Wayne State University’s Tom Adams Field was packed Wednesday morning to hear first lady’s speech on mentoring and the future of Detroit: the youth. Obama pushed those in the audience, including more then 5,000 Detroit Public Schools students, to focus on their studies and make a difference in their lives. She used her life and that of her husband, President Barack Obama, as examples of how students can rise from modest upbringings to the highest office in the land.

Wayne State University’s Tom Adams Field was packed Wednesday morning to hear first lady’s speech on mentoring and the future of Detroit: the youth. Obama pushed those in the audience, including more then 5,000 Detroit Public Schools students, to focus on their studies and make a difference in their lives. She used her life and that of her husband, President Barack Obama, as examples of how students can rise from modest upbringings to the highest office in the land.

Kwame Kilpatrick is headed to Jackson County. This morning, a judge sentenced the former Detroit mayor to from 14 months to five years in prisonfor violating the terms of his probation on an obstruction of justice conviction.

Kwame Kilpatrick is headed to Jackson County. This morning, a judge sentenced the former Detroit mayor to from 14 months to five years in prisonfor violating the terms of his probation on an obstruction of justice conviction.