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Free Press wins multiple awards, takes home 'Newspaper of the Year' title Slone Terranella, Detroit Free Press © Detroit Free Press Detroit Free Press logo The Michigan Press Association named the Free Press as the 2020 "Newspaper of the Year." The association also gave the award to eight newspapers with different circulation classes. Another competition by the Michigan Associated Press Media Editors gave the Free Press first-place recognition for General Excellence in Division III newspapers with a circulation of 40,000 or more. The Freep received additional awards ...

Royal Oak to establish 'social district' allowing strollers to consume alcohol downtown Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press © Eric Seals, Eric Seals People cross Main Street in downtown Royal Oak heading from one bar to another during the fourth annual Onesie Bar Crawl at various bars in Royal Oak, Michigan on Saturday, January 25, 2020. If all goes as planned, visitors to Royal Oak soon can stroll downtown streets with an alcoholic drink in hand after buying it in a local restaurant or bar. The Royal Oak City Commission unanimously approved establishing what a new state law c...

People are clamoring for Ford F-150s now trapped in Detroit parking lot Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press Video first drive: 2021 Ford F-150 King Ranch hybrid pickup Replay Video UP NEXT If you happen to notice a random parking lot filled with brand new (unsold) Ford F-150 trucks — or any other fleet of brand new vehicles — this is what a semiconductor shortage looks like. People are sighting new stockpiles off I-96 west of Detroit and calling the Free Press, which took photos and drone shots Thursday to document the issue. The situation is a multibillion dollar...

Brian Kaufman, Photo Story  Shawn Windsor, Sports Feature Janet Graham, Best Headline  Detroit Free Press Staff, Best Video Presentation Georgea Kovanis, Best Writing The Freep also won additional awards in other categories. Nancy Kaffer won third place for Best Columnist; Phoebe Wall Howard won second place in Business/Agriculture News; Ryan Garza won third place in News Photo and second place in Best Photo; Kimberly P. Mitchell won third place in Photo Story; Detroit Free Press Staff won third place in Special Selection, third place for Best Coverage of the Coronavirus in Michigan...

GM builds pickups without fuel economy modules due to chip shortage Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press 5 electric pickups to look out for in the EV truck wars Replay Video UP NEXT General Motors said it will build certain 2021 light-duty full-size pickups without a fuel management module starting Monday until the end of the model year in late summer. The goal is to keep the pickup trucks rolling off the assembly line despite a global shortage of semiconductor chips used in the modules. But the result is those affected pickups will not achieve top fuel economy performa...