ST. CLAIR SHORES — Earlier this summer, Pizza Palooza gave people a chance to enjoy some local pizza while helping a local family fundraise for the treatment of their young son with autism.

METRO DETROIT — The Olympics are fun to watch but for the athletes it’s an exciting, nerve-wracking and stressful time competing against the world’s greatest athletes.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Fifteen-year-old John Agnello didn’t have a second thought when it came to saving a person who drove into Lake St. Clair on July 23.

WARREN — The Michigan Maritime Manufacturing Initiative is slated to bring new jobs to Michigan and cutting-edge educational opportunities locally.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The city of Sterling Heights once again is coming together this summer to throw its biggest party of the year: the Sterlingfest Art & Music Fair.

MOUNT CLEMENS — For about a year, Macomb County’s top elected officials have dreamed and debated about tearing down old buildings at the Macomb County Jail. On a hot morning July 19 while wearing 10-gallon hardhats, the county’s executive and sheriff finally got their wish.

METRO DETROIT — Oil spilled into the Rouge River through a storm drain last month,  sparking conversations about how to keep the waterway clean.

KEEGO HARBOR — Heart of the Lakes Community Inc., a nonprofit that filed a lawsuit against the West Bloomfield School District in an attempt to prevent the former Roosevelt Elementary School from demolition,  recently got some favorable news.

BEVERLY HILLS — As WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan toured Michigan promoting a new brew, called Real American Beer, he stopped by the Beverage Warehouse in Beverly Hills July 24.

METRO DETROIT — Emagine Entertainment Inc. guests are being asked to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan to help offset the cost of their yearly membership for local youth. 

FARMINGTON — CARES,  a nonprofit food pantry based in Farmington Hills, is scheduled to host its third annual Duck Race  next month. The event is slated to kick off with a picnic and movie night in Shiawassee Park.

TROY — The automotive community will be celebrated through a wide variety of activities, events and vehicle displays during the 16th annual Troy Traffic Jam at the Columbia Center on Big Beaver Road Aug. 4.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Outdoor fun just got a bit more accessible in Clinton Township.

ROYAL OAK — Crusaders for Children, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping children in times of need, hosted its third annual car and bike show in memory of founder Papa Bear, aka Jason Rakowski, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Acorn Post #1669 at 214 E. Fourth St.

WARREN — James Michael Hentges, 71, of Warren, was arraigned in the 37th District Court on July 16, charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing his 70-year-old wife by smothering her with a pillow.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — For Grosse Pointe Park native Sorin Koszyk, an Olympic qualification was more of a ‘when’ rather than an ‘if.’

ROCHESTER HILLS — Nearly three weeks after a gunman opened fire, injuring nine people, the Brooklands Splash Pad has reopened.

ROYAL OAK — Pride Royal Oak is coming in hot with headliners from the internationally acclaimed show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” for the third annual Pride event July 26-27.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — In what has become a long-standing tradition in West Bloomfield, the Orchard Lake Fine Art Show is set to return this summer.

SOUTHFIELD — Residents from Templar Avenue, Maryland Street, Harden Avenue, Pierce Street and Arbor Place addressed the City Council recently regarding basement flooding after a June 20 storm.