BERKLEY — Plans to open a gun shop in downtown Berkley have been abandoned after outcry from residents.

FERNDALE — The next show at the Ringwald Theatre will see the actors position themselves at a campfire.

FERNDALE — Ferndale voters have important choices to make in the Nov. 5 election with two ballot proposals relating to a Headlee override millage.

Week five of high school football is in the books.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A Utica Community Schools teacher has been recognized for her extensive efforts in inspiring her students and fostering enthusiasm for the future that lies ahead following their graduation.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Utica High School Band Boosters is readying for its 39th annual used instrument sale Nov. 9 and welcomes all who may be in need of an instrument or would like to sell one.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — The Kiwanis Club of Utica-Shelby Township is starting off the spooky month with a pumpkin painting party from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 13. This free event is open to the community and will include yummy treats, mini pumpkins and painting supplies.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — In 2022, domestic violence took the lives of more than 100 Michigan residents. Domestic violence crimes account for almost 40 percent of police calls, and 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been physically abused by an intimate partner.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Fire Department will be holding an open house on Saturday for the public to come visit and see what firefighters’ jobs are all about day to day.

WARREN — A Southfield man was arraigned in 37th District Court Sept. 25 for allegedly embezzling more than $7,000 from eight adults in the Mission Point Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Warren.

WARREN — A man who allegedly set fire to his girlfriend’s home, killing her two cats and destroying the house, was arraigned in Warren’s 37th District Court by Judge Michael Chupa Sept. 24.

WARREN — The Warren Police Department was reaccredited by the Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission in September and continues to be the largest police department in the state to receive the designation from that organization.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Neighborhoods across Oakland County were reportedly peppered with antisemitic material and a building was vandalized between Oct. 5 and 7, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and local police departments.

METRO DETROIT — A look at five things to do during the weekend of Oct. 11-13

EASTPOINTE — When personnel with the 38th District Court were conducting an eviction at a home in Eastpointe late last month, they made a horrifying discovery in the basement.

ROSEVILLE — Roseville is the latest Michigan city to get a Chick-fil-A location. The new popular poultry location, which had its grand opening Oct. 3, is at the intersection of Masonic Boulevard and Gratiot Avenue.

EASTPOINTE — Detectives with the Eastpointe Police Department have tracked down the suspect in a hit-and-run crash that left a Roseville man dead in Eastpointe.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The office of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has authorized felony charges against seven people after an investigation into alleged acts of double voting during the August 2024 primary election.

WARREN — A 62-year-old Livonia man was expected back in court Oct. 8, after the Warren Weekly went to press, for a probable cause hearing on charges he watched pornography in a classroom while substitute teaching.

WARREN/TROY — Although Debbie McClain prefers to fly “under the radar” for her volunteer work as president of the Prisoner of War Committee of Michigan, one local group took notice of the compassion and care she gives to the project.