The Latest Breaking News from Wayne County

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The ruling is the second recent court decision that has curbed Detroit's aggressive vehicle forfeiture program.

A federal circuit judge writes that Detroit's vehicle seizure scheme "is simply a money-making venture—one most often used to extort money from those who can least afford it."

The decision provides important protection for property rights, and features a powerful concurring opinion by prominent conservative Judge Amal Thapar.

The Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility is again operating under state supervision less than a month after a public emergency order was lifted following the alleged sexual assault of a child and months of overcrowding and understaffing in the troubled facility.

The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation announced the approval of 2-point-3 million dollars in low-interest loans Friday. Among the biggest winners was Wayne County, with 250-thousand dollars for the county’s Beginning Farmer Loan Program.

The Institute for Justice says Robert Reeves' First Amendment rights were violated when prosecutors filed and refiled baseless felony charges against him after he sued to get his car back.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Flames as tall as a three-story building filled the horizon as a large industrial facility burned out of control Saturday outside Goldsboro, North Carolina, according to Wayne County officials.

DETROIT — A Wayne County judge has denied a request Monday to change Detroit's absentee voting processes ahead of Tuesday's election, ruling that all of the claims advanced in a lawsuit filed by GOP Secretary of State candidate Kristina Karamo were "unsubstantiated and/or misinterpret Michigan election law."