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12/12/2025

On Friday, an internationally renowned, Michigan-based fire investigator and analyst challenged the version of events that put Mario Willis behind bars.

This is the sixth installment in “Exploring Integrity: Reviewing Wrongful Conviction Remedies,” a series examining the impact of conviction integrity units on the American judicial system’s rate of wrongful conviction. Presented by the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism, the inv...

12/12/2025

The boxing-themed brunch spot even has a gift shop featuring merch based on the champion it was named after.

Joe Louis Southern Kitchen celebrated a grand opening for its second location, with a third set for early next year. The boxing-themed brunch spot, named after the great Joe Louis and led by his son Joe Louis Barrow II, opened its doors in November at 29649 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield. It held a r...

12/11/2025

Tenants at the historic Leland House just can’t catch a break.

Tenants at the historic Leland House just can’t catch a break. The electricity that heats the downtown Detroit building malfunctioned early Wednesday afternoon, prompting the city’s fire marshal to order a mandatory evacuation. The outage also knocked out lights and elevators.

12/11/2025

The legendary home of the late Emanuel Steward, who trained a number of World Champions and Olympic medalists, has officially reopened in the historic Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center.

Kronk Gym is back. The legendary home of the late Emanuel Steward, who trained a number of World Champions and Olympic medalists, has officially reopened in the historic Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center at 670 Wilkins St. The gym is now open for new members and has even introduced new Kronk-bran...

12/10/2025

U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers has assembled a campaign team of extremist pastors and activists who have long opposed LGBTQ+ rights and promoted false claims about election fraud, a Metro Times’s review shows. Rogers, a former FBI agent and Republican congressman who narrowly lost the 2024 Sena...

12/10/2025

One day after Metro Times contacted the city about the outage, Detroit began issuing $2,000 fines to the building’s owner and will continue writing tickets every day until heat is restored.

The heat has been out for more than a month in a large part of the historic Alden Towers apartment complex on Detroit’s east riverfront, forcing tenants in 98 units to warm their homes with space heaters in a building that has a growing list of safety and maintenance problems.

12/10/2025

Detroit’s Movement Music Festival just dropped a teaser for its 2026 lineup featuring some exciting techno and hip-hop acts.

As we dream of the warmer months ahead, another festival has given us something to look forward to next year. Detroit’s Movement Music Festival just dropped a teaser for its 2026 lineup featuring some exciting techno and hip-hop acts. That includes a few names that should be familiar to fans o.....

12/10/2025

Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has “turned his back on science, on public health, and on the American people,” the Michigan Congresswoman says.

turned his back on science, on public health, and on the American people – spreading conspiracies and lies, driving up costs, and putting lives at risk.

12/10/2025

“I lied. I lied. I lied,” Darian Dove said at a crucial hearing that could ultimately lead to freedom for Mario Willis, a man supporters believe was wrongfully convicted for a 2008 fire in Detroit.

This is the fifth installment in “Exploring Integrity: Reviewing Wrongful Conviction Remedies,” a series examining the impact of conviction integrity units on the American judicial system’s rate of wrongful conviction. Presented by the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism, the i.....

12/09/2025

Hartland Consolidated Schools fired a teacher who posed a classroom of young children dressed as turkeys and then sent a photo to colleagues with a message about which child to “pick off first,” according to a letter sent to parents Monday.

Hartland Consolidated Schools in Livingston County fired a teacher who posed a classroom of young children dressed as turkeys in front of an image of a hunter with a gun and then sent the photo to colleagues with a message about which child to “pick off first,” according to a letter sent to pare...

12/08/2025

Metro Detroit’s favorite sax-playing-DJ is shaping up to have a great 2026.

Metro Detroit’s favorite sax-playing-DJ is shaping up to have a great 2026. Last week, GRiZ was announced as one of the headline acts of Tennessee’s Bonnaroo music festival. Now Michigan’s Electric Forest revealed GRiZ will also join its festival, including two separate sets. More than 100 oth...

12/08/2025

20 years later, this is still one hell of a film — but the once-great filmmaker tarnishes his legacy with the worst thing he has ever done.

I have a complicated relationship with filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. I rented Reservoir Dogs on VHS when I was 12 years old and it was the first movie that ever made me really understand the importance of dialogue in filmmaking. The way Tarantino balanced tough guy dialogue with flawless needle drops...

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