St. Clair Shores

Students, staff remember decades of teachers’ impact

ST. CLAIR SHORES — With nearly 50 years of combined service, two teachers involved in student activities and the community will be remembered at Ardmore Elementary with a garden and kind thoughts from the students they ...More

Posted June 27, 2017

Ferndale

‘I’ll put my life on the line to protect others’

FERNDALE — On the night of Friday, June 9, 32-year-old Abdulmalek Aldalaly entered a shopping center looking to get something to eat and drink after a day of fasting for Ramadan.Aldalaly, who was in the area for work, ...More

Posted June 27, 2017

Roseville

Students hold candlelight vigil for injured 14-year-old crash victims

Eastland Middle School students, staff and family members held a candlelight vigil at Veterans Memorial Park June 25 to show their support for 14-year-old half-sisters Kaylee Guy and Alyssa McClendon, who were critically injured in a car crash. ...More

Posted June 26, 2017

Sterling Heights

Police resume distracted driving crackdown

The Sterling Heights Police Department is continuing to play its role in rolling out an anti-distracted driving initiative that was announced in the spring, according to police.SHPD patrol cars have made a fresh effort to ...More

Posted June 26, 2017

Detroit

Detroit residents ‘occupy the corner’

DETROIT — Intermittent rain couldn’t dampen the spirits at the kickoff for Detroit’s 2017 Occupy the Corner program.Occupy the Corner’s aim is to reduce and discourage crime by providing people with ...More

Posted June 25, 2017

Eastpointe

Married couple visits classroom where they first met 64 years ago

EASTPOINTE — Russell and Linda Johns met during their split third- and fourth-grade class at Crescentwood Elementary School in 1953.Sixty-four years later, the married couple wanted to revisit the classroom where ...More

Posted June 23, 2017

Center Line

Reclaiming the past on hallowed ground

CENTER LINE — Evelyn Herzog was born in 1915 and died in 1925. She was killed in an “aeroplane accident” and was laid to rest in the St. Clement Cemetery in Center Line, east of Van Dyke and just north of 10 ...More

Posted June 23, 2017

Shelby Township

Shelby Township’s newest fire station is operational

On June 20, the Shelby Township Fire Department held a grand opening ceremony for its fifth fire station, located at 21 Mile and Schoenherr roads. ...More

Posted June 23, 2017

Detroit

Crowdfunding campaign to refurbish iconic Belle Isle shelter

DETROIT — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Belle Isle Conservancy and the Michigan Press Association have embarked on a new campaign to save one of Belle Isle’s most well-known landmarks: the ...More

Posted June 22, 2017