Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Metro Detroit report from HEREDetroit.
SportsEDMONTON, Alberta — The Detroit Red Wings get one last chance to salvage their western swing Monday night in Edmonton, where they face the Oilers at Rogers Place to close a four-game road trip. Puck drop is set for 9:30 p.m. Eastern. Detroit comes in…
SportsPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Detroit Pistons are still perfect after a Sunday night stop in Philadelphia, Pa. Cade Cunningham poured in 26 points, and Detroit never trailed in a 106-93 road victory over LeBron James and the 76ers at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The win lifted…
Events
DETROIT, Mich. — Young performers from Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit are packing for West Africa. The group leaves Oct. 29 for Dakar, Senegal, where it will represent the city during the 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Members plan to perform and also lead workshops while they are in Dakar. It…
Business
DETROIT, Mich. — Kevin Adell, the metro Detroit owner of The Word Network and other broadcast properties, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection little more than a week after a federal jury in Detroit ordered him to pay $62.2 million in a race discrimination case. The voluntary petition, case…
Business
DETROIT, Mich. — The $2.2 billion plan from Bedrock and General Motors to remake the Renaissance Center and the riverfront around it is now in front of the Detroit City Council, and if it clears every step it would become only the fourth Transformational Brownfield deal in the city. The…
Traffic
DETROIT, Mich. — Drivers in Detroit, Mich., should plan around a squeeze on eastbound Interstate 94 this week, as state road crews close the right lane between Cecil Street and Livernois Avenue starting at 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26. The Michigan Department of Transportation said the lane stays closed until…
Traffic
DETROIT, Mich. — Drivers heading downtown Sunday morning, including Lions fans bound for Ford Field, will find southbound I-75 through downtown Detroit still shut between I-375 and M-10 until 11 a.m. while Michigan Department of Transportation crews finish a weekend paving job. Several ramps feeding that stretch are closed for…
Crime
DETROIT, Mich. — A woman who says a uniformed Detroit officer kidnapped and raped her at gunpoint in 2005 has sued the City of Detroit, the Detroit Police Department and retired Sgt. Benjamin Wagner in federal court. The 31-page complaint, filed Oct. 23 in the federal court in Detroit, says…
Politics
DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit opened in-person early voting for the Nov. 3 general election with its busiest first day yet, as 2,305 residents cast ballots Saturday across the city's eight early voting centers. That count tops the opening-day mark from the 2024 presidential cycle, when 1,897 ballots were cast on…
Politics
DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit voters who do not want to wait for Election Day can now cast a ballot at one of eight early voting centers spread around the city, which opened their doors Saturday. Statewide, the early in-person voting window runs from Oct. 24 through Nov. 1, giving residents…
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