In the wake of a fifth federal discrimination lawsuit being filed against Eastpointe Community Schools and Superintendent Christina Gibson last month, the ECS school board has issued a statement ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Like everyone else, the entertainment attorneys honored on this year’s Legal Impact list — who’ll be gathering at the Variety ...

Arlington Heights Elementary District 25, a former school nurse and other district officials face a lawsuit filed Thursday by ...

Sterling Heights City Council has approved the adoption of the city’s first-ever Comprehensive Transportation Safety Action Plan, a unique initiative supporting the city’s ongoing effort to ...

A Black elementary school teacher is clapping back at disgustingly racist behavior that was allegedly displayed by the school district’s superintendent. The claims are worse than some petty ...

Dr. David E. Kirkland discusses the alarming rate of young Black men dropping out of school and the systemic racism that drives it.

It was once a segregated school during the Jim Crow era. Now, the school will be torn down to make room for a new Boys and ...

A Sterling Heights man convicted of sexually assaulting ... In January, a former Fraser High School contract employee who had sex with a 15-year-old girl in 2023 was sentenced to 8-50 years ...

Ella Teesdale recorded a single and drove in three runs while stealing two bases to lead Sterling to a 6-5 win over Haddon Heights in Somerdale. Haddon Heights (0-2) jumped out to a 4-0 lead by ...

Sheffield High's principal was reassigned following student protests over school conditions and administration.

The elementary school has a high percentage of emergent bilingual students who are learning English as a second language.