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People Could Win Free Furniture from Gardner White if the Detroit Lions Win the Super Bowl
July 16, 2024 ~ Gardner White announced a new partnership with the Detroit Lions, becoming the team’s official furniture and mattress store. Guy Gordon and Jamie Edmonds talk with Gardner White CEO Rachel Stewart about how people can get furniture and mattresses for free if the Lions win the Super Bowl next season!
What’s That Noise? Sonic Boom Warning Issued for Michigan
Even if you know it's coming, a sonic boom can still take you by surprise - and if you're a resident of Southeast Michigan or Northwest Ohio, you may hear some today. The 180th Fighter Wing in Ohio will be conducting testing Monday (7/15) afternoon and says residents should be aware that the loud "booms" could be heard throughout the area.
MLF set to wrap Tackle Warehouse Invitationals season next week with Stop 6 at Detroit River Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches
DETROIT – The incredible bass fishing that the Detroit area offers to anglers will be on full showcase to a worldwide audience next week. Major League Fishing is set to visit Detroit and the Detroit River next week, July 26-28, for the sixth and final Tackle Warehouse Invitationals event of the season – the Tackle Warehouse Invitational Stop 6 at the Detroit River Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches. The three-day tournament will feature a roster of up to 150 professional anglers competing for a top prize of up to $115,000 and an invitation to compete at REDCREST 2025 – MLF’s most prestigious event – for the chance to win up to $300,000.
Detroit City Council delays vote on solar neighborhoods as city awaits legal analysis
Detroit City Council delayed voting Tuesday on developing fields of solar panels as officials prepare a legal analysis of the project. After weeks of deliberation, council members sought outside counsel to provide the analysis, questioning whether the city can use eminent domain to acquire the proposed land. Council President Mary Sheffield also issued a plethora of questions to the mayor's office surrounding the project. ...
Free state park access for veterans fails to make Michigan budget
A proposal to give veterans free access to state parks failed to make Michigan’s budget. The initiative would’ve been funded by changing how Michigan residents each year renew their state recreation passport, which grants vehicle access to 103 state parks along with boat launches and other state-managed recreation facilities.
Lions, Browns, several other playoff teams get snubbed by Chargers' Jim Harbaugh
The LA Chargers hiring Jim Harbaugh this offseason was one of the most prolific head-coaching moves in recent NFL history. Harbaugh has won everywhere he has coached and after winning the National Championship with Michigan he will now chase the one thing that has alluded him: a Super Bowl. Harbaugh...
Report: 2 teams prepared to offer Detroit Tigers huge trades for Tarik Skubal
DETROIT – Two of the top World Series contenders in baseball are reportedly preparing huge trade offers for Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal. Longtime MLB analyst Tom Verducci posted a story for Sports Illustrated on Monday saying that both the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers are looking at Skubal as the MLB trade deadline draws near.
Westland John Glenn celebrates past champions with inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame
During the spring season's madness, when teams in the Hometown Life region were winning state championships in baseball, track and field, and golf, Westland John Glenn was celebrating its former champions. The Rockets recently inducted its inaugural class into its Athletic Hall of Fame, which included over 30 athletes, coaches...
Shooting at Detroit gas station leaves young woman in critical condition, three injured
A shooting at a gas station on Detroit’s east side left a woman in critical condition and three others injured. Detroit Police said the suspect walked into a gas station at Gratiot and Van Dyke around 9 p.m.
A Look Inside the Abandoned Murphy Academy: Detroit, Michigan
WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property. The abandoned Murphy Academy is located on Fenkell Street in Detroit. Once upon a time it was filled with 150 students from grades pre-kindergarten to 8th grade....
A Film Festival Just For HBCU Students Is Heading To Detroit
Detroit is known as the Motor City but for two days in August, it will be a haven for Black creatives from HBCUs. The Autumn Sun Film Festival comes to Detroit on August 23 with an awards ceremony and gala the next night. Founder and filmmaker Bruce Clifton says that his hometown deserves a place where filmmakers can come together and share their work. It’s taking place at Newlab at Michigan Central Station, a 30-acre campus dedicated to technology and culture.
The Daily: Patrik Laine Trade Talk on Pause; Ex-Red Wings Roundup
Patrik Laine trade talk will have to wait until the Columbus Blue Jackets player leaves the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. A player can be moved while he is in the program, but teams interested in acquiring Laine want to speak to him before pulling the trigger on a deal. No NHL team official can talk to a player while he is in the program..
Lions Issued Warning About $6.5 Million DE With ‘Bust’ Potential
The Detroit Lions made an investment into their pass-rushing group this offseason by signing veteran defensive end Marcus Davenport, but an analyst warns that the move has the potential to fall flat. The Lions signed the 27-year-old defensive end to a one-year, $6.5-million contract this offseason in an attempt to...
Severe storms bring more heavy rain to West Michigan
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Severe thunderstorms racing across West Michigan late Monday night and early Tuesday morning created vivid lightning and dropped more heavy rain on already saturated ground. The storms first moved onto the Lake Michigan shoreline around 11 p.m. Monday and moved steadily eastward until clearing the area by 3 a.m. Tuesday. Doppler radar estimated rainfall showed the heaviest precipitation fell in an east to west stripe that roughly followed I-94 where between 2.5" and 4.0" of rain may have fallen.
Canton police want help finding missing 17-year-old girl
CANTON, Mich. – Police are seeking information about a 17-year-old girl who went missing in Canton. Dallas Glover was last seen leaving her home at 1:30 p.m. on Monday (July 8). Officials say she was last seen in the 1500 block of Hampshire Drive and was picked by a...
Grand Victorian in Corktown, once home of a Tigers owner, for sale for almost $2 million
A Victorian home in Corktown, occupied at one time by the owner of the Detroit Tigers in 1900, is for sale for just under $2 million — and, get this — it comes with its own plan to help cover the mortgage: a next-door duplex you can rent.
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