Council members took time at the end of Tuesday’s meeting to thank Durhal for his work over the last four years.

The land bank has been working for nearly two years without a formal agreement in place; the prior agreement expired in December 2023.

Arrested on the city’s eastside, they were taken with family members to an ICE detention facility in Texas.

Detroit Hives aims to complete the community-reflected East Warren Community Arboretum & Botanical Garden by October 2026.

Actor and Inkster native Antoine McKay is making his directorial debut with the play “Primary Trust," which focuses on Black mental health.

Holocaust survivor and author Irene Miller shares her firsthand account of displacement, survival, and resilience during World War II as part of our “Destination Detroit” series.

By Sarah Zientarski, One Detroit Contributor This is part two of a two-part series. Part one is about Holocaust survivor and author Irene Miller’s story. Children of Holocaust survivors are learning tools to share their parents’ stories, helping to carry on their legacies. Earlier this year, descendants of Holocaust survivors attended a storytelling workshop at The Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills led by writer and performer David Labi. Labi, whose father was a Holocaust survivor, created the session to help children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors refine how they share their families’ stories. “I felt like this was a good opportunity to work with people on the stories they tell themselves about their parents and grandparents,” Labi said. “Looking at different ways they can approach the stories of their ancestors.” Participants included Gail Offen and Jeffrey Cymerint. Both are members of the Holocaust Center’s Next Generation Speakers Program and share their fathers’ stories of survival during public talks. Offen said she signed up for the workshop immediately after learning about it. “Everybody’s stories can get better,” she said. “How do you connect with people in your audience? You need to have your story resonate with them.” Offen explained her father and uncle were imprisoned in a labor camp where prisoners were forced to carry large, heavy rocks up 186 steps throughout the day. “If you didn’t run, the guards would shoot at you,” she said. Offen said her father began sharing his story publicly at age 60, encouraged by The Zekelman Holocaust Center’s founder Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig. Cymerint also speaks on behalf of his late father. He said the workshop reinforced the importance of keeping audiences engaged. “That’s the biggest thing I got from the workshop is how to make it compelling and keep the audience’s attention,” Cymerint said. Approximately 4,000 Holocaust survivors settled in Michigan after World War II. Today, more than 400 survivors still live in the state, and programs like the Next Generation Speakers initiative aim to ensure their stories remain part of Michigan’s historical record. Offen and Cymerint sat down with One Detroit contributor Sarah Zientarski and explained how their families ended up in Michigan as a part of our ongoing Destination Detroit series, which explores the region’s rich history and the people who helped shape it.

About 2.6 million Michigan residents will take a trip of at least 50 miles between Nov. 25 and Dec. 1, AAA says.

Nushrat Rahman writes about ongoing food assistance efforts, a scaled-back water affordability program for Detroit, new senior housing and more.

After months spent writing about the looming collapse of whitefish in the lower Great Lakes, Bridge Michigan teamed up with Detroit PBS to tell the story in documentary form. Here’s how to watch.

Michigan officials are warning travelers about ‘juice jacking,’ a cybercrime where hackers use public USB charging ports to steal data or install malware.

Research study finds families living in majority-Black census tracts spent 5.1% of their income on energy – significantly higher than the 3.2% share spent by average American households.

The Lifeline program offers a fixed monthly bill of $34 a month for income eligible households without a past due balance.

Nonprofits, large and small, have stepped up during the recent confusion around food assistance and are not stopping anytime soon.

November is National Homelessness Awareness Month and National Homeless Youth Awareness Month.

The senior village on Meyers, set aside for residents 55 and up, is on the site of what was once Michigan's only historically Black college and university.

A host of Michigan communities are weighing proposals for the hulking computing facilities? How many of those will come to fruition? And why is Michigan suddenly seeing a data center surge?

Results are in for advisory council, commission with competing write-in candidates.

Malachi Barrett has the latest from Detroit City Council: Suspension upheld for prominent demo contractor, pay raises and the prospect of a Rivertown Business Improvement Zone.

The PreK for All initiative has been aimed at removing income and other restrictions on the Great Start Readiness Program, essentially allowing any child to enroll whether they are from a low-income home or not.

A report from the Citizen’s Research Council underscores Michigan’s overall poor health, arguing that policymakers should consider other factors — transportation, education and civic engagement, for example — for improving the state’s health and, in turn, the state’s economy.

In time for National Youth Homelessness Awareness Month, Every Soul Arts will host a film screening event Friday at Newlab at Michigan Central. Micah has more on the organization and its plans for the future in Culture Canvas.

City ethics training, mandated by the City Charter, is lacking with less than 10% of Detroit’s 10,000-plus public servants having taken it, the Free Press learned.

A waterfront extension of Detroit’s Little Village cultural development is planned as a 13-acre public gathering place.

Since 2017, Bettye Wright has spent most of her time caring for senior citizens on the city’s southeast side at a nonprofit she founded with her grandfather’s namesake.