SOUTHFIELD — A 15-year-old Ferndale resident died Feb. 15 following a shooting at a Southfield hotel several days earlier, police said.

SOUTHFIELD — Everett Stephenson’s love of classic hot rods goes back to his adolescence in the 1970s.

SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield Neighborhood Services Committee meeting Feb. 15 included a recap of some major projects in the city.

SOUTHFIELD/BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham Museum and the Oakland County Historical Society kicked off Black History Month with a lecture on freedom seeker and abolitionist John Sella Martin Jan. 13 at the Southfield Public Library.

SOUTHFIELD — The Road Commission for Oakland County and the city of Southfield will host a public information meeting about the 2024 resurfacing of 12 Mile Road from Telegraph Road to Northwestern Highway 4:30-7 p.m. Feb. 15 at Adlai Stevenson Elementary School, 27777 Lahser Road.

SOUTHFIELD — The City Council unanimously approved an agreement Jan. 29 with Lawrence Technological University for an art installation called The Key.

SOUTHFIELD — The residents of Woodridge Apartments in Southfield really love to cook, according to the state fire marshal, and their culinary skills are a little safer thanks to a new safety program.

METRO DETROIT — Humble Design is turning houses into homes with its unique approach to ending the cycle of homelessness.

SOUTHFIELD — When asked about her favorite part of being a K-9 handler for the Southfield Police Department, Officer Ashley Daisley said, “Everything.”

SOUTHFIELD — Southfield resident Tracey Overstreet, 69, enrolled in the Women to Work program at Gesher Human Services last fall, looking for a fresh start after retiring from Chrysler and then holding positions at a glass factory and as a nanny for the past 11 years.

SOUTHFIELD — After being delayed multiple times due to winter weather conditions Jan. 12, 16, 22 and 23, the bridge work scheduled for east of Telegraph Road as part of the Restore the Reuther project was rescheduled again tentatively for Jan. 25.

SOUTHFIELD — Southfield resident Brea Hartsfield has her eyes set on the FBI.

SOUTHFIELD — The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, in partnership with the city of Southfield, will host the 39th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk at 9 a.m. Jan. 15. This year’s theme is “Peace and Justice for the Next Generation.”

SOUTHFIELD — Since last February, the Southfield Public Library has hosted a Family Research Forum 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month for people seeking to uncover their genealogy.

SOUTHFIELD — Controversy ensued around gun buyback programs after the New York Times launched an investigation that found the guns collected at buybacks in Flint and Southfield were not destroyed but were instead recycled and resold.