SOUTHFIELD — Bright orange T-shirts lit up the municipal lawn Oct. 6 as over 500 participants gathered for the fifth annual Walk to Raise Awareness of Domestic Violence, hosted by the city of Southfield, the Southfield Police and Fire Departments, 46th District Court and community partners.

SOUTHFIELD — Southfield city officials, the May Peace Prevail on Earth International Foundation, and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Task Force gathered Sept. 20 at the Peace Poles on the Municipal Campus, 26000 Evergreen Road, to celebrate the United Nations’ International Day of Peace.

SOUTHFIELD — For the past 10 years — “minus COVID” — state Sen. Jeremy Moss has held the Annual Senior Summit in Southfield.

METRO DETROIT — “Forming Function” is “a design podcast for everyone.”

SOUTHFIELD — Phase one of construction at the Southfield Public Library, 26300 Evergreen Road, began Aug. 26 as part of a plan to improve the building’s exterior, a project that started in 2021.

SOUTHFIELD — Southfield Police Department school resource officers were notified at 10 a.m. Sept. 16 that students had informed school security that a student was in possession of a firearm at Southfield A&T High School, located in the 24000 block of Lahser Road.

SOUTHFIELD — Almost a decade ago, Capt. Anna Jones traded her blazers and button-ups for camouflage and combat boots when she left her corporate marketing job to join the army.

SOUTHFIELD — Scammers posing as election officials have been attempting to collect Southfield residents’ credit card information and Social Security numbers.

SOUTHFIELD — On Aug. 27, Easterseals gathered with local families and Ann Arbor-based Cherry Lake Publishing at the Easterseals MORC Miracle League Field on Evergreen Road to celebrate the release of “Making a Difference with Easterseals,” by Beth Finke.

SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield City Council voted 4-3 Aug. 26 to amend its zoning laws to change the permitted hours of operation of marijuana businesses in the city.

SOUTHFIELD — The Michigan Kinship Care Coalition will host its third annual Kinship Care Symposium virtually 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 20.

SOUTHFIELD — A grocery store gas station could be the newest feature of 12 Mile and Evergreen.

METRO DETROIT — A recent 4-3 ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court affecting the state’s laws governing minimum wage and sick time is sending shockwaves through many businesses, including the restaurant industry.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Impaired driving crashes across Michigan are on the rise, a troubling statistic released in a study from Bridge Michigan, which also found that police across the state are not making as many arrests for drunken driving as they have in the past.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Oakland County voters will see an Oakland County Parks millage proposal on the ballot this Nov. 5. In a bipartisan vote at the July 18 meeting, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners voted 16-3 to approve a resolution to place a millage proposal on the general election ballot.