MOUNT CLEMENS — The driver who police said hit a 5-year-old boy and left the scene of the crash on the border of Warren and Center Line in June 2021 has been ordered to serve 20 to 40 years in prison.

WARREN — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. On the evening of Nov. 9, Gardner White Furniture, 6500 14 Mile Road, officially debuted “Twinkle Town” to an excited crowd ready to get into the holiday spirit.

MACOMB COUNTY — As Thanksgiving draws closer, local businesses are looking forward to the busiest time of the year: the holiday shopping season and Small Business Saturday.

MACOMB COUNTY — Eastpointe City Councilwoman Sarah Lucido will continue serving the public as an elected official, but this time in a different role.

WARREN — The discovery of a sinkhole in Warren has led to repairs that may have prevented a bigger problem. The sinkhole was found last week on 10 Mile Road at Loretta Avenue, west of Mound Road.

MACOMB COUNTY — Serving in the U.S. Army took Marc Fay from the comforts of his home all the way to Camp Carroll on the Korean Peninsula.

MACOMB COUNTY — Eastpointe City Councilwoman Sarah Lucido will continue serving the public as an elected official, but this time in a different role.

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.