METRO DETROIT — The third time was apparently the charm for John James.   The Republican business owner from Farmington Hills defeated Democrat Carl Marlinga, a former Macomb County prosecutor and Circuit Court judge, by less than 0.

MACOMB COUNTY — Families Against Narcotics, a nonprofit based in Macomb County, is putting out a call for volunteers known as “angels” for its Hope Not Handcuffs program.

CENTER LINE/WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS —  As residents came out to the polls Nov. 8 on Election Day, one of their civic duties was to vote in local school board elections. In those races, it was the incumbents who garnered enough votes to be reelected to their Board of Education seats.

ROSEVILLE — For the first two rounds of the playoffs, Roseville football encountered some familiar competition.

WARREN — In observance of National Fire Prevention Month in October, students in the Center Line High School firefighting class visited kindergarten and first grade students at local schools to talk to them about fire safety.

WARREN — A Macomb County Circuit Court judge has ruled that the state doesn’t have to provide grant money to replace the incinerator at Warren’s Waste Water Treatment Plant.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — In honor of Veterans Day, the Warren Symphony Orchestra is bringing the red, white and blue center stage.

WARREN/DETROIT — Mexican film star María Félix is among those who will be remembered with an altar in this year’s Detroit Institute of Arts 10th annual “Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos” exhibit.

WARREN — At the Oct. 19 Warren Consolidated Schools Board of Education meeting, the school board unanimously named Warren Mott High School Principal David Meengs as the district’s chief academic officer.

WARREN — Warren police have arrested a suspected “serial peeping Tom,” according to the department.

WARREN — Lincoln High School algebra teacher Darrius Alexander was at a loss for words.

CENTER LINE — Center Line City Manager Dennis Champine said there will be a thorough investigation into graffiti bearing “phallic symbols” and “racist and homophobic words” found in the city.

WARREN — Commuters who use Van Dyke Avenue in Warren might want to seek an alternate route this month.

WARREN — A family is grieving what they’re calling an “unbearable loss” after a crash claimed the lives of a father and son.

CENTER LINE — Center Line High School football has longed for the days of its 2002 season when the school saw its team go 9-2 and earn the program’s last playoff win.

WARREN/CENTER LINE — In the Warren Weekly’s coverage area, voters will elect candidates vying for various federal, state, county, judicial and school board seats on Nov. 8.

WARREN — Every time Carlson Elementary students hop on the school’s new Sensory Path, the memory of longtime Van Dyke Public Schools educator Lola Mukogawa will come alive.

WARREN — A federal judge has ruled in favor of Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer, the city and Mayor Jim Fouts in a lawsuit filed against them by a former deputy police commissioner.

EASTPOINTE/WARREN — The Warren and Eastpointe fire departments are working together to investigate a pair of house fires that occurred the morning of Oct. 10 that Warren Fire Commissioner Skip McAdams said are “suspicious in origin.” At approximately 6:14 a.m.