(Center) Detroit Cass Technical High School 10th graders Makayla Adams, 15 of Detroit, holds up a sign asking, “Am I Next?” as she listens to her peers speak out during the National School Walkout Wednesday in protest against gun violence and for stronger gun reform on the anniversary of the Parkland shooting where 17 high school students were killed, March 14, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Detroit firefighters put out a vacant dwelling fire at Jeffries Fwy and Maplewood Ave on Detroit’s west side Thursday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Stacey and Steve Sechrist, of Wixom, stroll past an FCA Supercharge 6.2L Hemi engine on display during the Charity Preview gala Friday evening at the 2018 North American International Auto Show inside Cobo Center in Downtown Detroit, Jan. 19, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Chinese automaker GAC reveals the Enverge concept at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in Cobo Center Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
The all new 2019 Chevrolet Silverado is unveiled at Eastern Market in Detroit Saturday evening before the official start of the North American International Auto Show, Jan. 13, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Damamnian Terry, of Detroit, pauses his work to pay his respects to fallen Detroit police officer Glenn Doss Jr. Friday at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. “It’s sad you know he was a young guy. He was out here trying to protect the people,” said Terry. Two-year member of the police department Doss Jr., 25, succumbed to his injuries after being shot the night of Jan. 24 while desponding to a domestic dispute. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Ded Rranxburgaj and his wife Flora in an apartment inside Detroit’sÊCentral United Methodist Church, Feb. 7, 2018. Rranxburgaj, an immigrant from Albania, avoided deportation by taking sanctuary insideÊthe church with his wife and two sons on Jan. 16. Rranxburgaj was scheduled to be deported Jan. 25. ICE considers him a fugitive, but has Òno intentions of entering the church.Ó For years, Rranxburgaj had been allowed to remain in the U.S. under ICE supervision for humanitarian reasons, because he cares for his wife, who suffers from debilitating multiple sclerosis. That changed in 2017, when ICE toughened enforcement operations. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Family of slain Detroit Police Sgt. Kenneth Steil listens to his wife JoAnn Steil read her statement during the sentencing of Marquise Cromer, 22 of Detroit, who plead no contest, “guilty but mentally ill,” to charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony in the death of Detroit Police Sgt. Kenneth Steil at Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Feb. 15, 2018. Cromer was sentenced to 40 to 77 years in jail for shooting Steil in the chest with a shotgun behind a Detroit gas station on Sept. 12, 2016. Steil, 46, died unexpectedly five days later in the hospital due to a medical complication from the injury. Known as ‘Shark,’ Steil was apart of the Underwater Rescue Team and Special Operations Team in the Ninth Precinct. He is survived by his wife, JoAnn, and two children, William, now 6, and Alexander, 4, his parents, Diane and Ken Steil Sr., and sister, Karen Tonn. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Marquise Cromer, 22 of Detroit, looks up into the light, during his sentencing hearing after pleading no contest, “guilty but mentally ill,” to charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony in the death of Detroit Police Sgt. Kenneth Steil at Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Feb. 15, 2018. Cromer was sentenced to 40 to 77 years in jail. Cromer shoot Steil in the chest with a shotgun behind a Detroit gas station on Sept. 12, 2016. Steil, 46, died unexpectedly five days later in the hospital due to a medical complication from the injury. Known as ‘Shark,’ Steil was apart of the Underwater Rescue Team and Special Operations Team in the Ninth Precinct. He is survived by his wife, JoAnn, and two children, William, now 6, and Alexander, 4, his parents, Diane and Ken Steil Sr., and sister, Karen Tonn. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
A women crosses Woodward Ave. during a massive snowstorm in Downtown Detroit Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Two women embrace at a fourth related shooting at a home on the 15100 block of Faust Ave. in NW Detroit Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. The suspect, who police identified as 27-year-old Anthony George Davis Jr., shot himself in Ohio Monday afternoon after the shooting ofÊthree peopleÊat a Detroit gas station and a fourth personÊat a nearby home on the cityÕs west side. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
A Spartan Brass Band member walks past the Michigan State University Spartan projected on the floor at a pep rally organized by the MSU Alumni Association at The Fillmore in Downtown Detroit before the NCAA tournament at Little Caesars Arena Friday evening, March 16, 2018.
