DETROIT, July 15 (UPI) -- A Michigan judge said Tuesday he will make public only some of the text messages at the heart of the corruption case against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

DETROIT, July 14 (UPI) -- A Michigan state judge Monday ordered hundreds of previously unseen text messages written by the embattled mayor of Detroit to be released.

DETROIT, July 3 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick are attempting to stop certain text messages from being used in his trial, court filings show.

DETROIT, July 2 (UPI) -- A Detroit magistrate's order turning over six years of text messages from Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is legally improper, Kilpatrick's attorney said.

DETROIT, June 11 (UPI) -- A special counsel has been retained to fight Detroit City Council efforts to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office.

DETROIT, June 5 (UPI) -- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's possible ouster will be delayed at least three weeks after City Council leaders announced a delay in removal proceedings.

DETROIT, May 31 (UPI) -- Newspapers may have access to key communications between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and former chief of staff Christine Beatty, a Michigan judge has ruled.

DETROIT, May 21 (UPI) -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick should have a veto over a resolution asking Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to remove him from office, the city's top lawyer says.

DETROIT, May 19 (UPI) -- An effort is under way in Detroit to gather some 57,000 signatures on petitions calling for an election to recall Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.