Highland Park News

Mayor George Heartwell today launched what is sure to be a months-long discussion about whether his city can meet basic service needs without more revenue.

A bill by state Sen. Martha Scott, D-Highland Park, that would ban insurance companies from using territorial ratings to help set rates was soundly defeated last week in the Republican-controlled Senate.

A Michigan minister who was stabbed in the neck, arms and chest by a burglar returned to the pulpit after weeks of recovery.

A judge Monday denied a travel request from Detroit businessman Art Blackwell. Blackwell, 56, of Detroit, is facing embezzlement charges in a case where he is accused of taking an illegal salary while working as a financial manager for the city of Highland Park.

Art Blackwell II does not have a safe deposit box in Canada and does not have large gambling losses given his prior income, his attorney argued today in an appeal of a court ruling this week that prohibits Blackwell from visiting his condominiums in Windsor.

The monthly unemployment statistics compiled by the U.S. and state governments reveal only a corner of the jobless picture in Michigan.

Every day the red and white trucks wend their way through the streets. And every day, thousands of hungry people watch and wait for them.

He may have used a fake gun, but the charges a Pontiac man faces are very real. He's accused in two different carjackings at area car dealerships this week.

Arthur Blackwell II, the former emergency financial manager of Highland Park, stood accused of embezzlement this month in a courtroom in a building that bares his father's name: the Robert B. Blackwell Municipal Building.

Highland Park residents said their complaints to city officials about a vacant lot that has turned into a dumping ground had fallen on deaf ears until Local 4 got involved.

Police from Berkley and other local departments tracked down a purse thief following a lengthy pursuit that ended when the thief flipped his truck over in Highland Park.

Danny Glover will appear at a fundraiser on Thursday for the restoration of McGregor Library.

A judge has removed herself from hearing an embezzlement case against the former emergency financial manager for the Detroit enclave of Highland Park.

A suspected purse snatcher tries to get away from police, but does not get far. Police say it started at 12 Mile and Robina in Berkley when an elderly woman's purse was snatched.

U.S. actress Parker Posey has joined the cast of the dark comedy "Highland Park," which director Andrew Meieran says is bringing jobs to Michigan.

An on-duty Highland Park officer and two innocent bystanders were shot Saturday during a robbery at a pawn shop.

A 15-year-old suspect has been arrested after allegedly shooting another teen on the city's east side.

A man appointed by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to rescue Highland Park from insolvency was charged Wednesday with embezzling $264,000 from the impoverished Detroit enclave.

Two Maryland men are being sought in connection with a scheme that bilked 21 black churches across Michigan out of $660,000. Attorney General Mike Cox says Monday that Michael Morris and William Perkins were charged in Detroit with 10 felonies including racketeering and conspiracy to commit false pretenses.

Some metro Detroiters are fed up with their higher-than-average automobile insurance premiums.