Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick served seven terms in Congress and nine terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, a Detroit Democrat who, over seven terms, rose to become chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and served on the powerful Appropriations Committee, has ...

Federal prosecutors have uncovered thousands of dollars in Texas belonging to the father of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and are expected to snatch the money to help satisfy unpaid taxes ...

DETROIT – Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, the former U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District and mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, has died. Local 4 got the news of ...

A Christian nonprofit called Hope Rising will host a Night of Hope event in Port Huron on Oct. 10. The event features former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and nonprofit founder Ismael Hernandez. PORT ...

Over seven terms, she garnered millions in funds in helping to revitalize the city. But the political scandals of her son, an ex-mayor, came to shadow her career. By Adam Nossiter Carolyn Cheeks ...

DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has died at age 80, according to her family. The family announced Cheeks Kilpatrick's death Wednesday in a statement, calling her ...

DETROIT – Funeral arrangements are set for Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. The former congresswoman will lie in Detroit on Monday (Oct.20) in the rotunda of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American ...

Former U.S. Congresswoman and the mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, has died at the age of 80. Woman breaks silence after viral post labels her Olive Garden ...