Dearborn Heights News

The Dearborn Heights Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for one-year-old Grace McKenzie Tardiff.

A Detroit man will stand trial after a Livingston County judge heard testimony he stabbed a Marion Township man in the neck with a box cutter during a confrontation.

Dave Blain used to work in the auto industry and for years helped fill boxes for the needy at the Salvation Army's Dearborn Heights Citadel.

Brian Rodriguez discovered an unusual use for his teeth by accident. And he hopes his "stupid human trick" will earn him a spot on "The Late Show with David Letterman." The 29-year-old Holt man can chew his way through an aluminum pop can.

On Friday, a familiar sound will be heard as the Salvation Army kicks off its annual Red Kettle campaign at selected locations around the area.

Livonia is home to the first known drive-through computer repair facility, thanks to a move by Canton Computers into a larger building on the corner of Plymouth and Wayne roads.

A 15-year-old Dearborn Heights boy died after crashing the stolen car he was driving during a police chase in Oak Park overnight.

Dearborn Heights Raeda Charara Haidar will never forget how her teenage son dropped 80 pounds in just a month because of his failing kidneys.

USMC Lt. Col. Michael Murray, left, a grandnephew of John Kelly, salutes as other family members remember their relative at a graveside service recently at Rosedale Memorial Park in Tallmadge Township.

QUESTION: How do you make glazed pecans? -- Wanda Woelkers, Southgate ANSWER: Glaze pecans for snacking, to top baked goods, to serve on a cheese board or to add to salads.

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI: Elizabeth A. Kruse, 86, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan and formerly of Toledo and Genoa, Ohio died Sunday, November 1, 2009 in the Garden City Osteopathic Hospital, Garden City, MI.

Voters across Wayne County cast votes in numerous city council and commission races, for city amendments and appeared to renew the only countywide ballot proposal, according to unofficial election results Tuesday.

For many Michiganders, outdoor exercise opportunities are almost over. Soon it will be workout hibernation time: months of treadmill pounding, packed spinning classes and DVD workouts in dank basements.

Garden City resident David Duncan quivers at the thought of substance abuse. Duncan, who says that he has been "clean" for years knows the challenges that people with addictions face.

Rental property owners will have to start cleaning up sites to make sure they are free of lead hazards such as lead-based paint before receiving a certificate of compliance from the City of Detroit.

Two residents reported daytime break-ins earlier this week in which a back-door window was broken and jewelry was stolen from bedrooms.

Long lines and rain greeted those trying to get H1N1 vaccines for themselves and their families at the first of Oakland County's mass vaccine clinics, one at Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills and the other at Clarkston Junior High School.

A narcoleptic weatherman, a lady who thinks she's Carol Burnett, a priest and two nuns who do a bluegrass aerobics show.

Livonia police arrested a man and a woman Tuesday night who they believe are responsible for several armed robberies of tanning salons in several communities.

Garden City Police are investigating two robberies and an attempted robbery that happened between Oct.