Usher visits Detroit's Boys and Girls Club

One of the world's biggest pop stars stopped by the Boys and Girls Club in Detroit, hopefully sparking inspiration in young people who - like them - benefitted from someone else investing in their future.

Henry Ford's $2.2 billion expansion

Henry Ford Health begins a $2.2 billion expansion project, including a new 20-story building with enhanced emergency and operating rooms, aimed at increasing patient care and comfort, and bolstering job creation.

Banner Sign Company celebrates 100 years of business

Banner Sign Company, a beloved Detroit-based family-owned business, is celebrating a remarkable milestone this year—its 100th anniversary. Since its founding in 1924, the company has connected people to places, starting with hand-painted signs in the 1920s to its latest project creating NFL banners for light poles throughout downtown Detroit for the NFL Draft. Bre Teamer chats with Nicholas Piach, owner and operator of Banner Sign Company, about its success over the years.

Man who lit coworkers on fire charged • Teen catches pair having sex on Ring • DPD chief applies for new job

On Thursday's News Hit: - A man accused of lighting his old co-workers on fire after he was terminated from his job is now sitting in jail, facing a list of felony charges. - A 13-year-old boy waiting for a package opened the Ring app to find a couple having sex in the driveway of his home. - Detroit Police Chief James White has applied to lead a mental health resource organization.

Why are more people using their sick days?

In the early part of next year, more Michigan workers will be eligible for paid sick time than ever before. That's thanks to a court ruling that satisfied a debate over a ballot measure that was first passed in 2018. It will arrive just as economists are noticing a curious trend about sick days: more workers are taking them.