Teaching Our Children The Importance Of Celebrating Memorial Day
Memorial Day is not just the official start to summer. It's also an important holiday to pay your respects for those men and women who died in battle.
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Memorial Day is not just the official start to summer. It's also an important holiday to pay your respects for those men and women who died in battle.
A Detroit suburb on Monday honored seven veterans whose cremated remains have been in Michigan funeral homes for years.
Thousands of people lined Michigan Ave. to take in the 90th Annual Dearborn Memorial Day Parade — one of the largest in the nation.
Still don't know what you're doing Monday? Click for a rundown of local events.
Here's a list of work zones that will remain active or have lane restrictions during the holiday weekend.
A popular place to stay on the Island is the Grand Hotel, where there will be lots of fun activities lined up starting this Memorial Day weekend.
For your Memorial Day mini-vacation, check out these cities with year-round appeal, plus extra holiday happenings.
Families can preserve the sanctity of Memorial Day while maintaining hope for the future and joy in the present. No matter what state you call home, there are many ways to mark the day.
Try some variety with your next barbecue, and seek out some specialty craft beers instead of the regular brews. These craft beers pair exceptionally well with your carefully grilled meats.
Sean Tracy of Wixom has built about 100 models for local veterans.
A big crowd as always for the Dearborn Memorial Day parade, one of the biggest such parades in the state.
Marching bands, military vehicles, law enforcement officers on horseback. It's all a part of St. Clair Shores annual Memorial Day parade.
Southfield resident Andrew Johnson served in the Army from 1962 until 1965 as a specialist E-5 with Army Intelligence.
There are plenty of activities going on in metro Detroit this holiday weekend.
Due to the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, MDOT will suspend most road work and remove restrictions wherever possible, but that doesn't mean those orange barrels are going anywhere.
There are some notable films being released on Memorial Day weekend. The third chapter of 'The Hangover,' series, 'The Hangover 3," will be released on May 23rd.
An estimated 1.1 million Michigan residents will travel 50 miles or more on vacation during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, launching the 2013 summer travel season, according to AAA Michigan.
AAA Michigan says prices at the pump jumped 10 cents over the past week to a statewide average of $3.88 a gallon.
How do you celebrate Memorial Day, and what does this federal holiday mean to you and your family? Read what some of our country's veterans had to say about Memorial Day, patriotism and what this annual holiday means to them.
Visiting monuments this Memorial Day is a refreshing way of fostering a child's education outside of the classroom, paying tribute to those who died in war and remembering America's leaders.
A high-tech care package from Detroit has arrived in Afghanistan, about five months after a Detroit tech networking group decided to do something a little different to support the troops.
Memorial Day is for remembrance, and several Metro Detroit communities observed the Monday holiday with ceremonies and parades.
Members of the military can get discounts everywhere from Home Depot to Hooters, CVS to Jo-Ann Fabrics.
If you've got an inflatable pool for the kids, you may want to pull it out of storage.
Southfield resident and Vietnam Army Veteran Ken Richardson wants us all to remember this Memorial Day that freedom is not free
Isaiah Stewart scored 17 points to lead a balanced scoring attack as the Detroit Pistons beat the Atlanta Hawks 142-115.
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh took a moment during a press conference to speak on the firing of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore.
One woman was taken into custody after a body was found inside a home and an hours-long barricaded situation on Friday in Warren, Michigan, according to police.
Tamala Peterson, Gary Marken, Alita Moffitt and Jeffrey Mostellar are accused of not following safety protocols while working at the Oxford Center in Troy.
Yearbooks, VHS tapes, a Star Wars action figure, a piece of pottery, and newspapers and magazines, all from 1999, were sealed in a copper box that had been welded shut.
Moore, 39, is charged with third-degree felony home invasion, as well as misdemeanor counts of stalking and of breaking and entering.
Sherrone Moore's career with the University of Michigan's football team began more than five years ago. But his career was cut short when he was fired on Wednesday.
