Detroit 9-year-old sells lemonade to save city
theGRIO REPORT - A 9-year-old boy in Detroit has decided to lend a helping hand in raising money for his cash-strapped city...
Is Quintin Berry baseball's next great black hope?
theGRIO REPORT - Little did Quintin Berry know in April that he would be come the X-factor for a team that is fighting to win its first World Series in 28 years...
Lions release Aaron Berry after second arrest in 4 weeks
theGRIO REPORT - Aaron Berry was arrested on Saturday in his hometown of Harrisburg, Pa. and charged with three counts of assault...
'67 Detroit riots revisited
theGRIO REPORT - Today, 45 years later, the 1967 Riots are seen as more than four days of destruction and mayhem; it became the seminal moment of the last half-century for Detroit...
Black entrepreneur may acquire telecom firm
theGRIO REPORT- Joseph Durham and a group of private investors are in talks to acquire Voxplus a Detroit-based Telecom firm that provides telecommunications solutions, alternative voice solutions, data access and ISP services...
Detroit lawmaker robbed at gunpoint
theGRIO REPORT - For the second time in three months, a prominent Detroiter was robbed at gunpoint in the city that he serves...
Black unemployment rates drops in Detroit
The unemployment rate in the Motor City has decreased for African-Americans
Detroit police chief gives details on fatal hug
DETROIT (AP) - The contact that came when a woman hugged an off-duty Detroit police officer from behind caused his gun to go off, fatally shooting her in the chest, the police chief said Monday...
Police: Hug triggers officer's gun, kills woman
DETROIT (AP) - A woman celebrating the weekend before her 25th birthday was fatally shot Sunday when she hugged an off-duty police officer while dancing at a party, causing the officer's service weapon to fire, according to police and her mother...
Democratic rep targeted with racist robocalls
theGRIO REPORT - The robocalls question whether Clarke and his late mother, Thelma Hashim, are black. Ron Scott, a media consultant for Clarke, said that the calls were 'sickening'...
