Flat Rock News

Voters in the Downriver communities of Taylor, Flat Rock, Southgate and Woodhaven elected new mayors Tuesday.

Voters across Wayne County cast votes in numerous city council and commission races, for city amendments and appeared to renew the only countywide ballot proposal, according to unofficial election results Tuesday.

Since its victorious introduction at the NHRA Winternationals in 1968, Ford's Cobra Jet Mustang has created a legacy of power, performance and triumph.

Around this time of year, a lot of houses get a bad rap. Anyone who's seen The Amityville Horror, Poltergeist, or The Haunting of Hill House knows this.

Ford Motor Co. a s Mustang plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, became the fifth factory to reject contract concessions the automaker is seeking to match those the United Auto Workers granted its U.S. rivals.

Six out of eight Ford Motor Co. union locals said they voted down a new contract meant to put Ford's costs in line with U.S. competitors.

Age 80, of Flat Rock MI, joined his loving mother, Mildred Ballard, wife, Martha Jean Miller and his brother Robin Miller on October 18, 2009.

Opponents of a deal between the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. are spreading misinformation as they campaign against the contract, the union's president said Saturday.

A rising yen has Mazda looking at other countries for production, Automotive News reports.

Originally published October 21, 2009 at 2 a.m., updated October 21, 2009 at 3:02 a.m. FLAT ROCK, Mich.

The Wayne County Election Commission determined Monday that language in petitions to recall council members in Grosse Pointe Shores and Flat Rock was clear enough to start the gathering of signatures but rejected language in a petition to recall the Redford Township supervisor, whose name was misspelled.

A sculpture put in place to honor Native Americans is stirring controversy in Flat Rock.

The Wayne-Westland Board of Education has authorized the administration to seek a $6-million line of credit as a cushion just in case the district finds itself in a cash flow crisis.

Have you heard that the Longacre House in Farmington Hills is haunted? It's been said that a ghost gazes forlornly down from the window of the Bride's Room and was seen in an eerie, unexplainable photo taken several years ago.

So as the leaves begin to change, word comes down from Ford Racing spokesman Jesse Kershaw that the order books are now open for several different competition kits.

Police in Flat Rock are looking for two men they say robbed and stabbed another man, just minutes after the victim cashed his payroll check.

David Metzoian, 46, was arraigned this morning in 26th District Court for the July 27 stabbing death of his girlfriend in the Jefferson Station bar and setting the building on fire.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich - The government has paid out $35 million so far for clunkers, and their final fate lies in the hands of scrappers.

The government has paid out $35 million so far for clunkers, and their final fate lies in the hands of scrappers.

A driver flown by helicopter to a hospital after a semi and a passenger vehicle collided on Gibraltar Road west of I-75 in Flat Rock, police said.