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Detroit police say two boys who were supposed to be at school were playing with a handgun at one boy's house when the weapon fired, killing his 11-year-old friend.

A 12-year-old Detroit boy faces reckless discharge of a firearm charges in the fatal shooting of his 11-year-old friend.

A 12-year-old boy is being detained as police try to sort out the shooting death of an 11-year-old that occurred this afternoon in southwest Detroit.

She's spent a good part of her life helping students reach their potential, and now Judy Cock is being recognized for that work.

Nearly 200 steelworkers learned Thursday that they are without jobs. U.S. Steel announced that it was laying off 675 of its production workers throughout North America as a result of a drop in customer demand.

The layoffs, effective immediately, include 500 employees in the United States and 177 in Canada, said John Armstrong, a company spokesman.

A 50-year-old River Rouge man turned himself in to police Tuesday, admitting that he recently robbed a bank in town.

Not more than 10 inches tall, three wooden crosses spray-painted white jut out of the front yard of Martha Allain's 11th Street home.

A new co-operative effort between the Michigan State Police and local law enforcement has led to the conviction of a River Rouge man who stabbed a woman to death in 2005.

Danyell Gilliam and Mechelle White share sweet dreams. Mostly, the dreams are about cheesecakes.

We welcome Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Steven Chester's interest in addressing environmental injustices in Detroit, and we hope this signals a serious commitment to supporting our must ...

On a sliver of a demolished chunk of the Lower Ninth Ward is a cluster of modern homes being readied for the return of families.

Voters will be asked to decide two local ballot issues when they head to the polls Nov.

Detroittailagate.com has partnered with Eastern Market to create tailgating events that include local bands.

Star Commonwealth resident Christopher, 14, of River Rouge, shows off his break dancing skills during the Founder's Day Celebration at Starr Commonwealth in Albion Sunday.

Less than an hour after the historic Westin Book Cadillac Detroit opened its doors Monday, nearly every table in the handsome Boulevard Room restaurant was filled with downtowners, out-of-towners and former ...

All too often, civic leaders, cultural mandarins and speechifying architects fuel the illusion that a cultural renaissance belongs to them and those lucky enough to support their vision.

I recently spent a few weeks in China, but unlike most western tourists, I skipped Beijing and Shanghai and went straight to the northeastern city of Changchun , the capital of Jilin Province and the heart of ...

In 1976, Pat Kearns, left, and his brother Dennis, right, found their father, Robert, in a Tennessee bus station after years of disappointment and frustration led to an emotional breakdown.

The following incidents are compiled from crimes recently reported by Downriver police departments.