Isaiah Stewart scored 17 points to lead a balanced scoring attack as the Detroit Pistons beat the Atlanta Hawks 142-115.
The Michigan athletic director was informed of former coach Sherrone Moore's mental health issues just days before Moore was fired, a source told CBS News Detroit.
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh took a moment during a press conference to speak on the firing of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore.
Ford Motor Co. has stepped up technology in its popular F-150 pickup to combat ever-evolving techniques car thieves have at their disposal.
The management company of the LaFontaine Automotive Group in Metro Detroit has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle an alleged Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud.
Slower adoption of electric vehicles was cited as the reason for pending layoffs at GM's Factory Zero.
Yanfeng will close its Romulus production facility, located at 9800 Inkster Road.
In Metro Detroit, drivers are paying about $3.06 per gallon, which is 1 cent more than last week but 3 cents less than at the same time a year ago.
What started as an act of kindness in 2019 has turned into a movement in Detroit, led by his nonprofit Filthy Cares.
Paramount Skydance's $30 per share offer comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy parts of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at nearly $83 billion.
The nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes have been announced. Here are the nominees.
President Trump is hosting the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday after presenting medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony Saturday.
Japanese officials said Jeremy O Harris, known for his Tony-nominated "Slave Play" and his role in the series "Emily in Paris," was arrested on the island of Okinawa on Nov. 16.
Isaiah Stewart scored 17 points to lead a balanced scoring attack as the Detroit Pistons beat the Atlanta Hawks 142-115.
Moore, 39, is charged with third-degree felony home invasion, as well as misdemeanor counts of stalking and of breaking and entering.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday released 19 photos from a trove of images obtained from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein.
Time magazine named "the architects of AI" its 2025 Person of the Year on Thursday, calling out tech industry leaders behind the rise in artificial intelligence.
Prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. They plan to seek the death penalty.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami, The Ohio State University, University of Michigan and other institutions coauthored the study.
An investigation into the case of a Michigan man who contracted rabies after an organ transplant provided more details on the infection's origin.
Many people living with MS are limited from taking nature walks shown to improve mental health, so Hala Darwish is bringing Mother Nature to them.
Legionella bacteria were found through water testing in the building late Thursday after an employee was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease.
The new guidelines are effective at all DMC locations, including the Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Isaiah Stewart scored 17 points to lead a balanced scoring attack as the Detroit Pistons beat the Atlanta Hawks 142-115.
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh took a moment during a press conference to speak on the firing of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore.
Sherrone Moore's career with the University of Michigan's football team began more than five years ago. But his career was cut short when he was fired on Wednesday.
Moore, 39, is charged with third-degree felony home invasion, as well as misdemeanor counts of stalking and of breaking and entering.
The University of Michigan athletic director was informed of former coach Sherrone Moore's mental health issues on Sunday, just days before Moore was fired, a source familiar with the situation told CBS News Detroit's Rachel Hopmayer.
The state of Michigan can do better when it comes to raising the bar on K-12 public education.
The Detroit show will attract hundreds of thousands to the area as automakers, tech companies and more gravitate to downtown Detroit.
This week on Michigan Matters, Carol Cain speaks with retail owners and entrepreneurs ahead of the holiday season.
Hundreds of thousands will line up along Woodward Avenue for America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit.
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Sherrone Moore's career with the University of Michigan's football team began more than five years ago. But his career was cut short when he was fired on Wednesday for having an "inappropriate relationship" with a staff member, according to the university.
More witnesses took the stand in the 52-4 District Court in Troy on Friday in the preliminary examination for the deadly hyperbaric chamber explosion that killed 5-year-old Thomas Cooper back in January.
A plaque that students walk past each day as they enter and exit Pinckney Community High School was hiding a secret.
Two days after he was fired as head coach at the University of Michigan, Sherrone Moore was charged Friday in connection with the home invasion and stalking of a staff member with whom he allegedly had an "intimate relationship."
'Tis the season for pesky porch pirates. Fortunately, it's a crime the White Lake Township Police Department doesn't see too often.