TROY — A nonprofit is celebrating more than a half-century of helping kids play ball.

TROY — The Troy Public Library hosted a presentation on skin care ingredients and needs at its “New Year, Fresh Face” event Jan. 8.

TROY — A Troy man and a Ferndale woman were recently charged in separate animal cruelty cases by Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald.

TROY — Tamela Peterson — a 59-year-old Brighton resident, and former CEO of the Oxford Recovery Center in Brighton and Oxford Center in Troy — has been charged with fraud.

TROY — Once an office, an 88,000-square-foot building at 2690 Crooks Road has been converted into a residential community called Lindsey Living Apartments. Construction is also underway on a second building next to it that will add even more living space.

UTICA — During a Jan. 13 meeting, the Utica City Council split $1,000 among four local organizations while giving $1,390 to the Utica Public Library for its fiscal year 2026 Community Development Block Grant allocation of funds.

TROY — Corewell Health plans to build a new tower at its Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital, located at 44201 Dequindre Road — part of a 94-bed expansion project that aims to support inpatient demand and improve patient access.

TROY — A new curriculum at Athens High aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed for a successful career in advanced manufacturing.

TROY — A courtroom drama set in 1950s Michigan will get the theatrical treatment by the Ridgedale Players this month.

UTICA — The city of Utica is considering relocating city facilities, as Plante & Moran PLLC will be studying the feasibility of this move and will provide a report on its findings to the City Council.

TROY — A $1.28 million grant to the city of Troy will pave the way for a mile-long path.

UTICA — Sidney Emmanuel Davis Jr., a 25-year-old man from Utica, was recently referred for a competency evaluation after being charged with first-degree premeditated murder related to a stabbing that occurred at a Meijer gas station in Shelby Township.

UTICA — Dron Datta, a senior at Stevenson High School and the Utica Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology, published and presented his research based around Artificial Intelligence at a workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining in Washington, D.C., last month.

TROY — The Troy Community Foundation recently awarded grants totaling $11,650 to a dozen organizations as part of its Fall 2025 grant cycle.

TROY — At its meeting Dec. 1, the Troy City Council approved a conditional rezoning agreement for the Village of Hastings residential development project. The project would rezone a 5.15-acre site along the east side of Livernois Road and the north side of Square Lake Road.