Warren De La Salle celebrates the win over University of Detroit Jesuit 63-58 in the Boys Basketball Class A Quarterfinals held at University of Detroit Mercy’s Calihan Hall Tuesday evening in Detroit, March 20, 2018.
Detroit Soccer District is breaking ground on new micro-sports facility near on Stanton St. near Grand River and Warren Avenues on Detroit’s near west side, April 20, 2018. The facility will include an outdoor artificial turf 8v8 soccer field and an indoor sport court for soccer, handball, basketball and volley. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Department of Natural Resources Emily Urdman lays down mulch Tuesday afternoon around daffodils in bloom on Detroit’s Belle Isle April 24, 2018. One million daffodils are being planted across the city of Detroit, with 265,000 bulbs planted last fall and another 209,500 bulbs this year. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Reinaldo Andreatta and Carolina Gazal, from Brazil, take a photo in front of the Motown Museum sign on FounderÕs Day Wednesday, April 25, 2018. The event offered half-off admission and performances by Motown musicians to honor its late founder, Esther Gordy Edwards. The museum is set to break ground in October on a 50,000-square-foot expansion. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Michigan furniture and office design company MarxModa cut the ribbon on their new headquarters in Downtown Detroit’s Olde Building at 751 Griswold, April 26, 2018. MarxModa is the former bank building’s first tenet in nearly 20 years before purchased and renovated by Detroit-based real estate firm Basco. The Olde Building was built in 1924-25 by famed Detroit architect Albert Kahn. Its stone work is attributed to architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
President Trump supporters turn around and heckle the press at Trump’s Michigan campaign rally held inside Total Sports Park in Washington, Mich., a town in northern Macomb County Saturday evening, April 27, 2018. The rally coincides with the annual White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner in Washington, D.C., a decision the Trump campaign implied was intentional. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
A President Trump supporter heckles the press inside a media pen at Trump’s Michigan campaign rally inside Total Sports Park in Washington, Mich., a town in northern Macomb County Saturday evening, April 27, 2018. The rally coincides with the annual White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner in Washington, D.C., a decision the Trump campaign implied was intentional.
Two Trump supporters relax on the turf grass after President Donald Trump’s rally held inside Total Sports Park in Washington, Mich., a town in northern Macomb County Saturday evening, April 27, 2018. The rally coincides with the annual White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner in Washington, D.C., a decision the Trump campaign implied was intentional. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
The long-vacant Park Avenue Building, at 2001 Park Avenue in Downtown Detroit, is reported to be sold to a Novi-based homebuilder with plans to be redeveloped into apartments with ground floor retail, April 29, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
‘The Corner,’ a $30 million mixed-use development project broke ground Tuesday on the former Tiger Stadium site at Michigan and Trumbull Avenues in Detroit’s Corktown, May 8, 2018. The project will include 111 multifamily apartment units and 26,000 square-feet of ground floor commercial space on Michigan Ave. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Detroit City FC players and fans celebrate after DCFC defeat the Michigan Bucks 5-4 in penalty kicks advancing to the second round of the U.S. Open Cup Wednesday night at Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck, May 9, 2018.
Albania-born Ded Rranxburgaj, unable to leave the church, waves goodbye to immigration advocates as they begin their 90-mile march from Detroit to Lansing on Monday in a demonstration aimed at raising awareness of strict federal immigration policy the impacts of deportation. The march started at Central United Methodist Church in Downtown Detroit where Rranxburgaj has sought sanctuary for the last four months to avoid deportation. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
A women shades herself from the hot sun with an umbrella at Movement Electronic Music Festival Monday afternoon in Downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza, May 28, 2018. In its 12th year, the annual Memorial Day weekend festival brings in electronic music artists and fans from all over the world to Detroit.
