Alicia Smith

From “American Idol” to “The Color Purple”, playing Effie White in “Dreamgirls” to Aretha Franklin in “Respect,” Jennifer Hudson is a superstar in her own right.

Making a difference, one book at at time, is the goal of our "If You Give a Child a Book" campaign. WXYZ employees and the Scripps Howard Fund have donated this cause.

If you're the parent of kids heading back to school at DPSCD and you haven't bought school supplies yet, you may want to hold off, because the district has got you covered.

It's been almost four months since the April 15 tax filing deadline, yet tens of thousands of people in Michigan are still wondering where their state refund is.

A lot of people want to sell items using online marketplaces, but be wary of scammers. Some are trying trick people during the payment process.

Wednesday is our Day of Giving at WXYZ to support Forgotten Harvest, a local non-profit that fights hunger and food insecurity in metro Detroit.

This scam targeting people at Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church in Bloomfield Township has been going on for about a year and a half.

A Michigan company whose top-selling product was born out of the Great Depression has been a staple on kitchen tables ever since.

A Southgate woman said she lost nearly $200 to what she believed was an insurance-approved prescription order, only to find out her insurance company didn't know anything about it.

From the fees and the gear to the hotels and flights, many families are forking over big money on travel sports.