DeRamus, a prize-winning columnist for The Detroit News from 1987-2006, and author of two books about the Underground Railroad, died early Friday after a long illness at a care facility in Novi, said longtime friend Denise Crittendon. She was 84.

USA TODAY plans to acquire The Detroit News following the end of the joint operating agreement, bringing Detroit’s two daily newspapers under one owner.

USA Today Co., which owns the Detroit Free Press, said Monday that it plans to acquire the Detroit News and bring both major metropolitan newspapers under its banner.

Baby love” took on some added meaning in Motown with the announcement that enrollment in a state cash assistance program for mothers and babies is officially open to Detroit mothers, with plans to expand it to the entire Upper Peninsula starting next month.

Here are The Detroit News girls basketball rankings for the week of Feb. 9, 2026. Keith Dunlap ranks the top teams in the state and in the four Metro Detroit regions.

In a press release Monday, USA TODAY Co., formerly known as Gannett, announced it has agreed to a binding letter of intent with MediaNews Group to acquire The Detroit News.

Before the president took aim at the Gordie Howe Bridge, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick reportedly met with the head of the Michigan family that owns the competing span connecting Detroit to Canada.

A goat, a screaming Detroiter, and a psychedelic healing shack make up one of our most memorable stories on FOX 2 and on Tuesday night, a goat named Smokey is making the news again.