Saturday, March 13, 2010

Patterson calls foul on Bing for trying to steal Pistons

Detroit -- Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson is taking a shot at Mayor Dave Bing for trying to lure the Detroit Pistons downtown. Patterson on Friday lectured Bing on regional cooperation. But turnabout is fair play, so Patterson said he's begun efforts to lure the Detroit Red Wings to The Palace of Auburn Hills. - 03/13/2010

Detroit gears up for 2010 Census

Detroit -- The city's budget crisis has Detroit relying on a grassroots effort to mobilize residents to be counted in the 2010 census. - 03/13/2010

Hundreds pay tribute to slain Jackson police officer James Bonneau

Law enforcement officers and firemen from around the United States attended the funeral in Canton honoring James Bonneau.

Canton Township -- It was shortly after midnight Tuesday when Jackson Police Chief Matthew Hines received the call that one of his officers had been shot. - 03/13/2010

Wayne briefs

Livonia; Detroit - 03/13/2010

Hundreds honor slain police officer

Mourners gathered by the hundreds this morning for the funeral of James Bonneau, the 26-year-old Canton native who died Tuesday in a shootout. - 03/12/2010

Laura Berman

Kilpatrick sets out to rehab image

Mike Paul, the new spokesman for Kwame Kilpatrick, talks to reporters after Thursday's hearing.

The doctor is in. Kwame Kilpatrick's new spokesman, Mike Paul, is a high-profile New York public relations man who touts himself as "The Reputation Doctor" and specializes in crisis management. - 03/12/2010

Fatal Detroit fires spark debate over utilities theft

DTE lineman Ray Willis removes cable from a home with an illegal hookup Wednesday on Detroit's west side.

DTE Energy is pushing for a package of laws that would stiffen penalties for energy thieves and make it more difficult to set up utility service at sites where theft has occurred. - 03/12/2010

Cox aide may testify in stripper case

C. Kilpatrick, left, and Greene

A new potential witness has emerged in the Tamara Greene case -- one a lawyer for the slain stripper's family says has important information about Attorney General Mike Cox's investigation of a rumored Manoogian Mansion party. - 03/12/2010

Bing wants Pistons back in Detroit

Bing

Detroit -- Mayor Dave Bing on Thursday said he's hopeful the Detroit Pistons can move back to the city, breathing life into prospects for a new downtown arena to house the franchise and the Detroit Red Wings - 03/12/2010

Suspects sought in Detroit shooting that killed 1, injured 3

Detroit -- Police are seeking suspects in a drive-by shooting Thursday night that left one man dead and injured three others, including a toddler, on the city's west side. - 03/12/2010

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