It’s A Festivus Miracle! Hear Detroit Today’s 2017 Airing of Grievances
Jake Neher/WDET Saturday marks the coming of Festivus, the made-up holiday celebrated by the character Frank Costanza on Seinfeld. The...
Michigan Cities, Counties Sue Drug Companies Over Opioid Crisis
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET A handful of counties and cities in Michigan, including Detroit, are filing a federal lawsuit against large pharmaceutical...
What Could GOP Tax Plan, Budget Impasse Mean for Low-Income Kids’ Health Funding?
Jake Neher/WDET Lost in many conversations about what’s happening in Washington right now is the possible fate of funding for...
StoryCorps Detroit: Yellowman
In this episode of the StoryCorps Detroit podcast, we hear the story of how Ken met Lori. StoryCorps Ken remembers...
StoryCorps Detroit: “It seems like fewer of us make it now.”
NEED TO ADD AUDIO AND PUBLISH. In 1967, Bill Williams was a teenager living with his extended family not far from...
Postal Service Faces Busiest Week of the Year
Courtesy of USPS In this season of good will to all you might want to spare a kind thought for...
StoryCorps Detroit: A Front Row Seat to the Looting of 1967
In this StoryCorps Detroit segment, 82-year-old Clarice Rodgers asks her son, Curtis Rodgers, Jr., what he was up to when...
StoryCorps Detroit: Poetry and Parenting
Detroit-based poet jessica Care moore first gained national attention for her poetry performances when she won five weeks in a...
Longitude and Latitude, with Attitude: One Man’s Quest to See the Entire World
Author and semi-retired Social Studies teacher Rufus McGaugh has been everywhere from Antarctica to Australia. In his newly released book, "Longitude...
StoryCorps Detroit: “Much better than everything people said you were”
Jennifer Smith is the founder of Closing the Gap, a nonprofit that uses personalized mentorship to help Detroit students enter...
School District Closings for Thursday, Dec. 14
Wednesday's winter storm closed public school districts throughout southeast Michigan. Click on the county button to see a list of...
Detroit Casino Revenue Up in November Compared to Last Year
Detroit’s three casinos' combined November revenue of $113.1 million was up 1.4 percent from the same month a year, according to...