Madison Heights News

With cuts to art funding making the headlines around the nation, some students in Michigan are taking classes in the parking lot on board the Art Road Mobile Art Classroom.

Looking for some fun family-oriented activities for Memorial Day weekend? Here's a list of weekend events in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb Counties, including parades, memorials and festivals.

Family and friends of 25-year-old Shantinique Burns gathered at the Christian Tabernacle Church in Southfield to remember her life Monday morning during funeral services.

Pick a pill, any pill. With eight medications to choose from, taking the right pill at the right time was often a game of chance for 86-year-old Stella Mazur.

Eighty-eight-year-old Stella Mazur took eight medications a day for conditions that ranged from high blood pressure to seizures, but she was frustrated because she couldn't keep all of her pills straight.

Royal Oak has a lot of great businesses on 11 Mile Road, but is there anything missing? A certain type of establishment or a new retail store? This building at 1321 E. 11 Mile Rd.

At their meeting Monday, May 14, City Council adopted a budget that advances various projects while avoiding much of the pain of years past.

As a teenager, Ethel Schwartz was quickly fired from her job at a small grocery store on Detroit's east side when her boss learned she was organizing discussions with fellow workers about improving their working conditions.

A Shelby Township man who was indicted last week for his role in a health care fraud scheme is being held without bond after investigators discovered her wired nearly $2 million to relatives in his native country of India, the Macomb Daily reported.

Madison Heights, Mich.-based Hungry Howie's Pizza underwent a redesign in 2010 that featured a new look and equipment.

HFCC Cisco Networking Academy Student Picked For 'Dream Team': A Garrett McCollum, a Cisco Networking Academy student at Henry Ford Community College, received selection as a member of the "Dream Team" going to CiscoLive in San Diego from June 10-14. More than 80 students applied to be part of the "Dream Team," but only 10 earned selection.

The ice cream shop will give 20 percent of its proceeds to the Clawson Relay for Life.

The Local 4 Defenders have learned that the FBI has arrested 19 people during raids across metro Detroit Wednesday as part of a $50 million Medicare fraud investigation.

Scott Tucker, left, of Oak Park, Eric Basista of Westland and Drew Kahl of Berkley -- employees at the Lowe's store in Southfield -- put the first pieces of a new play set together Tuesday in Detroit at the YWCA Interim House, a residential domestic violence shelter.