Erika Erickson

The Flint Township Police Department searched a home on Tuesday morning and discovered what officers described as “overwhelming filth,” toxic air and dozens of dead and living animals inside.

Detroit’s Police Chief and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Special Agent in Charge in Detroit said they wanted to go old school. So, they laid it all out on a table. Literally.

What started as a police wellness check Friday ended with animal control officers removing 41 small dogs from what officials described as “deplorable conditions” inside an east side Detroit home.

Federal agents say a convicted felon who complained that someone “just tried to steal my mother f***ing car” at a Detroit gas station minutes later pulled a gun and opened fire in a nearby parking lot.

Some parents in the Walled Lake Consolidated School District say they first learned that a volunteer middle school wrestling coach was facing criminal sexual conduct charges not from the school, but when his mugshot started circulating among students on social media.

A New Boston man is charged with four counts, including conspiracy to coerce and entice a minor and sexual exploitation of children.

A University of Michigan student froze to death after a party at a fraternity, and now an attorney is looking into that frat and the university.

Playing with Jackson and Enzo – two cats among many cats and dogs whose lives depend on donations to Happy Paws Haven, Vice President Sydney Terenzi said she has been battling to get more than one donation page impersonating the rescue taken down.

The death of University of Michigan student Lucas Mattson is under investigation, with alcohol provision to a minor being a central issue.

It’s a desperate push to loosen confidentiality rules around Child Protective Services records in Michigan, arguing the change is necessary to prevent deaths like that of 5-year-old Ethan Belcher of Detroit.

A man is accused of carjacking a victim who told officers he met the suspect on social media. According to Detroit Police, the suspect then fired shots as the victim tried to stop him. (link in comments)

Deed fraud is dramatically rising across Detroit, quietly stripping families of homes they spent lifetimes building, and in turn, threatening the generational wealth that anchors entire neighborhoods.