Detroit Head Start Programs Accepting Applications

Detroit Head Start officials are looking for about 1,500 new students this fall. Parents of children five years old or...

Detroit Police Department Task Force Cracks Down on Drag Racing

Kristen Andrus/ CC The Detroit Police Department has launched a new task force to address illegal drag racing. Officers are...

Gas Expected to Rise 80 Cents This Week

Pat Batcheller Technical issues at a BP refinery in Indiana could cause gas prices in the Midwest to rise about...

Astronomer Offers Tips for Viewing Perseid Meteor Shower

Look up Tuesday night and you may see one of the summer’s best meteor showers. The Perseid meteor shower is expected...

Ferguson: One Year Later

Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson speaks with Dr. Carl Taylor, a professor of sociology at Michigan State University, and Rachel...

University of Michigan Develops ‘Social Sensory Surfaces’ for Autism Therapy [Video]

"The idea with Social Sensory Surfaces is to try and reimagine an interface that can foster social interaction and can support...

DSO Now Streaming Live Concert Archive [Video]

If you’ve missed the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s live webcasts, you can now stream them when you want. The DSO is...

Red Cross Michigan Volunteers in Saipan after Typhoon Soudelor Disaster

Turner Duckworth/ CC The Michigan Red Cross sent eight volunteers to Saipan after a typhoon ripped through the Northern Mariana Island...

New Service Provides Seniors with In-Home Assistance

The Area Agency on Aging is launching an initiative designed to help seniors stay in their homes longer.   Same...

Sterling Heights to Create New PTSD Treatments for Police Officers and Firefighters

The Wayne State University Physician Group is working with the city of Sterling Heights to help firefighters and police officers...

Are Scandals Just a Part of Politics?

Capitol Bureau Chief for Michigan Public Radio Network  Rick Pluta and Publisher of Gongwer News Service and political reporter John...

Algae Bloom Grows in Lake Erie, but Size Does Not Increase Threat [Link+Color Maps]

Scientists say a harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie is larger than one that polluted Toledo's water system in...