Help sought finding Detroit man
Police are asking the public’s help in finding a 59-year-old man whose family has not heard from him since Monday. Damian Onwuzulike was last seen leaving work. Freep.com
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Police are asking the public’s help in finding a 59-year-old man whose family has not heard from him since Monday. Damian Onwuzulike was last seen leaving work. Freep.com
The City of Detroit has been spending property tax money intended for Detroit Public Library employees' benefits on city operations instead, a library official said Friday. Freep.com
Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers says she's worried about an ongoing FBI investigation into City Hall corruption but does not feel she can control its outcome. detnews.com
Detroit -- City Councilwoman Monica Conyers wouldn't discuss the federal corruption probe swirling around her, but says she's doing well despite everything. detnews.com
Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers showed up at a council meeting today apparently without any plea deal in the City Hall corruption case. freep.com
Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers tried to keep things routine Tuesday, even as authorities dangled a plea deal in their bribery investigation. Freep.com
Financial realities and a lack of information from the city have many residents convinced that July will find Detroit right back to handling the bulk of its waste through burning -- a move some see as a betrayal. Detnews.com
Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers said Tuesday she's trusting God to deliver her from her mounting problems -- a possible federal indictment and the prospect of prison. detnews.com
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Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's restoration of Norm White to the chief financial officer post he held for the final 9 months under former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has alarmed those who say tardy audits and deep problems with bookkeeping were not solved on White's watch. Freep.com
Two bills introduced in Lansing on Thursday would let Detroit voters decide whether to eliminate the Detroit school board and make the mayor and City Council responsible for hiring and firing the school superintendent. Freep.com
If Rayford Jackson pleads guilty Monday in connection with the Synagro scandal as expected, he will become the second big player to fall in the federal corruption probe of Detroit city government. freep.com
Detroit pension trustees say they attended conferences, meetings and researched investments as they traveled around the globe. freep.com
Rayford Jackson, a Detroit developer who worked as a consultant for Synagro Technologies, is expected to plead guilty today to charges related to the City Hall scandal involving allegations of pay to play, sources have told the Free Press.
Laura Berman: It's a house fit for a heart surgeon who saves seven lives a day or an entrepreneur who recently sold his digital gizmo firm to a public company. It's a house, even, for a software salesman who has risen to the top of his profession, improbably scooping up new accounts on the shoals of recession. Detnews.com