Warren Weekly

Published December 14, 2018

City signs four-year deal on bill payment portal

WARREN — Convenience, speed, cost savings, and integration with the city’s tax and water billing system were the selling points behind a new four-year contract for an online bill payment portal, approved by the Warren City Council late last month.

Published December 14, 2018

STEAM and STEM educate, engage students

WARREN — Over the course of the past few years, school officials in Michigan have turned their attention to the areas of science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM.

Published December 14, 2018

Distracted driving of any type now a civil infraction in Warren

WARREN — Texting while driving is already a ticketable offense under Michigan law. Distracted driving of any type is now a violation of the city of Warren’s municipal code.

Published December 14, 2018

State police detain suspect in vehicle shooting on I-75

HAZEL PARK — Michigan State Police recently responded to an incident on Interstate 75 in Hazel Park where witnesses claimed to have seen the driver of one vehicle firing upon another.

About 10 vehicles were targeted by thieves who smashed windows and took various items of personal property between 3 p.m. Dec. 10 and 1 a.m. Dec. 11 at an employee parking lot on Mound Round.

Published December 13, 2018

Police investigating rash of thefts from FCA employee lot in Warren

WARREN — A spate of thefts involving contents left in about 10 vehicles at a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles employee parking lot on Mound Road is under investigation by the Warren Police Department.

Published December 13, 2018

Center Line officer charged in alleged sexual assault in Hazel Park

CENTER LINE/HAZEL PARK — Allegations in the city of Hazel Park have resulted in sexual assault charges for a Center Line public safety officer, who will reportedly remain on paid leave until his next court hearing later this month.

Published December 13, 2018

The Friday 5 — Dec. 14-16

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published December 12, 2018

Dealership asks for socks, warm clothes for veterans

ROCHESTER HILLS — The holidays are a time for giving, and the staff at Rochester Hills Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram are announcing their effort to pick up some clothing items for homeless veterans.

Published December 12, 2018

Southfield doctor charged in $464M opioid scheme

WARREN/SOUTHFIELD — A local man allegedly involved in a health care fraud conspiracy has been charged with unlawfully prescribing prescription opioids.

Published December 12, 2018

Faraway holiday traditions decorate local homes, hearts

METRO DETROIT — During Christmastime, Birmingham resident Rita Dunker, 63, doesn’t have to look far to find what takes her back to her childhood growing up in post-war Germany in the small country town of Weseke. Dunker frequents the annual Birmingham Winter Markt, described as a European-themed wonderland in Shain Park in Birmingham.

Published December 12, 2018

Holiday music provides a soundtrack for the season

METRO DETROIT — According to the Christmas classic, there’s no place like “Home for the Holidays.”

The Johnson Nature Center in Bloomfield Township has wetlands and wildlife.

Published December 11, 2018

Proposed wetlands bill would cause environmental ‘degradation,’ groups warn

METRO DETROIT — A bill recently introduced to the Michigan Senate Natural Resources Committee is causing concern about potential threats to local wetlands, lakes and streams.

Published December 11, 2018

Explore Aretha Franklin’s music, social impact at Detroit Historical Museum

DETROIT — The legacy of Detroit’s Queen of Soul lives on in the heart of the city. Until spring 2019, the Detroit Historical Museum in Midtown is celebrating the life and music of Aretha Franklin in a special exhibition inside the museum’s Kid Rock Music Lab.

Published December 11, 2018

Good deeds go a long way on regional Mitzvah Day

METRO DETROIT — Any day is a good day for a mitzvah. On Dec. 25, nearly 1,000 volunteers of all ages will roll up their sleeves and make the community a little bit better with some mitzvahs of their own — that means good deed, in Hebrew — during the 22nd annual Mitzvah Day.

Published December 10, 2018

Proposed wetlands bill would cause environmental ‘degradation,’ groups warn

METRO DETROIT — A bill recently introduced to the Michigan Senate Natural Resources Committee is causing concern about potential threats to local wetlands, lakes and streams.

Published December 7, 2018

CLHS coach keeps everyone on ‘track’

CENTER LINE — Former Center Line High School math teacher Joe DeFusco knows how to make things run.

Published December 7, 2018

Warren firefighters, store team up to provide local students with a merry Christmas

WARREN — It was like visiting Santa’s workshop at the North Pole. Shelves were stocked with Barbies, Lego sets, model cars, Nerf footballs, L.O.L. Surprise dolls and more as excited children selected their favorite toys for Christmas.

Published December 7, 2018

Making spirits bright at Lincoln

WARREN — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Lincoln Elementary School. That’s because the fifth-grade special education students are spreading holiday cheer.

Published December 7, 2018

Six doctors indicted in $464M fraud, opioid probe

WARREN/EASTPOINTE — A group of local doctors with ties to three Macomb County pain clinics have been named in a 56-count federal indictment involving an alleged $464 million in health care fraud and more than 13 million illegally prescribed opioid doses.

Published December 7, 2018

Police: Man stabbed brother during dispute over chips

WARREN — A long-simmering dispute allegedly boiled over into a beef about potato chips that ended in a stabbing at a home on Paige Avenue in Warren Dec. 5.