Detroit Free PressDetroit Sports Detroit Red Wings jersey a gift from hockey gods. Here's why it's the GOAT freep.com - Ryan Ford It’s late May in Hockeytown, which used to mean getting ready for the Stanley Cup Final, or at least dealing with a recent end to the Red Wings …
Detroit Free PressFederal Energy Regulatory Commission Michigan's dam safety unit: 2 staff for entire state, a supervisor, and $397K freep.com - Keith Matheny Luke Trumble has a lot on his plate — all of the dams in 31 southern Michigan counties, to be exact. Trumble is an environmental engineer with the …
Detroit Free PressDetroit Sports Matthew Stafford's epic home renovation left builders in awe of Detroit Lions QB freep.com - Carlos Monarrez Who wasn’t impressed, if not amazed, dumbfounded and gobsmacked at the pictures of the Bloomfield Hills palatial lakefront estate Detroit Lions …
Detroit Free PressGannett Movement fest 2020: Fans and staff gather at a quiet Hart Plaza freep.com - Brian McCollum, Detroit's Memorial Day weekend techno festival was postponed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but some fans and staffers gathered in tribute at Hart Plaza.
Detroit Free PressDetroit River Detroit's techno festival grooves on in spirit at a quiet Hart Plaza freep.com - Brian McCollum It was 20 years ago this weekend that music fans from around the globe descended on Hart Plaza to help launch one of Detroit's most distinctive …
Detroit Free PressU.S. Elections Redistricting Commission offers break with corrupt past freep.com - Detroit Free Press Editorial Board Eighteen months ago, Michiganders fed up with the way the state's political parties had manipulated the redistricting process to disenfranchise broad …
Detroit Free PressStock Markets Markets gain on word of COVID-19 reopenings and vaccine's potential freep.com - Benzinga The S&P 500 registered a strong week of gains as investors grew increasingly optimistic about a potential COVID-19 vaccine and state-by-state …
Detroit Free PressHousing Detroit neighborhood group sees gentrification as the enemy freep.com - John Carlisle It was just a small building being rehabbed. But to one neighborhood group, it became a symbol of gentrification. And they fought it hard. They say it …
Detroit Free PressGretchen Whitmer Sen. Ed McBroom: U.P. can lead Michigan to normalcy freep.com - Nancy Kaffer Even as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer moves to reopen businesses in the U.P. and 17 northern Michigan counties, she and the state's Republican legislative …
Detroit Free PressDetroit Sports Chucky Atkins after Detroit Pistons basketball: 'I was not doing the right thing' freep.com - Omari Sankofa II After retiring from the NBA in 2011, it didn’t take long for Chucky Atkins to get involved with coaching. He returned to Orlando, his hometown, and …
Detroit Free PressOklahoma State University Robert Charles Bazzell, retired automotive engineer, died of COVID-19 complications freep.com - Brendel Hightower Robert Charles Bazzell of Novi, an automotive executive who led projects around the globe died April 9 of complications from Alzheimer’s and COVID-19. …
Detroit Free PressMichigan Michigan coronavirus cases: Tracking the pandemic freep.com - Pat Byrne, Brian McNamara, Brian Todd and Kristi Tanner Pat Byrne, Brian McNamara, Brian Todd, and Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press The first two confirmed COVID-19 cases in Michigan were reported on March …
