SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A man from Shelby Township has been charged following what officials are calling the second-largest seizure of illicit drugs in the Shelby Township Police Department’s 72-year history.

ROYAL OAK — The City Commission March 9 unanimously approved a request to apply for a Michigan Department of Natural Resources Recreation Passport Grant to fund Fernwood Park playground equipment. 

METRO DETROIT — Music meant everything to Brian Pastoria.

EASTPOINTE — A local woman has been charged with impeding a criminal investigation following an incident March 15 in which a man was robbed at gunpoint in her home by another man. The next day, the man whom police identified as the robber led police on a chase that ended with him taking his own life.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — According to a press release from the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, a St. Clair Shores man was arranged on third-degree animal torture charges. 

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The St. Clair Shores Public Library has a lot in store for their summer reading program this year, but it will look a little different from prior years. 

ST. CLAIR SHORES — In a 7-0 vote, the St. Clair Shores City Council approved the use of Community Development Block Grant funding to renovate the bocce ball courts at the Senior Activity Center at their meeting on March 16.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — At its meeting on March 16, the St. Clair Shores City Council agreed to adopt a resolution opposing a bipartisan series of proposed state laws that sponsors claim would reduce zoning restrictions and spur housing development in Michigan. 

METRO DETROIT — Samaritas and “be nice.” are officially taking nominations for the second class of the Coaches Who Care Mental Health Hall of Fame.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Ford Motor Co.’s Van Dyke Plant is shown here under construction at the northwest corner of Van Dyke Avenue and 18 Mile Road.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Exhilaration meets acceleration in Sterling Heights next month courtesy of a Michigan organization that’s making race car driving a (virtual) reality.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Although Sterling Heights and Morocco are more than 4,000 miles apart, there’s a new bond between the city and the North African nation.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Officials have approved spending plans for the latest amount of federal money earmarked for specific purposes.

STERLING HEIGHTS — City officials would like nothing better than to lower the boom on residential fireworks but state law obstructs their efforts to address an issue that residents continually complain about.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A March 15 altercation in a parking lot on the city’s west side that escalated into gunfire is being called an isolated incident and not a random act of violence, according to the Sterling Heights Police Department.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Officials have approved a measure to protect motorists near the busy intersection of 15 Mile and Schoenherr roads on the city’s east side.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A federal grant of more than half a million dollars is paving the way for safety improvements along Saal Road.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The Sterling Heights Community Center was a melting pot of ethnic pride and people March 13 during the city’s annual Cultural Exchange.