Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

Kwame Kilpatrick Text Messages Released

AP | ED WHITE and COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics


DETROIT — Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is out of jail. His ex-lover and top aide, Christine Beatty, still has weeks behind bars. But their text mes...

Michigan: The Key To Election 2008

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

"Michigan has suffered this economy in its worst form. Voters blame the Democratic governor and the Democratic Party, and the Republican president and the Republican Party."

Detroit Mayor Proves Jeans and Genes Corrupt

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 10.11.2008 | Chicago


Derrick K. Baker

Depending on your politics and perspective, if there ever was a time to kick a dog when he's down, it's now, as Kilpatrick might be headed to hell on scholarship.

Detroit Mayor To Resign Immediately

AP | ED WHITE and COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


DETROIT — Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was bounced from office Thursday in a deal with prosecutors that will send him to jail and put an end to the se...

Detroit Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, Charged With Two Felony Assault Counts

AP | ED WHITE and COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics


DETROIT — For anyone keeping score, the leader of the nation's 11th-largest city now faces 10 felony charges in two separate cases. Mayor Kwame...

Detroit Council Asks Mayor to Resign

AP | COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


DETROIT — A defiant Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick quickly rejected the City Council's call Tuesday for him to resign because of accusations that he lie...

Embattled Detroit Mayor Blasts "Lynch Mob Mentality"

AP | COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lashed out at his opponents and the news media Tuesday night, accusing them of showing a "lynch mob mentality" amid a scandal o...