Former Detroit city councilwoman and celebrated civil rights activist JoAnn Watson has died. Watson served on the Detroit City Council from 2003 through 2013. In her first run for office ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Former Detroit City Council member, the Rev. Dr. JoAnn Watson, has died. She was 72. In a statement on Monday, Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield described Watson as a ...

Longtime community activist and former Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta, who advocated for black empowerment in the city, died Wednesday ... on the Detroit City Council and he will be ...

a former Detroit City Council president whose role as a frustrated police inspector to Eddie Murphy’s street-smart character in “Beverly Hills Cop” films made him a movie star, has died.

Sheila Murphy Cockrel, a member of the Detroit city council, has never been afraid to swim ... She regularly sparred with the city’s former mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, who resigned in 2008 amid ...

Gil Hill, a Detroit police officer who went on to lead the city council, has died at the age of 84. A hospital spokesperson confirmed to 7 Action News that Hill passed away Monday. The ...