ROSEVILLE — City officials wearing hard hats broke ground on a splash pad at Rotary Park May 27.

FRASER — Fraser High School will be hosting one of the largest high school wrestling camps in the state on June 14 with an impressive lineup of coaches and leaders running the event.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Oakland County’s economic future is “complicated” as Michigan’s economy slows, and national and global policies coming from Washington, D.C., are currently very fluid, according to economist Gabriel Ehrlich, of the University of Michigan.

TROY — The city of Troy has received high praise for its quality of life and habitability for residents from both livability.com and the U.S. News & World Report.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — An injury crash involving a golf cart occurred at 11 Mile Road and Harper Avenue on May 25, before the St. Clair Shores Memorial Day Parade officially kicked off.

ROYAL OAK — People will have a special opportunity to experience downtown Royal Oak restaurant cuisine June 1-8 during the annual Restaurant Week.

WARREN — Leaders of the Harvest Time Christian Fellowship feel the church and its food pantry are being unfairly targeted by the city of Warren, while city inspectors contend they are just enforcing the blight ordinance.

FERNDALE — A suspect has been arrested in an April shooting outside a Ferndale nightclub.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Junefest is coming back to St. Clair Shores from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 7.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A 31-year-old man who had been charged with safe breaking reportedly cut off a GPS tether last month and is now evading police.

WARREN — A petition that would have restricted marijuana dispensaries in Warren has been denied, following a review by Warren City Clerk Sonja Buffa’s office.

CLAWSON/ROYAL OAK — A deadly shooting occurred in the area of 14 Mile and Renshaw at 10:31 p.m. May 22. 

EASTPOINTE/HARPER WOODS/DETROIT — With the recent wave of crime that has hit Eastpointe — including a shooting that left two people dead and a stabbing in which one person was killed — a group of pastors recently gathered with about 125 residents to lift the community in prayer and denounce violence.

EASTPOINTE — A Detroit man has succumbed to knife wounds following an altercation at an Eastpointe home.

ROSEVILLE — A Roseville man pleaded no contest May 20 in Macomb County Circuit Court to killing his housemate in a fight last year.

SOUTHFIELD — Selma Blair has come a long way from her roots in Southfield to be a Hollywood actress, but she returned to the city in order to accept one of its biggest honors.

METRO DETROIT — A mission group to Haiti that includes churches in Sterling Heights, Southfield and more is sounding the alarm on the plight of the country — the poorest in the Western Hemisphere — as gangs have captured the town of Mirebalais, once a safe haven.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Communities that contract with Oakland County for assessing services are raising concerns — and in some cases, changing vendors — after a narrowly divided Oakland County Board of Commissioners voted to raise rates.

TROY — Seven students from Troy Public Schools were among the 158 who received top honors at Michigan History Day’s State Finals competition on April 19.