METRO DETROIT — The Federal Bureau of Investigations held a press conference March 30 with more insight on the possible motives behind the March 12 attack on Temple Israel. 

BIRMINGHAM — From March 25 to 28, Detroit was the host of the 60th conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, and that show has yielded two inspired ceramics exhibits that will be on display at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center through April 30.

METRO DETROIT — Music fans, this is your day. We know that on April 18, you’ll head to your favorite independent music store for the annual Record Store Day.

MOUNT CLEMENS — Falling bits of the facade at the former Macomb Daily building forced Mount Clemens authorities to secure the area around it in late March.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Kruze Detorrian Jelks, a 35-year-old man from Pontiac, was charged in March after allegedly exposing himself to a 14-year-old girl in Bloomfield Hills on Feb. 17.

ROYAL OAK — Mosi, Aziza and Fahari, the Detroit Zoo’s three newest members of the African lion exhibit, experienced the outside world for the very first time on March 30.

SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield Police Department is asking for assistance from the public in locating 62-year-old Scott Moody, who police said has early signs of dementia and is visually impaired.

ROSEVILLE — On the afternoon of March 28, Richard Burkholder read a magazine in the newly renovated Roseville Public Library while listening to live music from Delani Creech on cello and Zach Gutman on acoustic guitar.

SOUTHFIELD/LATHRUP VILLAGE — The Southfield Public Schools district and alumni said a final farewell to the campus of University High School Academy, previously Southfield Lathrup High School, as plans are moving forward to reconstruct the campus.

ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak City Commission unanimously approved the Royal Oak Public Library’s 2026-2028 strategic plan on March 23 at the commission’s regular meeting. 

There is a great deal of crossover between what is traditionally thought of as architecture and the art of constructing tombstones and mausoleums, according to Dale Carlson, of Berkley, an architectural historian.

ROYAL OAK — On March 23, the Royal Oak City Commission was presented with $3.3 million in grant funding from the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments for traffic signal modernization. 

STERLING HEIGHTS/MACOMB TOWNSHIP/MOUNT CLEMENS — A 17-year-old Macomb Township resident is facing adult criminal charges in connection with an alleged shooting in Sterling Heights.

WARREN — Just before students went on spring break March 30 through April 6, Warren Mott High School held “Strive for a Better Drive” in an effort to promote safe driving among the teenagers.

ROCHESTER — A new, elevated farmers market will be constructed in downtown Rochester over the next six months, despite being nearly $1 million over budget.

HUNTINGTON WOODS — The Huntington Woods community has been in mourning after the passing of Department of Public Works Supervisor Doug Chmiel.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A Sterling Heights man accused in the violent death of a dog faces up to four years in prison.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — While the development around Broughton Road is set to look different from the rest of Macomb Township, the Board of Trustees has put the gears in motion to govern the area somewhat differently as well.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The workings of government are often portrayed as Byzantine and unknowable, but Clinton Township is looking to curtail that.