Detroit police Chief James White reiterated the plan to crack down on illegal block parties during a vigil Thursday for last weekend’s mass shooting victims.

Another vigil dedicated to the victims of the block party mass shooting on Detroit's east side is taking place Thursday evening.

Detroit city leaders emphasize their Dining with Confidence program Wednesday by inviting Local 4 to follow along for food and safety inspections.

The city of Detroit is helping residents maintain their generation wealth by offering free will and estate planning services starting June 20.

Detroit City Council voted to approve a new ordinance impacting restaurants nationwide. The ordinance requires restaurants to post signs showing they comply with health inspections.

A Detroit hookah shop is now shut down after getting caught selling weed to a 15-year-old kid.

Restaurants in Detroit are being asked to join a voluntary pilot program in which their health inspection report status would be displayed with a green placard.

After a year of work, Detroit’s Wealth Generation Taskforce, led by Councilman Scott Benson, has released its report.

The event allowed young people to get involved by urging Metro Detroit elected officials to pass resolutions supporting legislative action.

The winter weather held off for Back Alley Bikes’ annual Bike the Blizzard fundraiser in Detroit on Sunday.

The world’s largest Kwanzaa Kinara is set to be unveiled during the Motor City Kwanzaa Kinara Lighting at Campus Martius on Dec. 26.

A proposed food grading ordinance before the Detroit city council would require businesses to display a placard with the results of a health inspection.

Metro Detroiters gathered at the gun store in Eastpointe to protest gun violence after a Detroit officer was killed last week.

City officials are calling for Detroit to permanently ban Detroit Bulk Storage Inc. from operating anywhere along the Detroit River.

After a chaotic year of scandal for the Detroit City Council, the 2021 General Election could be just as messy.

Here are this morning's top stories.

What crimes was the FBI investigating when agents raided the city council offices of Janeé Ayers and Scott Benson?

What crimes was the FBI investigating when agents raided the city council offices of Janeé Ayers and Scott Benson?

Councilmember Andre Spivey has already been charged with conspiracy to commit bribery.

FBI agents were raiding the homes of Detroit City Council members and offices at the city’s Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Wednesday morning as part of a corruption probe.

Leatherback sea turtles have been plying the world's oceans for tens of millions of years, but scientists say a rapid decline in their numbers means they could disappear from U.S. West Coast waters within decades.

“This park here means a lot to the young kids around here.”But for years, the Village Park on Georgia Street sat vacant. Saturday, the city of Detroit revealed the brand new Village Park -- with all of the bells and whistles -- to the community,“We got the walking path, we got the slide, the swings, the play escape. We have a basketball court so we can use this park for all ages,” said Councilman Scott Benson. Councilman Scott Benson said this is the first park in the South Portion of the 3rd District in more than 30 years. “This is a community, prioritized and designed and named park right here in the 3rd district,” said Benson.

DETROIT – At Monday’s meeting of the Detroit Public Health and Safety Committee a memo to remove police officers from Detroit public schools was addressed. READ: Detroit schools start Parent Academy to help parents with virtual learningAccording to the agenda, the item was only about a memorandum for a resolution, which was not publicly available Monday. READ: Nearly 50,000 Detroit public schools students to start school -- What will the fall semester look like? This would mean relying on DPD police officers, who are already short-staffed and overwhelmed to address safety issues beyond the Code of Conduct in over 100 district schools. READ: Progress report: Detroit public school students make it through first day of fall classesThe push to remove officers from schools gained momentum over the summer as protests against police brutality and for taking funding from police departments grew across the city.

DETROIT – Leaders from around Michigan joined on Monday morning to make a major announcement involving regional transit in Southeast Michigan. A regional transit plan was pitched in 2018, but never made it to the ballot. The new four-step proposal involves Wayne County, Oakland County and Washtenaw County, and noticeably omits Macomb County, although officials said Macomb could join later. The goal is to have a regional transit plan on the November 2020 ballot in Michigan. “We support the efforts of our regional partners exploring better connected regional transit options,” said Hackel.

ROYAL OAK, Mich. Leaders from around Michigan are expected to make an announcement Monday morning involving regional transit. Sources said this is expected to be a push to expand regional transit in the Metro Detroit area. UPDATE: Metro Detroit regional transit initiative announced for 2020: What to knowMacomb County Executive Mark Hackel is not expected to be there. In 2018, Wayne County revealed a new regional transit plan that it hoped would make the 2018 ballot. At the time, Oakland County released a statement saying it cannot support a regional transit plan that taxes Oakland County communities which already said no to funding regional transit just 16 months ago.