STERLING HEIGHTS — Alicia Jeffreys was in her late 20s when she was newly married, purchasing her first home and planning to have children.

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — Local residents and businesses were honored during the Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of Commerce Salute to Excellence 2022 award ceremony Oct. 6 at Eastpointe Manor.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — In a 30-lap sprint car race Oct. 1 in Sandusky, Ohio, 16-year-old Shelby Township resident Andrew Bogusz led for the majority of the race and picked up his second Maxima Racing Oils Must See Racing Midwest Lights feature win of the season.

NOVI — A scholarship has been created in the wake of the tragic deaths of a 2018 Novi High School graduate and his girlfriend in early August.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Nothing stops Joey Gallagher from doing what he is determined to do.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Two Eisenhower High School and Utica Center for Science and Industry sophomores have earned $10,000 in scholarships through the Games for Change Student Challenge.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Donovan Lowe, of Sterling Heights, remembers what it was like last year when his mother got strange symptoms of stomach pain and bloating.

WARREN — Warren resident Paul Bey earned a hole-in-one at Maple Lane Golf Club on Sept. 20 during an early morning round.

HAZEL PARK — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently made appointments to a variety of state boards and commissions, and Luke Londo, a member of the Hazel Park City Council, is one of them.

NOVI — A journalist with roots in Novi and its school district is making headlines around the world after successfully penning a book that details the story of a couple of double agents during the Cold War.

TROY — Brian Zawislak, the assistant principal of Troy High School, has been named Michigan’s 2023 Assistant Principal of the Year by the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals and the Michigan Association of Student Councils and Honor Societies.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — There is no understating the achievement of becoming an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.

ST. CLAIR SHORES/GROSSE POINTE CITY — In her years teaching CPR through Community First Responder in St. Clair Shores, Rose Black has had students of all ages learn this potentially lifesaving skill. But one particular student really stood out.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Ava Jacobs is an 18-year-old dancer from Bloomfield Hills who is already winning awards at major ballroom dancing competitions.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Cranbrook Institute of Science will celebrate women in STEAM at their fifth annual Women Rock Science fundraiser.22

STERLING HEIGHTS — Business owner Gary Kosch currently lives in the Traverse City area, managing dozens of businesses under the umbrella of Kosch Hospitality.

ROSEVILLE — A Roseville Middle School student who spent several months in the hospital after being hit by a car while walking to school in April has returned home.

ROSEVILLE — In 1946, a group of graduates who went through the Roseville Community Schools system got together for a class reunion.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — “I’m an antique,” longtime St. Clair Shores resident Connie Frock joked when thinking about how many candles would be on her birthday cake this year.

MOUNT CLEMENS — Eighteen-year-old Braydin Lewis, whose family lives in Angola, Indiana, was continuing his hockey career with the Mount Clemens Metro Jets in the U.S. Premier Hockey League back in March of 2022.