Wayne County News

Two write-in candidates have filed to challenge Mayor William Wild, who is unopposed on Tuesday's ballot in his bid for re-election. Angelo Stocchi and Jeffrey Hayton each filed to be a write-in candidate prior to the filing deadline Friday.

An armed robbery suspect is dead and a Plymouth Township police officer is recovering after cops said they watched the man rob a cellular phone store at gunpoint and tried to arrest him Thursday night, resulting in a shootout.

Detroit -- A judge should decide next month whether to grant a new trial to a Plymouth Township teen convicted of stabbing and beheading an acquaintance.

Police say a driver in a Detroit suburb has been injured after three pumpkins thrown from an overpass hit his truck.

In the end, it only cost $20 to take firefighter Walt Harris' life. That's how much money Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy alleges Mario Willis paid Darien Dove to burn down a dreary bungalow owned by Willis' girlfriend.

Two Harper Woods High School students were arraigned today on charges of carrying a concealed weapon after police said they handled a gun at the school, which was on lockdown for more than two hours Wednesday as staff members and police searched for and found the gun in a gym locker.

State social workers struggling with mounting welfare, food stamp and Medicaid caseloads said Wednesday they fear for their lives after being assaulted or threatened by recipients frustrated by delays in state aid.

Free Press reporters will be filing from across metro Detroit today at several precincts.

A Michigan hall of fame high school hockey coach accused of sexually assaulting a teen boy says he'll plead guilty in state and federal court.

If all goes as planned, Dwayne Provience's 2001 murder conviction will be tossed out this morning and his University of Michigan Law School attorneys will seek his release on bond.

Ron Scott, head of the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, called Monday for an independent investigation into the killing of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, a Muslim leader who headed the Masjid Al-Haqq mosque in Detroit.

A couple is facing charges of robbing four people in one day across the downriver area.

DETROIT AND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: Those selling kids for sex targeted FBI officials said they have rescued 52 children in raids around the country aimed at underage prostitution.

Hundreds of people are expected to line the streets of Downtown Detroit November 7, for the 4th Annual Veteran's Day Parade.

Friday prayers were intoned on schedule at the red brick two-story house on the west side that is a makeshift home for the Masjid Al-Haqq mosque.

County health departments are holding a number of vaccination clinics for the H1N1 flu virus.

A robbery suspect was killed and a Plymouth Township police officer was wounded when gunfire erupted as plainclothes officers tried to arrest the man after the holdup of a cell phone retailer Thursday.

Detroit --Kwame Kilpatrick will be back in a Wayne County courtroom today to answer allegations he violated his probation.

DETROIT: Blackwell appeals to go to Canada Art Blackwell II does not have a safe-deposit box in Canada or large gambling losses, his attorney argued Wednesday in an appeal of a court ruling that prohibits Blackwell from visiting his condominiums in Windsor.

Seven full-time and three part-time City of Livonia employees will be laid off effective Dec.