BLOOMFIELD HILLS — St. George Greek Orthodox Church of Bloomfield Hills will be hosting another weekend of food, entertainment and culture during its Ya’ssoo Greek Festival.

METRO DETROIT — A man linked to a transnational gang suspected in a series of affluent home break-ins across Michigan has been convicted on charges.

BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham Shopping District is a part of the Steering Committee for Oakland County’s Tourism and Attraction Strategic Plan.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Michigan Schools and Government Credit Union has awarded more than $130,000 in scholarships to 57 Michigan residents, including a Utica High School student.

UTICA — The Michigan State High School Clay Target League reported that 2,378 students across the state are participating in the league this spring. Those athletes are from 131 different schools in Michigan as more schools are being represented every year.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Michigan law enforcement officials at the end of April, which is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, stressed that staying focused behind the wheel saves lives.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — John Mordus has been named the Shelby Township Senior Center’s featured artist for the months of May and June, and his art display has been set up at the Shelby Township Activities Center.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Gene L. Klida Utica Academy for International Studies joined 153 of the top quiz bowl teams from small public high schools at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago for the 2025 Small School National Championship Tournament to determine who was the best April 26.

WARREN — A Westland man has been bound over for trial for allegedly kidnapping his pregnant ex-girlfriend, who is a Warren resident.

WARREN — A man has been charged for his alleged role in a March 15 crash that left one pedestrian dead.

WARREN — Speakers honored the commitments and sacrifices of law enforcement officers, in particular officer Edward Rea and Sgt. Christopher Wouters, at the Warren Fraternal Order of Police Lodge on May 7, in commemoration of Police Week.

WARREN — In the spring of 1969, James Edoff had just graduated from Kalamazoo College with biology and mathematics degrees, and began looking for a teaching position when he interviewed in the Fitzgerald Public Schools district.

WARREN — A group is hoping to let voters decide the fate of Warren’s recently updated ordinance on marijuana dispensaries.

EASTPOINTE — Toward the end of 1999, when there was talk of Y2K and what the future would look like in the 2000s and beyond, the Kantner Elementary School community found a way to immortalize the time period.

EASTPOINTE — A former Forest Park Elementary School paraprofessional is facing a misdemeanor assault and battery charge after she allegedly struck a student on the head with the child’s shoe.

ROSEVILLE — A Northville man, who was already facing charges for sexually assaulting a teenage girl, has new charges for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a second teenage girl.

EASTPOINTE — Tensions flared and a gun was fired during a dispute between two groups at a shopping mall, resulting in two deaths and felony charges against a brother and sister.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — In April 1955, 70 years ago last month, a fire began near the fortune teller’s booth and soon spread to many of the other attractions at the Jefferson Beach Amusement Park, as seen in this photograph.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — According to a press release sent by the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, a childcare worker is being charged with multiple accounts of child abuse involving a 10-month-old infant.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores celebrated Arbor Day on April 25 by planting trees in the Brys Park Arboretum.