Movement Electronic Music Festival goers dance despite 90 degree temperatures at the Pyramid Stage Monday afternoon in Downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza, May 28, 2018. In its 12th year, the annual Memorial Day weekend festival brings in electronic music artists and fans from all over the world to Detroit. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Movement Electronic Music Festival closes out a weekend long dance party Monday in Downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza, May 28, 2018. In its 12th year, the annual Memorial Day weekend festival brings in electronic music artists and fans from all over the world to Detroit. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
The crowd head bumps to Canadian artist REZZ on the Stargate stage Monday night at the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza, May 28, 2018. In its 12th year, the annual Memorial Day weekend festival brings in electronic music artists and fans from all over the world to Detroit.
Wu-Tang Clan, with all its members, closes out the Movement main stage Monday with a 25th anniversary set of their album, ‘Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’ at the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza, May 28, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
(Left) John Linnert, with Great Lakes Towing, Josh Melville, with Service Towing, and Brian Greene fix American flags attached to the Word Wide Equipment Sales tow truck for the funeral procession for 42-year-old Nader Chehadi, of Ypsilanti, who killed after an SUV crashed into a disabled bus he was assisting Tuesday on the shoulder of I-94 in Pittsfield Township. Hundreds of drivers came to pay their respects by leading their tow trucks in the funeral procession from the funeral at the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn Heights to the cemetery on Thursday, May 31, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
F if for Ford. The Ford Motor Company unveiled their plans for a Corktown campus where 2,500 Ford workers, who focus on mobility, will move to the neighborhood by 2022. Alongside the train station, the Dearborn-based automaker has purchased the adjacent Detroit Public Schools Book Depository building, a former brass factory, along with two acres of vacant land. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Fire crews from Redford, Dearborn Heights, Southfield and Livonia fight to contain a large fire in a 92-year-old golf club house in Redford Township on Friday morning, June 1, 2018. The fire was reported at Western Golf and Country Club, at 14600 Kinloch, around 5 a.m. Friday morning in the 25,000-square-foot building No injuries were reported. The club was not open for the day at the time of the fire. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
(Left) Sydney Queen and Isabel Paul, both of Detroit, watch colorfully clad marchers make their way down towards Hart Plaza in the annual Motor City Pride parade Sunday afternoon in Downtown Detroit, June 10, 2018. The parade is apart of the two-day Motor City Pride festival, which celebrates the lives of Michigan’s LGBTQ citizens. It is the largest LGBTQ gathering in the state, attracting some 40,000 people each year. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses invited guests at the Detroit Economic Club luncheon inside Ford Field’s atrium in Detroit on Monday, June 18, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Matthew Wood, 17 of Pontiac, holds up a “Detroit-vs-Everybody” sign he made in front of the Michigan Central Station during the Ford Corktown Celebration Tuesday afternoon in Detroit, June 19, 2018. The Ford Motor Company unveiled their plans for a Corktown campus where 2,500 Ford workers, who focus on mobility, will move to the neighborhood by 2022. Alongside the train station, the Dearborn-based automaker has purchased the adjacent Detroit Public Schools Book Depository building, a former brass factory, along with two acres of vacant land. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Inside the long-vacant Michigan Central Station Tuesday during the Ford Corktown Celebration, an event highlighting the Dearborn-based automaker’s acquisition of former train station and plans for a Corktown campus, June 19, 2018.The Dearborn-based automaker unveiled their plans for a Corktown campus where 2,500 Ford workers, who focus on mobility, will move to the neighborhood by 2022. Alongside the Michigan Central Station, Ford has purchased the adjacent Detroit Public Schools Book Depository building, a former brass factory, along with two acres of vacant land. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Inside the long-vacant Michigan Central Station Tuesday during the Ford Corktown Celebration, an event highlighting the Dearborn-based automaker’s acquisition of former train station and plans for a Corktown campus, June 19, 2018.The Dearborn-based automaker unveiled their plans for a Corktown campus where 2,500 Ford workers, who focus on mobility, will move to the neighborhood by 2022. Alongside the Michigan Central Station, Ford has purchased the adjacent Detroit Public Schools Book Depository building, a former brass factory, along with two acres of vacant land. