DETROIT — A federal magistrate judge may order the release of more city text messages exchanged between former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his former chief of staff Christine Beatty and other city officials. The text messages that could be ordered released are those filed under seal in U.S. District Court

• Yatooma’s Foundation for the Kids received a $5,000 grant from the UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS. The grant will be used to fund technology support and upgrades. Norman A. Yatooma started the nonprofit organization in his father’s honor to help children overcome the challenges they face with

The man identified by the former lead investigator as the key suspect in the slaying of stripper Tamara (Strawberry) Greene was sentenced today to 14 to 25 years in prison for an unrelated double shooting. A Wayne County Circuit Court jury earlier this month convicted Darrett (Little D) King of

A lawyer for the family of slain stripper Tamara Greene won’t get to see 13 text messages that initially were believed to offer insight into her 2003 killing, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen ruled that the messages do not meet the standard to be viewed

You might call it the ultimate daddy-daughter date. Harrison Township resident Jim Harris and his 16-year-old daughter, Anna, will be among thousands in attendance today to watch the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers battle in the Super Bowl. “I still can’t believe it,” said Harris, as he and his youngest

It looked like Christmas would be bleak for the Cosme family. Laurence Cosme was fatally shot in August in front of two of his children. His wife, Eufemia, struggles to make ends meet with a paycheck from a part-time job. Their world brightened considerably Sunday when several volunteers — led

As lawsuits continue to pile up against Rock Tops, a defunct Macomb County countertops company, its lawyers refuse to say what prompted the abrupt closure of its 15 offices, leaving customers and vendors out more than a million dollars. On Monday, lawyers are set to appear in Macomb County Circuit

PONTIAC — At the ripe old age of 11, Ashley Cosme had begun to have some misgivings about Santa Claus. But Sunday, there was no doubt in Ashley’s mind when a man in a red suit arrived at her front door bearing giant sacks of presents, bags of groceries and

A lawyer for the family of slain stripper Tamara Greene filed a motion Wednesday asking that he be given access to 13 text messages that might shed light on her 2003 killing. Freep.com first reported last week that federal magistrate judges reviewing messages singled out the 13 text messages from

A lawyer for the family of slain stripper Tamara Greene today filed a motion asking that he be given access to 13 text messages that might shed light on her 2003 killing. Freep.com first reported last week that federal magistrate judges reviewing messages singled out the text messages from hundreds

DETROIT — A lawyer for the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene asked a judge today to let him look at text messages that U.S. magistrate judges have deemed potentially relevant in the family’s lawsuit against the city of Detroit. Lawyer Norman Yatooma said he should be able to

DETROIT — Confessed city “hit man” Vincent Smothers and notorious drug kingpin Milton “Butch” Jones are among the names on a beefed-up witness list filed by relatives of a slain exotic dancer in their federal lawsuit against the city of Detroit. Norman Yatooma, the Birmingham lawyer representing the family of

Federal magistrates have identified 13 text messages from city-issued pagers that might shed light on the 2003 killing of stripper Tamara Greene, who was said to have danced at a long-rumored party at the Manoogian Mansion, the Free Press has learned. It’s unclear what the text messages say, who exchanged

From Judge Tim Kenny’s lips to God’s ears. In an eloquent but stern oratory from the bench as he sentenced Christine Beatty to jail Tuesday, he called for an end to the text message scandal. “It’s now my hope that with this sentencing, that with regards to the text messaging

An attorney who represents a Georgia firm that sells a patented tool that cuts granite, marble and decorative stone also is suing Rock Tops, a Macomb Township maker of countertops that went out of business a week before Christmas. Rock Tops owners Robert Gasiorowski and Charlie Thiede ordered the granite

DETROIT — The family of a slain dancer Tamara Greene claims interim Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr.’s administration is blocking their attempts to get new information that could settle the case. Greene is the dancer who allegedly performed at a rumored-but-never-proven party at the Manoogian Mansion, just months before she

DETROIT — Federal magistrate judges on Wednesday began poring through hundreds of thousands of city of Detroit text messages to see if they shed light on the 2003 shooting death of a Detroit exotic dancer. The family of dancer Tamara “Strawberry” Greene is suing the city, former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick,

(AP) — Text messages that could shed light on whether former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and other city officials had knowledge of Tamara Greene’s death have been turned over to a court. The text messages, copied onto three CDs, were delivered Tuesday by the city’s former communications provider to U.S.