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College Millage Among School Issues
Voters in Macomb County are being asked today today approve a replacement operating millage for Macomb Community College. It’s a 20-year, 1.464 mill issue that would fund about 25-percent of the...
May 08, 2018
Tributes For State School Supt.
The Michigan Education Association, the teacher’s union, says Brian Whiston was,” above all else, a good person who will be missed by all who knew him. Everything he did as our state super...
May 08, 2018
T.J. Lang: Lions ready to turn clock forward and leave last year behind
Photo: Detroitlions.com By Michael Stets ALLEN PARK–The Lions missed the playoffs in 2017 after finishing with a 9-7 record and guard T.J. Lang is tired of talking about it. Speaking to reporter...
Apr 20, 2018
Coffee Chemical: Is It Safe?
Don’t worry about the acrylomide in your coffee. Nutrition expert Dr. Tom Rifai tells Steve Courtney the cream and sugar may be worse for you than the chemical acrylomide, which is produced in t...
Apr 03, 2018
More School Threats Today
About 3 dozens schools and school districts are closed once again today, due to social media posts that have run rampant since the Florida massacre. Several arrests have been made in Detroit, Farmingt...
Mar 23, 2018
Can Self-Driving Cars See The People?
The fatal accident involving a self-driving vehicle in Arizona has researchers busy trying to get the technology to better recognize pedestrians. Autonomous vehicles are good at recognizing mechanical...
Mar 20, 2018
Pistons Player Hurt in Crash
Detroit Pistons player Reggie Bullock suffered minor injuries when his car was hit by another car on Adams Road in Auburn Hills Sunday while Bullock was on his way to a team practice. Bullock was exam...
Mar 12, 2018
Toys R Us Closing?
Toys R Us has a bankruptcy hearing scheduled Monday. Reports indicate that the toy chain may close all of it’s stores and go out of business. Toys R Us has heavy debts, and bankruptcy lawyer Dou...
Mar 09, 2018
Update On Keego Tragedy
Police say they know who carried out the murder-suicide that wiped out a family of 4 in Keego Harbor. They’re not saying. The bodies of the 4 were discovered by police after a concerned relative...
Feb 17, 2018
New Life For Lee Plaza?
The city of Detroit is trying to renew interest in the redevelopment of the long-abandoned 17-story Lee Plaza. The high rise opened on West Grand Boulevard in 1929 initially as a luxury residential ho...
Feb 16, 2018
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April 3, 2026 ~ Dave Beachnau, CEO of the Detroit Local Organizing Committee for the 2027 NCAA Men’s Final Four, joins Kevin Dietz live from Indy to talk about Detroit’s preparations, the economic and cultural impact of hosting the Final Four, and what fans can expect when the event comes to downtown Detroit.
April 3, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Jamie Edmonds talk with Tony Paul, a Detroit News reporter, about the Detroit Tigers’ upcoming season. They also discuss Tony’s top baseball movie character.
April 3, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Jamie Edmonds speak with Walker Hosley, a regional manager at Groundworks, about how winter weather affects home foundations and what to look for.
