Articles

Groundbreaking, coronavirus-killing technology installed in Wayne County jails

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Wayne County Sheriff's Office, jails, coronavirus, technology, Integrated Viral Protection, filtration systems, Sheriff Washington, Detroit, Wayne County

Worthy dismisses 1,681 cases involving violations of Gov. Whitmer's lockdown order

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Kym Worthy, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan, Coronavirus, Gov. Whitmer

U.K. coronavirus mutation spreads to Wayne County, more people linked to University of Michigan

• By Lee DeVito
• Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Wahstenaw County, Wayne County

Supply shortage causes COVID-19 vaccine delays in Wayne County

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Vaccines, Pfizer, Moderna, Henry Ford Health System, Schoolcraft College, Wayne County, Wayne County Public Health System, Dr. Mouhanad Hammami

Two days of public funeral arrangements are set for Sheriff Benny Napoleon

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Benny Napoleon, Wayne County, Wayne County sheriff, Detroit, funeral, coraonvirus

'Heartbroken' community leaders mourn the loss of Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Coronavirus, Wayne County, Detroit, Sheriff Napoleon, Wayne County Sheriff's Office, obit, COVID-19, Mayor Mike Duggan, Henry Ford Hospital, ventilator, Cass Tech High School

Wayne County offers $500 one-time cash cards for eligible workers impacted by COVID-19

• By Jerilyn Jordan
• Tags: News Hits, COVID-19, Michigan unemployment, financial aid, food service, hospitality, fitness, restaurant workers, Wayne County

Prosecutor Worthy teams up with local Innocence Project with new DOJ funding

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Wayne County, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, wrong conviction, Innocence Project, Wester Michigan University, Cooley Law School, DNA, Kym Worthy, prison, Western Michigan University-Cooley Law School Innocence Project

Sheriff Napoleon battles COVID-19 on a ventilator as his daughter asks for prayers

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Wayne County, Wayne County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Napoleon, Tiffani Jackson, coronavirus, ICU, ventilator, prayer vigil

Michigan is close to having a constitutional crisis over Trump

• By Lee DeVito
• Tags: Wayne County, Michigan, Detroit, Trump's America, 2020, election, vote

This man (and his Zoom background) emerge as viral star of contentious Wayne County canvassers vote

• By Lee DeVito
• Tags: Wayne County, Detroit, Diego Rivera, Ned Staebler, Trump's America

Republican canvassers thoroughly shamed for ‘racist,’ ‘historically shameful’ assault on democracy in Wayne County

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Wayne County, Detroit, Wayne County Board of Canvassers, Election, President Trump, Michigan Republican Party, Progress Michigan, racism, Michigan Democratic Party, Joe Biden

Resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Michigan may be 'beginning of a second wave'

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Dr. Khlaldun, Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, Detroit, Wayne County, coronavirus, COVID-19, second wave

Detroit issues COVID-19 restrictions to replace Whitmer's nullified orders

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Mayor Mike Duggan, Detroit, Wayne County, Denise Fair, Detroit Health Department, coronavirus, Gov. Whitmer, masks, Macomb County, Wayne County

Man wanted for pooping in a box, placing it on a shelf at Meijer in Van Buren Township

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Meijer, Van Buren Township, poop, Suspect, police, Wayne County

Michigan Supreme Court decision creates legal clusterfuck that could torpedo Whitmer's battle against coronavirus

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Michigan, Republicans, Legislature, Lansing, Michigan Supreme Court, masks, coronavirus, Wayne County, Macomb County, Oakland County, Mark Hackel

White House scrapped plan to send masks to Wayne County and other COVID-19 hotspots to avoid creating a 'panic'

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Masks, coronavirus, U.S. Postal Service, President Trump, mail, Wayne County, Detroit, HHS, health

Wayne County sheriff's corporal killed in brutal jail attack

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Wayne County Sheriff's Office, Corporal, Jail, Wayne County Jail, assault, Wayne County, Warren Evans

Cover Story

Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon has been lavishing his campaign funds on pretty much everything — except actually campaigning

Sheriff spending spree

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Local News, Benny Napoleon, Wayne County, campaign funds, Cover Story

Activist requests a grand jury to find Prosecutor Kym Worthy guilty of a misdemeanor over election filing

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Kym Worth, Victoria Burton-Harris, Wayne County prosecutor, Wayne County, election, politics, Robert Davis, Michigan election law

These 35 cops in Wayne County have been deemed untrustworthy to testify in court

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Detroit, Detroit Police, Wayne County, Wayne County Prosecutor, Kym Worthy, court

Gov. Whitmer orders implicit bias training for health professionals to combat racial inequalities

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Implicit bias, racism, Gov. Whitmer, Lt. Gov. Gilchrist, Joneigh Khaldun, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, health care, coronavirus, cases, deaths, Wayne County, Michigan, Detroit, Warren Evans

Singer John Legend endorses Victoria Burton-Harris for Wayne County prosecutor

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Victoria Burton-Harris, Wayne County, Wayne County prosecutor, Kym Worthy, election, progressives, John Legend, endorsement, Bernie Sanders

Budget cuts and coronavirus force vital American Indian Services resource center to close after 49 years

• By Jerilyn Jordan
• Tags: News Hits, American Indians, Wayne County, American Indian Services, Fay Givens, Detroit

Bernie Sanders endorses Victoria Burton-Harris for Wayne County prosecutor

• By Steve Neavling
• Tags: Bernie Sanders, Victoria Burton-Harris, Wayne County, prosecutor, Kym Worthy, election, endorsement, politics