It’s the mid-19 th century in the American South. After a lifetime under the control of another, an overall-clad man with a rifle offers you the chance at a new life in Canada. The journey is ...

The Detroit Pistons have acquired another ball-handler. Dennis Schroder has been routed to the Pistons as part of the massive multi-team Jimmy Butler trade on Thursday, sources told the Free Press.

var digg_url = 'https://digg.com/autos/Ford_announces_EcoBoost_engines_to_give_20_mileage_boost'; Ford is using the 2008 Detroit Auto Show to kick off the transition ...

Detroit Diesel Corp. was formed in 1988 and acquired by Daimler in 2000. The company at the time said the operation had produced 1.1 million heavy-duty engines and had almost 3,000 Daimler Truck ...

Downtown Detroit should be filled with Detroit Lions fans Saturday as the team takes on the Washington Commanders in an NFL divisional round game at Ford Field. The top-seeded Lions (15-2 ...

DETROIT — Detroit wants to bring the WNBA back to the Motor City, backed by an investor group led by the owner of the NBA’s Pistons and NFL’s Lions. Pistons owner Tom Gores submitted the bid ...

The Free Press left a message Friday with the Detroit Public Schools Community District, the state's largest district with more than 53,000 students, asking whether classes will be canceled next week.

for Detroit automakers anytime soon. For investors, the current hope is that Ford and GM don't have to spend much capital in China to sustain profitable operations while the dust settles in such a ...

Trenton — Plans to separate a downriver railroad crossing from traffic at a busy Trenton intersection are moving forward, but are contingent on $73 million in federal funding that was announced ...

Rep. Debbie Dingell joined the Michigan Department of Transportation and other local and state leaders to announce the next steps for the project to put an overpass at the railroad crossing on M ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds SSW. The overnight low will be 21 °F (-6.1 °C). Cloudy with a high of 31 °F (-0.6 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 7 mph (3.2 to 11.3 kph). Snow today with a high of 28 °F ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Passenger rail enthusiasts in the Tri-State area were optimistic about the future of Amtrak service in Cincinnati following a new report from the Federal Railroad ...