The annual Ford Fireworks show in Detroit ranks second on USA Today’s 10Best list of the best places to watch fireworks, second only to Chicago’s Navy Pier. The 67th Ford Fireworks show will take ...

DETROIT — A man who for years controlled the finances at a group that has turned Detroit's riverfront into a popular attraction was charged Wednesday with embezzling tens of millions of dollars.

William Smith, the former CFO of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, who pleaded guilty in a $40 million embezzlement case, was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in federal prison. Smith, 52 ...

A Wayne County Circuit Court judge has allowed the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy to add to the list of defendants in a civil suit filed against its former CFO William Smith. The court on Friday ...

DETROIT (AP) — A former executive at a major Detroit nonprofit was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in prison for stealing more than $40 million meant to help beautify the city’s riverfront.

Defense attorneys had sought a minimum 12½-year penalty for the former nonprofit executive who stole at least $44 million.

along the Detroit Riverwalk. This popular trail currently spans about 3.75 miles along the Detroit River, from the Riverfront Towers in the west to Gabriel Richard Park in the east (close to the ...

(Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect a GM employee's full name) The Detroit City Council ... anchors a thriving riverfront that is not just based on Navy Pier in Chicago, but that ...