Ex-Detroit mayor won't testify in own defense
DETROIT (AP) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick declined to testify Wednesday as the presentation of evidence in his corruption trial closed after nearly 70 days...
Ex-Detroit mayor leaves prison after weekend stay
DETROIT (AP) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been released from a city lockup where he spent the weekend for violating parole in the 2008 criminal conviction that booted him from office...
Ex-Detroit mayor to spend weekend in prison
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will spend the weekend in prison as a penalty for 14 parole violations, a state corrections spokesman said Friday....
Detroit under review for emergency financial manager
theGRIO REPORT - Just 24 hours after a Michigan state representative’s recall effort of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing went into motion, a review began that will likely lead to an emergency financial manager being appointed to the city...
Businessman says ex-Detroit mayor got free flights
DETROIT (AP) - A businessman testified Wednesday that then-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was a frequent flier aboard his private planes, taking 20 round-trip flights worth nearly $400,000 but never paying a dime in return...
Detroit mayor facing a recall effort
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit mayor Dave Bing, who said last week that his job was the second-hardest in the country behind President Obama, is facing a recall effort led by a state representative...
GOP state senator supports 'dissolving Detroit'
theGRIO REPORT - For the third time this year, the city of Detroit is staring at potential bankruptcy as legal wrangling over 'control' has caused $10 million in state aid to be withheld from the city...
Ex-felon lawmaker allegedly still passing bad checks
theGRIO REPORT - Brian Banks, the eight-time convict who won a landslide election for state representative in Michigan’s 1st district on Nov. 6, could be facing more legal troubles despite insisting he has changed his ways...
'Book 'em': FBI raids Detroit library
theGRIO REPORT - FBI agents executed a raid on the Detroit Public Library’s main branch shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday morning...
Emanuel Steward hailed by Queen of Soul and boxing royalty
DETROIT (AP) - Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward was celebrated by boxing royalty and the Queen of Soul at a star-studded memorial service Tuesday in the Motor City...
