Sterling Heights News

Testimony begins Tuesday before Macomb County Circuit Judge Edward Servitto for one of four teens accused of killing a man over a couple of $5 bags of marijuana.

The Public Works Department is to collect clothing for the Salvation Army and food for the Macomb Food Program for people in need starting next month.

The family of a Macomb County Jail inmate killed at a hospital by police Thursday is questioning the use of lethal force, saying the man had a drug problem but was not known to be violent.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and Sheriff Warren Evans are expected to charge another person this afternoon with the involvement in a blaze that killed Detroit firefighter Walt Harris.

Voters have ushered in a fresh start to Detroit politics as five new members have been elected to the Detroit City Council.

Former Detroit cop Gary Brown made a strong showing in Tuesday's city council election, finishing second in a field of 18 candidates.

Free Press reporters filed from across metro Detroit today at several precincts.

Steven Karapandza says his use of prescription marijuana to help ease the pain of daily migraine headaches is none of his boss' business.

The Macomb County Health Department is adding another H1N1 vaccine clinic, this time offering both the intranasal and injectable versions of the vaccine.

A metro Detroit school district is putting itself right in the middle of the battle over the state budget.

Although some locals are still voting through Sunday, the United Auto Workers national leadership has accepted the defeat, said three union sources who asked not to be identified since they don't officially speak for the UAW.

Federal prosecutors say three people accused of cashing in on the government's food stamp program have pleaded guilty.

An effort is under way at Ford Motor Co.'s Sterling Heights axle plant to conduct a revote on proposed cost-cutting changes to the UAW's labor contract due to concerns that the plant will lose work that is promised in the tentative agreement.

Cars lined up Wednesday in Sterling Heights carrying people hoping to get the H1N1 vaccine, and reportedly the day went very well for all concerned.

Sterling Heights -- Police are asking the public's help in finding a man who dressed up in a Halloween costume and robbed two 7-Eleven convenience stores over the weekend.

WWJ-AM in Detroit reports a long line of vehicles stretched Wednesday outside Freedom Hill County Park in Sterling Heights.

Large crowds are gathering Wednesday at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights as Macomb County officials begin providing H1N1 vaccines to residents at 9 a.m.

Sterling Heights -- Police have charged two Warren women in connection with a break-in at a home near Van Dyke and Metropolitan Parkway that was interrupted when the homeowner returned during the incident, officials said today.

A 37-year-old Rochester Hills man suffered fatal injuries Oct. 24 after striking a stalled vehicle on Metropolitan Parkway.

Ralph Edward Eldridge is suing the Warren Police Department, alleging that officers used a taser gun on him three times in June after he told them he was a diabetic suffering from low blood sugar instead of getting out of his car, as ordered.