The city’s music is spiritual, searching and defiantly local, even when it spreads worldwide. Hear tracks from Yusef Lateef, ...

Bobby Bare was born on April 7, 1935, in Ironton, Ohio. His music career began in the 1950s, but Bare wasn’t the immediate ...

Get ready for Version 9 of the We Bare Bears Cupcake ATM! 🧁 Discover the latest bear-themed treats and upgrades in this deliciously fun Short. If you’re a fan of creative desserts and all things We ...

Having spent his career as a developer, Rodney Lockwood now has a bigger, bolder vision: transforming the historic island of Belle Isle into an all-encompassing city. "It's a big plan, there's no ...

DETROIT – The city of Detroit is exploring alternative options for the historic Packard Plant site. Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield and her team announced on Thursday (March 26) that they’re exploring a ...

Thirty businesses that have operated in the city of Detroit for decades and some for over a century received a portion of the $310,000 in grant funding. Darren Cunningham is your community reporter ...

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield has halted a proposed development plan for a large portion of the former Packard Plant, one of the city's most iconic ruins. Sheffield is opening the site to other ...

DETROIT – City leaders call them legacy businesses, small businesses that have survived Detroit’s ups and downs and earned support from generations of customers. In Round 3 of the Detroit Legacy ...

Detroit’s many nicknames hint at its cultural gravity: The Motor City. Motown. The City of Champions. The Paris of the Midwest—for its grand Beaux-Arts Classical architecture and bold urban design—and ...

Robert “Bobby” Felder. Where to begin? The first draft of this column began with a paean to the Bobby Felder Big Band, the context in which Swing Beat has seen Felder most often. It soon became clear, ...

Facing tightening budgets and affordable housing shortages, municipal leaders around the country are looking for more ways to fund housing development. Some cities have turned to dedicated bonds to ...

A teen girl escaped an alleged kidnapper and predator in Detroit. The teen girl was held captive in filth on Detroit’s west side at a home with boarded-up windows, allegedly by 38-year-old Ronnell ...