Detroit Metropolitan Airport ends 2018 with increase of half a million passengers

February 8th, 20190 DETROIT – Passenger traffic at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) grew to 35,236,676 in 2018. Compared to 2017 it's an increase of more than 535,000 travelers, according to data by the airport’s Department of Financial Planning & Analysis.  The 2018 total is the highest number of passengers at DTW since 2007. A Feb....

Iraqi Dearborn family mourns tragic loss of only son

October 1st, 20180 DEARBORN — An Iraqi family is still mourning the loss their only son, 24-year-old Badri Hashim, to a car accident in Toledo at the end of July. He was a passenger in a pickup truck that crashed into a traffic light pole at 3 a.m. on July 29. He died at the scene. Police contacted 76-year-old Sahib Hashim on Monday, July 30 to...