Don’t worry, Detroit — the alligator recently spotted on Belle Isle has been found.  The gator shocked Detroiters when it was seen on the island park late last month. It was captured Wednesday by vigilante animal rescuers Steven Hart and Troy Keteyian, who turned it over to a local reptile education center. Hart, a dog […]

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Hamtramck resident Lynn Blasey couldn’t believe her eyes during a visit to Detroit’s Belle Isle on Sunday. Sunbathing on the shore was none other than an alligator.  “I made a new friend while paddleboarding today,” she wrote on Facebook. Blasey tells Metro Times that in reality, she was afraid of the creature, which is not […]

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Do you have a passion for local journalism and social media? Then we’d love to hear from you! Metro Times, Detroit’s alternative weekly, is seeking an experienced social media editor to join our team. The role will utilize social media platforms to connect our journalism with audiences and drive readers to our website, metrotimes.com. The […]

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CEO pay is out of control, with the possibility of Tesla executive Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire. Meanwhile, prospects for average workers have dimmed with decades of stagnated wages and a majority of Americans living paycheck to paycheck.  On Monday, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont […]

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It’s time to put the pedal to the metal and vote for your local favorites in the 2025 Metro Times Best of Detroit readers poll. Whether it’s your favorite taco spot, dive bar, tattoo artist, or vintage vinyl shop, and hundreds of other categories, this is your chance to crown the true champions of the […]

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You’re in the driver’s seat! The race is on: The annual Metro Times Best of Detroit Reader’s Poll is now open. It’s time to vote for the people, places, and things to do that drive the Motor City, like arts and culture, food and drink, goods and services, and a whole bunch more. Voting closes […]

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It has come to our attention that a Detroit mansion once owned by Wes Borland, the flamboyant guitarist from nu metal band Limp Bizkit, is back on the market. Located at 55 Arden Park Blvd. in the Boston-Edison district, the 8,421-square-foot home was built in 1924. It was purchased by Borland and his then-fiancé Carré […]

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You’re in the driver’s seat! The race is on: The annual Metro Times Best of Detroit Reader’s Poll is now open. It’s time to vote for the people, places, and things to do that drive the Motor City, like arts and culture, food and drink, goods and services, and a whole bunch more.

A motorcycle dashcam caught a dramatic incident on Wednesday evening when a man lost control of his car and wound up driving through a building in Midtown. The video, posted on Facebook by Khanh Cai, shows a 2017 Ford Fusion being driven along Woodward Avenue as it begins to drift. It then rides up over the curb of a QLine stop and swerves just feet away from the motorcyclist before it hits another vehicle and smashes through the front door of 5708 Woodward Ave., coming to a stop at the other side of the building.

It sounds like something straight out of the TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. A series of viral social media posts claim five women in Detroit have been found dead with tea bags stuffed in their mouths — allegedly the work of a serial murderer dubbed the “Tea Bag Killer” in retaliation for using a controversial smartphone app to gossip. But Detroit police say there is absolutely no truth behind the lurid tale.

Ranked choice voting could come to Michigan — if the campaign to get it on the 2026 general election ballot is successful and voters approve. The Rank MI Vote campaign said it has started collecting signatures on Thursday.

U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow is going bar-hopping this weekend. The Oakland County Democrat is appearing at breweries in the greater Detroit area “to show up, listen, and share a beer with Michiganders across the state,” her campaign says in a press release. The “McMorrow on Tap Brewery Tour” includes stops at the Ferndale Project at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 20, followed on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Ypsilanti’s 734 Brewing, Flint Brewery at 3 p.m. in Flint, and Warren’s Kuhnhenn Brewing at 5 p.m.