Sheffield, 38, is the city's first new mayor in 12 years, succeeding Mike Duggan, who left the office to run for state ...

DETROIT – Detroit officials say the city saw a dramatic drop in violent crime in 2025, reaching levels not seen in decades and falling below 200 homicides for the first time since the mid-1960s.

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

A Clinton Township, Michigan, man is facing 10 charges in connection with a days-long crime spree that includes assault and ...

This story has been updated with new information. Homicides in Detroit continue to decline, with 2025 marking what officials have described as yet another historic drop: the fewest murders since 1964, ...

Detroit's homicide rate has fallen to below 200 instances for the first time in 60 years. The police department's annual press conference focusing crime statistics from the previous year included ...

Detroit has reached a historic turning point in its decades-long struggle with violent crime. On Wednesday, January 7, 2026, city officials announced that criminal homicides in 2025 fell to their ...

Detroit — Part of Mayor Mary Sheffield's plan to reduce gun violence and crime in the city is to continue to support residents like Pastor Maurice "Mo" Hardwick, a man also known as "The Street ...

A coalition of labor and immigrant-rights advocates protested in Detroit, calling for the defunding of ICE and an economic ...

The NAACP Detroit Branch gathered with other community leaders in response to the increasing tensions between ICE and ...

When I read about violence interrupters, I always come back to the same tension. The work is built for moments that rarely make a police report. A brewing argument that never becomes a shooting. A ...