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Spectators take in the 60th annual Detroit Ford Fireworks in Downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza Monday night, June 26, 2018. More than 100,000 explosives were set off from three barges in the Detroit River during the 25-minute show. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Seven-year-old La’Tavia Patterson, of Detroit, sits atop Octavia Patterson’s shoulders during the 60th annual Detroit Ford Fireworks in Downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza Monday night, June 26, 2018. More than 100,000 explosives were set off from three barges in the Detroit River during the 25-minute show. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Children on Lilac Street, where one of the first houses of the City of Detroit’s Fitzgerald Revitalization Project is being renovated as part of a larger project to transform and stabilize the northwest neighborhood, June 27, 2018. The Fitz Forward development team, Century Partners and The Platform, will renovate 100 vacant homes by 2020, demolish dangerous structures and rethink empty lots into green spaces for the community- revitalizing more than 300 parcels of land. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
West’s outfield awaits the next ball at the 37th annual East vs. West Michigan High School Baseball Association All-Star Game at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit Friday night, June 30, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Hundreds gather in Detroit’s Clark Park for a “Melt the ICE” rally, protesting the division of immigrant families and the federal government’s hard-line policies toward migrants and asylum seekers on Saturday, June 30, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Courtney and 4-year-old Saiah, of Detroit, join hundreds others in Detroit’s Clark Park for a “Melt the ICE” rally, protesting the division of immigrant families and the federal government’s hard-line policies toward migrants and asylum seekers on Saturday, June 30, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Joi Fukase, 1 of Ann Arbor, lets out a cry as Theo Zwegers, 2 of Dexter, drives his father’s built Zwegers Motor electric vehicle at the Maker Faire outside of The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic candidate for New York’s 14th congressional district, speaks to press after rallying for Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic candidate for governor in Michigan’s primary race, at Wayne State University in Detroit on Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
(Left) Campaign volunteers Aaron Cooper, 19 of Detroit, and TyJuan Thirdgill, 19 of Muskegon, cheer on Democratic nominee for Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer at her election night party Tuesday at MotorCity Casino’s Sound Board in Detroit after winning the Democratic Party primary, Aug. 7, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Kyle Theroux kisses Shannon McLaughlin, both of Windsor, Canada, on the cheek Sunday at the Mo Pop music festival in Detroit’s West Riverfront park, July 30, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Maria Yante-Avina, 45, who originally came to the U.S from Mexico with her older sister when she was 15-years-old is surrounded by family Monday night in Detroit before her scheduled deportation, July 31, 2018. Yante-Avina has 6 children and 9 grandchildren in the U.S., her husband was deported in 2017. Her youngest daughter, 13-year-old U.S.-born Marely Lugo-Yante, is moving with her mother to Mexico. Yante-Avina was arrested a block from her home in Feb. 2018 taking her granddaughter to school. According to ICE officials, she was released from custody for humanitarian reasons and allowed to finalize her departure arrangements, including the selling of her home just two weeks ago. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
A chair holds the parking spot for Joe and Mary-Lou who according to the sign had “Gone Cruisin'” on Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak during the 2018 Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday morning, Aug. 18, 2018. More than 40,000 collector, classic and custom cars and 1.5 million are expected along Metro Detroit’s central corridor, Woodward Avenue, Saturday in what is widely considered the largest one-day automotive event in the world. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
FEA- Lucy Lambert, of Plymouth, celebrates her second birthday at the 2018 Woodward Dream Cruise while sitting inside her family’s 1954 Chevy T10 Saturday morning in Royal Oak’s Memorial Park, Aug. 18, 2018. More than 40,000 collector, classic and custom cars and 1.5 million are expected along Metro Detroit’s central corridor, Woodward Avenue, Saturday, in what is widely considered the largest one-day automotive event in the world.
