TROY — An 11-year-old Troy girl is living her dream and taking the business she started to the next level as she is featured on the Food Network’s “Kids Baking Championship.”

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — An Oakland Township woman has fled the United States following a fatal hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Day, according to the FBI.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Historical Society is making some history of its own.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Longtime Shelby Township resident and Korean War veteran William B. Harrell, 91, was the recipient of an Honor Flight in November to visit the national war memorials in Washington, D.C.

FARMINGTON HILLS — Since opening in 2021, The Hawk – Farmington Hills Community Center has become a primary attraction for residents.

STERLING HEIGHTS — City officials have eagerly expressed their excitement over plans to eventually turn Lakeside Mall into a network of mixed-use neighborhoods. But current Lakeside Mall tenants are reminding the public that they are still in business and are not planning to leave anytime soon.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — A program has struck gold when its freshmen talent can make an immediate impact on the football field, but that description doesn’t begin to express the difference defensive back Will Johnson made for the University of Michigan this season.

BERKLEY — The Berkley City Council is full again after a new member was appointed last month.

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Multiple Walmart stores were evacuated Feb. 6 following a series of bomb threats, according to reports from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

ROYAL OAK — Molly Pratt once was a cancer patient at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital. She now is working at the hospital as a nurse.

ROSEVILLE — For the past year, local filmmaker Keith Famie and his film crew have traveled to various locations to interview classic car owners for Famie’s documentary, “Detroit: The City of Hot Rods & Muscle Cars.”

WARREN/CENTER LINE — Two Center Line Public Schools proposals will be on the May 2 special school election ballot.

WARREN — At their meeting on Jan. 24, members of the Warren City Council voted to demolish the smokestack at the city’s Waste Water Treatment Plant.

WARREN — As of Feb. 2, four candidates had officially filed to run for mayor of Warren.

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — A 61-year-old man died Jan. 26 after reportedly driving into oncoming traffic, crashing into another vehicle head-on in Oakland Township.

NOVI — Novi police are seeking the public’s help locating a stolen Chihuahua puppy and the dog thief.

TROY — Many Troy residents have been seeing an unusual creature in their neighborhoods over the last several months.

SOUTHFIELD — On Jan. 17, Lawrence Technological University established its fifth college, the College of Health Sciences.

ROYAL OAK — Winter Blast Royal Oak soon will be making its return to the city for its second year.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Public school teachers aren’t considered public bodies and therefore aren’t subject to Michigan’s public information law, according to a recent judge’s ruling.