Sterling Heights News

The Sterling Heights City Council on Tuesday is to consider putting a millage proposal on the Nov.

Stagecrafters doesn't repeat their productions very often with the exception of the classics such as The Sound of Music.

Co-owner Lorenza Caradonna, left, 75, types in Mega Millions and Powerball numbers at the Car-Donna Party Store on Mound and 17 Mile in Sterling Heights, Friday.

The investigation against Bryan Pascal Pearl began May 3, when Pearl's Sterling Heights-based employer notified police that Pearl's work computer may have contained child pornography.

Assistant principal positions at Grosse Pointe North High School and Parcells Middle School were filled Monday at the Grosse Pointe Public School System Board of Education regular meeting, with the unanimous approvals of David Reed-Nordwall and Steven Wolf.

Welcome to the RETURN of our two-minute drill, which will give you a snapshot of what's going on... A semi hauling 38,000 pounds of empty pickle jars flipped over this morning, causing the closure of a freeway entrance ramp in Sterling Heights until about noon, police said.

A truck carrying several tons of empty pickle jars spilled over Wednesday morning while merging from a turnabout and caused northbound traffic to be blocked, police said.

An old-school junkyard, Warhoops Auto and Truck Parts squats on 15.5 acres of dirt speckled with the detritus of our throwaway culture.

A Washington, D.C., reporter for more than 30 years, Jim Limbach covers the federal agencies for ConsumerAffairs.

A man was sent to the hospital after fighting with another man he believed tried to steal his laptop during a party in Ann Arbor early Sunday morning.

A former Central Michigan University student accused of putting bleach in her roommate's glass of iced tea following a dispute over dirty dishes will spend four months under house arrest and four months in jail.

The thunder-like rumble of wood beneath rolling polyurethane wheels, energetic shouts of hyper children accented by the clap of skateboards smacking a half pipe; these are sounds of Oakland Vert Skate Park in Sterling Heights.

Renee Larsen prunes plants at Eckert's Greenhouse in Sterling Heights. Gardeners looking to plant flowers are advised to hold back for now.

Former Central Michigan University student Kayla A. Bonkowski, 20, was sentenced to eight months of jail time Friday after pleading guilty to poisoning her roommate over an argument about dirty dishes.

Mower gang member Tom Nadrone, of Birmingham mows at Duweke Park in Detroit, Wednesday May 1, 2013.

Lyon Township Fire Chief Ron McClain directs firefighters during a January fire in South Lyon.

Four brothers from a Sterling Heights family-owned business are suing government officials over the Obama administration's health care mandate, which they claim is unconstitutional and violates their religious rights.

Devin: 911 DISPATCHERS ARE USED TO HEARING PHRASES LIKE, I NEED HELP NOW! Ruth: BECAUSE UNWELCOMED CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE, THAT DOESN'T USUALLY CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY.

A lawsuit , not the first of its kind, was filed Wednesday in the Detroit federal court alleging that President Barack Obama-proposed changes to health care, which mandate coverage including contraceptive and abortion services, violate the religious rights of four Sterling Heights business owners.

Sterling Heights is a relatively quiet Detroit suburb home to the plant where Chrysler 200s and Dodge Avengers are built.