Jerome Vaughn
Kwame Kilpatrik, Family and Friends Indicted for Corruption
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been charged, along with his father and three top aides, with racketeering, extortion, taking kickbacks and attempting to personally enrich themselves through the mayor’s high office. The case is one of the biggest corruption indictments in Detroit history. Jerome Vaughn, news director from affiliate station, WDET, says the list […]
Iran, Health Care? and Smoking: Takeaway Roundtable
After President Obama’s most recent speech, The Takeaway is getting the pulse on America by talking to partner stations. We are joined by Jerome Vaughn of WDET in Detroit, Joshua Johnson of WLRN Miami Herald News, and Marc Steiner of WEAA in Baltimore.
Ground zero Detroit: Auto industry, foreclosures, and the recession hit hard
Facing the spiraling economy, foreclosures and an ailing auto industry, President Obama began his economic counteroffensive. All of these moves resonate in Detroit, a city struggling with foreclosures and ground zero of the auto industry meltdown.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick jailed after defying terms of bond
A Michigan judge ordered Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail for breaking a bond agreement Thursday. Kilpatrick, who is facing eight felony charges for allegedly lying under oath, says he went to nearby Windsor, Ontario, on official business to push the sale of the city’s Michigan-to-Ontario underwater link.