HAZEL PARK — Amazon will soon begin offering deliveries by drone, flying packages straight to the homes of customers who live within an 8-mile radius of the company’s Hazel Park distribution center at the corner of 10 Mile and Dequindre roads.

EASTPOINTE — Authorities are investigating an alleged assault that resulted in the death of an Eastpointe resident.

MADISON HEIGHTS — A Madison Heights woman who went missing earlier this month was recently found deceased, submerged with her vehicle in the St. Clair River.

HAZEL PARK — Following an incident where a student was arrested at Hazel Park High for sending a threatening text, officials are reminding parents to speak with their kids about the importance of alerting authorities whenever they sense danger.

MADISON HEIGHTS — Each year, the Madison Heights Goodfellows work with area businesses to sponsor families in need, ensuring gifts are under the tree come Christmas morning.

METRO DETROIT — While many spend the holidays with family and friends, the police and firefighters who keep them safe continue to work in the dark and cold, never certain they will come home at the end of their shift.

MADISON HEIGHTS — The Madison Heights Food Pantry provides food and other items to anyone in need, whether they live in Madison Heights or not. Officials say the economy and government shutdown are putting the squeeze on families, including working single parents trying to feed their kids. As such, more donations are needed.

HAZEL PARK — Authorities in Hazel Park are working to piece together five break-ins at vacant properties that occurred around town last month. They’re also urging property owners to secure any unoccupied homes and encouraging the public to be vigilant about suspicious activity.

MADISON HEIGHTS — For the second time this year, voters in the Lamphere Schools district rejected a bond proposal on Nov. 4, in a possible sign that taxpayers may be at their limit. The final vote was 51.96% voting no (1,812 votes) and 48.04% voting yes (1,675 votes).

HAZEL PARK/MADISON HEIGHTS — Residents in Madison Heights and Hazel Park each had big decisions to make on Election Day Nov. 4, deciding the next mayor of each town. Madison Heights voters also decided several contested council seats.

HAZEL PARK/WARREN — The cities of Hazel Park and Warren will both receive state funding for public safety investments as part of a combined $3.4 million for Michigan House District 14. Local school districts will see an increase in funding as well.

EASTPOINTE — The suspect in the stabbing death of a Detroit man has been bound over to Macomb County Circuit Court. 

EASTPOINTE — There was an extra police presence Oct. 23 at Pleasantview Elementary School after a parent allegedly threatened an employee and the school community Oct. 22.

HAZEL PARK — Hazel Park Drama will soon deliver a different sort of “stage fright,” and right in time for Halloween. The club’s production of “Night of the Living Dead” is a retelling of the George Romero cult classic film of the same name, about a group of strangers holed up in an isolated farmhouse under siege by ravenous ghouls.