A Hawaiian hula dancer sits on the dashboard of a classic Chevrolet parked in Memorial Park during the 2018 Woodward Dream Cruise Saturday morning in Royal Oak, Aug. 18, 2018. More than 40,000 collector cars and 1.5 million are expected along Metro Detroit’s central corridor, Woodward Avenue, Saturday, in what is widely considered the largest one-day automotive event in the world. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Classic and custom cars cruise down Woodward Ave. in Royal Oak during the 2018 Woodward Dream Cruise Saturday morning, Aug. 18, 2018. More than 40,000 collector, classic and custom cars and 1.5 million are expected along Metro Detroit’s central corridor, Woodward Avenue, Saturday in what is widely considered the largest one-day automotive event in the world. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
A man holds out a memorial card for sale outside of Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit as hundreds line up to pay their respects to Aretha Franklin on the first day of public viewing Tuesday morning, Aug. 28, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Imogen King-Dugan, of Farmington Hills, waits in line outside the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit Tuesday morning to pay her respects on the first day of public viewing for Aretha Franklin, Aug. 28, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Stuart Popp, of Plymouth, parks his 1956 pink Cadillac outside of Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit Tuesday morning during the public viewing for Aretha Franklin, Aug. 28, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
More than 40 performers took the stage Thursday at Chene Park in Detroit on the eve of Aretha Franklin’s funeral for “A People’s Tribute to the Queen,” Aug. 30, 2018. The star-studded line up included top R&B, gospel, jazz and blues artists. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
More than 40 performers took the stage Thursday at Chene Park in Detroit on the eve of Aretha Franklin’s funeral for “A People’s Tribute to the Queen,” Aug. 30, 2018. The star-studded line up included top R&B, gospel, jazz and blues artists. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
More than 40 performers took the stage Thursday at Chene Park in Detroit on the eve of Aretha Franklin’s funeral for “A People’s Tribute to the Queen,” Aug. 30, 2018. The star-studded line up included top R&B, gospel, jazz and blues artists. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Cultivation Specialist Sara Levin trims plants at Yerba Buena farm, located about an outside of Portland, Sept. 18, 2018.
Outdoor Cultivation Specialist Richie Brookhart trims leaves off of marijuana plants nearly ready to be harvested at HiFi Farms, about a half hour outside of Portland, Sept. 18, 2018.
The mountain view near HiFi Farms, about a half hour outside of Portland, Sept. 18, 2018.
Yerba Buena Director of Operations Laura Day inside the “burping room” at the Yerba Buena farm located about an hour outside of Portland, Sept. 18, 2018.
Vice President Mike Pence prays with a local Rabbi for the victims and families of those killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at a rally for Republicans in Oakland County Monday at the Oakland County Airport in Waterford, Oct. 29, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Dana Nessel, Democratic nominee for Michigan Attorney General, kisses her wife during a speech just after midnight as election results for her race still come in Tuesday night at the Michigan Democratic election night party held at the Sound Board Theater inside MotorCity Casino in Detroit, Nov. 5, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Amy Zawacki sheds tears as she leans on her wife Victoria Shackleford, of Taylor, while listening to Dana Nessel, Democratic nominee for Michigan Attorney General, give a speech just after midnight as election results for Nessel’s race still come in Tuesday night at the Michigan Democratic election night party held at the Sound Board Theater inside MotorCity Casino in Detroit, Nov. 5, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Dancers with Ballet Folklorico Raices Mexicanas de Detroit perform “La Raspa” during the Michigan Central Station during Ford’s Halloween night event for community members Wednesday evening in Detroit, Oct. 31, 2018.(Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Belleville #8 Khalid Crawford runs to the end zone as Belleville #21 Travon Monroe tries to grab hold in the second quarter of the Division 1 football semifinals against Belleville at Troy Athens High School Saturday afternoon, November 17, 2018 (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)
Warren De La Salle celebrates winning the MHSAA Division 2 football championship game at Ford Field in Detroit on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. Warren De La Salle took home the championship title after winning, 29-16 over Muskegon Mona Shores. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
Arbor Prep’s Omari Byrd (12) tries to pull the ball from Ann Arbor Pioneers’ Frank Petruv (10) during the first half as Ann Arbor Pioneers lead against the Arbor Prep Gators at the EMU Convocation Center on Monday evening, Nov. 26, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)
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