local history

Today, a review of a 2022 case where a Grand Rapids police officer shot and killed Patrick Lyoya and what happens next. Then, the story of a water rescue and the journey of finding the stranger that saved him. Plus, the time Michiganders tried taking over Ontario.

Today, a survey of the recent presidential nominee visits targeting Black voters in Detroit. Then, true tales from a storied cemetery you can visit this spooky season. Plus, how Michiganders are considering cannabis policy as a factor in their presidential vote.

A new exhibition at the Ukrainian American Archives and Museum in Hamtramck documents the recent increase in tattooing across the Ukrainian diaspora.

A new documentary by two University of Michigan professors and Detroit filmmaker Aaron Schillinger dives into the intersection of the Civil Rights Movement and Detroit's bid to host the 1968 Olympics.

The renovated Michigan Central Station is now open. The once abandoned building is a relic of an economic "boom" era in Detroit.

After over three decades of vacancy and a $949 million investment from Ford, the historic Michigan Central Station building will reopen to the public this week.

Learning the history of divestment and protests at the University of Michigan, and the mix of reactions from Jewish students to current on-campus protests.

Benjamin Hall's family has passed down one of their ancestor's freedom papers for generations. The document tells a piece of this family's history, and a larger painful legacy of chattel slavery in the United States.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission ordered to make quick changes, the Arab American experience though Dearborn voices, a Flint inventor who gave us two-sided toast and the electric oven, and delivering doughnuts on the Great Lakes.

"Mountaintop: The Inside Story of Michigan’s 1997 Title Climb" tells the tale of Michigan football's legendary season that brought home the championship.