R&B sensation Summer Walker makes Detroit stop on limited tour

Detroit Metro Times (Blogs) 8/11 1:32A Lee DeVito

We’re still not over 26-year-old R&B sensation Summer Walker’s Still Over It, the 2021 follow-up to the Atlanta-based singer’s 2019 breakthrough LP Over It. After working as a stripper and running a...

Detroit's boutique hotel boom crawling back after COVID-19 disruptions

Detroit Free Press - freep.com (Detroit Business) 8/11 1:00A JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press

Downtown Detroit's mid-2010s boutique hotel boom was severely disrupted by the pandemic. Now, it's crawling back.

Ford, DTE Energy Announce Plan To Increase Solar Power In Michigan

CBS Detroit (News) 8/10 4:32P Detroit, MI News From CBS Detroi

(CBS DETROIT) Today is as much about innovation as it is sustainability and making sure that Michigan is at the forefront of the future of the automotive industry. Through its MIGreenPower program, DTE Energy will add 650 megawatts of new solar...

Petition Calls On Automakers To Cease Business With Suppliers That Use Hexavalent Chromium

CBS Detroit (News) 8/10 4:32P Detroit, MI News From CBS Detroi

(CBS DETROIT) Hundreds of signatures have been collected on a petition calling on major auto companies to stop doing business, or using parts, from suppliers that utilize hexavalent chromium. The petition was started by the Ecology Center in Ann...

CBS Mornings’ Gayle King Visits Detroit, Motown Museum

CBS Detroit (News) 8/10 11:50A Detroit, MI News From CBS Detroi

(CBS DETROIT) Sitting in the same studio where legendary group the Temptations recorded their hit song my girl, CBS’ Gayle King and the last living member of the group Otis Williams sat down to talk about their journey and impact. We got a...

Detroit Tigers Fire General Manager Al Avila After 7 Years, No Playoffs

CBS Detroit (News) 8/10 10:58A Detroit, MI News From CBS Detroi

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers fired general manager Al Avila on Wednesday, ending a seven-year tenure without a playoff appearance. “I wish the results would have been better this season,” Avila said in a statement released by the team. “But...

Protesters Call For Huron River Polluters To Pay Up

CBS Detroit (News) 8/10 10:24A Detroit, MI News From CBS Detroi

(CBS DETROIT) The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) issued multiple violation notices to a Wixom company responsible for a chemical spill that threatened the Huron River system. There is no reason, no reason that...

Black Leaders Detroit Celebrates Black Fashion Designers and Retailers at Detroit Drip, Sept. 11

DetriotChamber.com 8/10 8:15A Krishaun Burns

Black Leaders Detroit is hosting Detroit Drip , a day party to celebrate Black-owned businesses in fashion, on Sunday, Sept. 11, from 3-8 p.m. at the Riverside Marina. Black fashion designers and retailers will be able to showcase a model in an...

Stellantis Program Helps Grow Black Involvement in Auto Supply Industry?

DetriotChamber.com 8/10 7:03A Krishaun Burns

Crain s Detroit Business Vince Bond Jr. Aug. 8, 2022 Stellantis put the spotlight on its Black designers and the plush Jeep Grand Wagoneer SUV they shepherded as part of its efforts this summer to commemorate Juneteenth. The design team was...

Fight over Detroit’s recreational marijuana ordinance gets messier

Detroit Metro Times (Blogs) 8/10 6:56A Steve Neavling

The Detroit Election Commission delivered bad news to advocates of a more robust marijuana industry in the Motor City. The three-member commission on Monday rejected a ballot initiative that would...

Michigan Environment Department Issues Violation Notices To Tribar In Huron River Chemical Release

CBS Detroit (News) 8/10 6:31A Detroit, MI News From CBS Detroi

(CBS DETROIT) The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) says it is issuing violation notices to Tribar Manufacturing in Wixom, the company responsible for a chemical spill in the Huron River on July 29. According to a...

Libraries like Detroit’s need our support now, more than ever

Detroit Metro Times (Blogs) 8/10 6:11A Monica Williams

Libraries, vital pillars in our community, are increasingly under attack. That’s why as Detroit Public Library gradually opens branches for the first time since March 2020, it’s important that we...

Dive Team Recovers Body Of Drowning Victim From Lake St. Clair

CBS Detroit (News) 8/10 4:54A Detroit, MI News From CBS Detroi

(CBS DETROIT) A dive team found the body of a man on Tuesday afternoon after he went under in Lake St. Clair and did not resurface. On Aug. 7, at about 6 p.m. the Macomb County Marine Division deputies responded to reports of a male in the water...

Detroit’s Ribs and R&B Music Festival comes to Hart Plaza

Detroit Metro Times (Blogs) 8/10 3:02A Alex Washington

The elements of a perfect summer day in the city are good food, good music, and good people. All will be served up at Detroit’s Ribs and R&B Music Festival.

Man Charged, Accused Of Attempting To Kidnap His Ex-Wife In Van Buren Township

CBS Detroit (News) 8/10 3:00A Detroit, MI News From CBS Detroi

(CBS DETROIT) A man who police say assaulted his ex-wife and attempted to kidnap her is now facing criminal charges. Carl Emerson Travis, 51, of Grosse Pointe, is charged with unlawful imprisonment, second-degree fleeing and eluding, domestic...