Skip to main content

Mostly Clear icon

Go to the WDIV homepage

NEWS

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, passes away

Published: October 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, the former U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District and mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, has died. Read: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/10/08/carolyn-cheeks-kilpatrick-mother-of-former-detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-passes-away/

Click here to take a moment and familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines.

MORE VIDEOS

No description available

Report: Cost of childcare up, child poverty down in Michigan

Read full article: Report: Cost of childcare up, child poverty down in Michigan

No description available

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick dies at 80 -- and other news: Headlines for Oct. 8, 2025

Read full article: Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick dies at 80 -- and other news: Headlines for Oct. 8, 2025

No description available

Metro Detroit weather forecast Oct. 8, 2025 -- 6 a.m. Update

Read full article: Metro Detroit weather forecast Oct. 8, 2025 -- 6 a.m. Update

No description available

How Michigan State Police uses data-driven tactics to reduce freeway speeding

Read full article: How Michigan State Police uses data-driven tactics to reduce freeway speeding

No description available

Local 4 News at 11 -- Oct. 7, 2025

Read full article: Local 4 News at 11 -- Oct. 7, 2025

No description available

Eastpointe man arraigned after alleged attempt to stab officer during Walmart shoplifting arrest

Read full article: Eastpointe man arraigned after alleged attempt to stab officer during Walmart shoplifting arrest

No description available

Detroit minister, activist Malik Shabazz, hospitalized with infection tied to 2023 heart attack

Read full article: Detroit minister, activist Malik Shabazz, hospitalized with infection tied to 2023 heart attack

No description available

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, passes away

Read full article: Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, passes away

No description available

Grand Blanc Township community gathers to honor shooting victims, survivors in wake of church attack

Read full article: Grand Blanc Township community gathers to honor shooting victims, survivors in wake of church attack

No description available

Local 4 News at 6 -- Oct. 7, 2025

Read full article: Local 4 News at 6 -- Oct. 7, 2025

No description available

Detroit police seek woman after 2 unprovoked downtown assaults

Read full article: Detroit police seek woman after 2 unprovoked downtown assaults

No description available

Vigil to honor victims in Grand Blanc Township church attack

Read full article: Vigil to honor victims in Grand Blanc Township church attack