WARREN — The city of Warren recently received its first payment from the opioid settlement of $567.383.61.  Attorneys general around the country joined forces to go after the prescription drug companies that produce opioids, which include oxycodone (OxyContin), hydrocodone (Vicodin), morphine, and methadone.

WARREN — A 13-year-old student from Lois E. Carter Middle School got an ambulance ride to the hospital for observation on Feb. 6 after she reportedly consumed a cookie that contained THC.

CENTER LINE — The Center Line Department of Public Safety has a new sleuth on the force helping to keep its residents safe.

WARREN — At their Jan. 10 meeting, Warren City Council members voted unanimously to approve a $112,984 cost-sharing agreement with Macomb County for engineering designs linked to a construction project along Mound Road from Eight Mile Road to Interstate 696.

WARREN — At their meeting on Jan. 24, members of the Warren City Council voted to demolish the smokestack at the city’s Waste Water Treatment Plant.

WARREN — As of Feb. 2, four candidates had officially filed to run for mayor of Warren.

WARREN — If you have tried to call any of the Warren city offices within the City Hall complex and your call did not go through or was dropped, you are not alone.

WARREN — Warren City Council members approved the redistricting map for city’s council districts days before their Jan. 10 council meeting. The Redistricting Commission met on Jan. 10 to vote on the already approved map.

WARREN — One of Warren’s own has been appointed to the bench of the 37th District Court. Steve Bieda was appointed on Jan. 10 by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

WARREN — The Warren City Council has voted unanimously to approve a $22,950,000 Downtown Development Authority bond issue to build two new fire stations: Station 1 and Station 5.

WARREN — The legal wrangling between Warren City Council and Warren Mayor James Fouts to determine who has control of the city’s budget has gone on for years.

WARREN — Willie Lee Allen, 29, of Detroit, has been charged by Macomb County prosecutors with eight felony counts and one misdemeanor following an officer-involved shooting on Eight Mile Road between Ryan and Dequindre roads on Jan. 2.

WARREN — Pastor Tsegayesus Hurisa Hunde has traversed the globe spreading the good news of Christ.

WARREN — Four people were stuck in the elevator at Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren on Dec. 1.

WARREN — The holidays are here, and this is the season for giving.  Organizers said that is what the “Shop with a Hero” and “Shop with a Warthog” events are all about.