METRO DETROIT — The Detroit area is filled with family-owned businesses that take pride in their work and build meaningful connections within the community.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The work of various artists from a Shelby Township Activity Center senior watercolor class is highlighted at the center through Dec. 22.

UTICA — The Utica Fire Department will once again be holding its Toys for Tots Stuff an Ambulance event at Utica Memorial Park during the Downtown Utica Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration on Dec. 13.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A Florida man wanted for armed robbery and false imprisonment was arrested in Shelby Township Nov. 24.

EASTPOINTE — A now-former Pleasantview Elementary School teacher was arrested Dec. 3 in Vermont after he allegedly tried to bring in child pornography from across the U.S.-Canadian border. 

LATHRUP VILLAGE — Families enjoyed a jolly atmosphere at the Lathrup Village Winter Festival and Tree Lighting Dec. 5 at Lathrup Village City Hall, 27400 Southfield Road, where they saw Santa Claus and enjoyed some festive activities.

UTICA — Following a police response to his apartment on Nov. 25, 70-year-old Joseph Vanker, of Utica, was arraigned on a charge of assault with intent to murder.

SOUTHFIELD – Southfield police said Dec. 5 that a 53-year-old woman who was shot on Dec. 2 is in stable condition.

SOUTHFIELD — Police are investigating the death of a man who was found with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of the Radisson Hotel Southfield-Detroit on Telegraph Road during the early morning hours of Nov. 30.

EASTPOINTE — Pleasantview Elementary School in the Eastpointe Community Schools district was identified by the state as being in the bottom 5% of academic performance for the 2021-2022 school year. 

EASTPOINTE — For the city of Eastpointe, recreational marijuana has been a long time coming.

EASTPOINTE — A crowd gathered outside Eastpointe City Hall Dec. 3, singing Christmas carols, braving snow and cold temperatures, and waiting for Santa Claus.

ROSEVILLE — A 16-year-old is charged as an adult with carjacking and other offenses for an incident that occurred in Roseville.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — This is a view from Ursuline Street looking northwest as the expansion of the St. Clair Shores Civic Arena was underway in early 1978.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores resident Ronald Manningham has been named the 2025 Henry Ford Health Career Educator of the Year, a prestigious award given annually to one person throughout the entire Henry Ford Health system. 

WARREN — A 30-year-old man has been ordered to spend six to 20 years in prison for arson and animal cruelty in a September 2024 case.

CENTER LINE — The Center Line Public Schools fall staff appreciation ceremony — held during the district’s Nov. 24 Board of Education meeting — brought tears, laughter, words of encouragement and stories from the heart.

WARREN — A longtime Warren resident whose decades of service to the city is being remembered as a humble, steady presence.

ROSEVILLE — Members from the Arc of Macomb County will be back at Macomb Mall this Christmas season to wrap gifts for shoppers.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights police said one person was killed in an officer-involved shooting that occurred in the 44000 block of Apple Blossom Drive Dec. 3.