Detroit Evening Report: Spirit Airlines shuts down operations
This past weekend, Spirit Airlines shut down and ceased all operations after decades in business.When Spirit travelers entered the Evans...
Nargis Hakim Rahman is the Civic Reporter at 101.9 WDET. She works with the Documenters program to increase civic engagement. Rahman graduated from Wayne State University, where she was a part of the Journalism Institute of Media Diversity. Rahman started as an intern at WDET in 2010. She participated in the Feet in Two Worlds food journalism fellowship with WDET's Detroit Storymakers project in 2018.
Rahman is a Bangladeshi American who was raised in Metro Detroit. She is passionate about community journalism in the Greater Detroit area. She hopes to give American Muslims and minorities a voice in the press.
Detroit Evening Report: District 6 holds public meeting on plans to improve neighborhood lighting
The City of Detroit’s District 6 is hosting a meeting Wednesday about its lighting expansion program. This comes after Mayor Mary Sheffield...
Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn Public Schools selects finalists for next superintendent
Three finalists have been chosen in the search for Dearborn Public Schools superintendent. The finalists were chosen during a special...
Detroit Evening Report: Hamtramck man charged with assault, kidnapping after taking student from bus stop
A 48-year-old Hamtramck man has been arraigned and charged with kidnapping and assaulting a 16-year-old Hamtramck student on Monday. CBS News reports...
Detroit Evening Report: Hamtramck student kidnapped at bus stop
A 16-year-old student was kidnapped from a bus stop in Hamtramck at gunpoint this morning. Classmates tracked the student through...
DER Weekends: Birth Detroit provides alternative birthing options for Detroiters
On this episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we speak to Elon Geffrard, Birth Detroit Co-founder and Perinatal Support and Education...
Detroit Chief Public Health Officer Ali Abazeed aims to expand citywide health initiatives
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield recently appointed Ali Abazeed as the city’s new Chief Public Health Officer, saying he would be...
Detroit Evening Report: Temporary Protected Status for Yemenis ends next week
Yemeni nationals living in the United States who have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) have until April 13 to self deport...
Detroit Evening Report: Immigrant children’s rights organization seeks volunteers, advocates
The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is looking for volunteers and advocates to assist unaccompanied minors during deportation proceedings in Michigan....
Detroit Evening Report: ACLU challenges new ICE detention policy
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a major immigration case this week. The American Civil...
Detroit Evening Report: MDHHS launches health screening for firefighters
The state health department is rolling out an effort to screen firefighters for health issues stemming from their line of...
Detroit Evening Report: Hamtramck joins Michigan Main Street program
The City of Hamtramck is now a part of the Michigan Main Street program as a Select Level city. The...