Oakland County GOP leaders closed their Bloomfield Township office after staff opened an envelope containing a suspicious powder; police are investigating.

Defense lawyers filed notice this month to use insanity in the Nov. 5 Trims Unlimited killing, prompting court-ordered psychiatric exams and pausing trial plans.

A Royal Oak tenant was bound over to circuit court after prosecutors said he fatally shot a maintenance worker at Devon Park Apartments; an arraignment is set for March 2.

Garber Management Group will pay $1.513M to settle federal claims that it misrepresented eligibility for a May 2020 PPP loan.

A Wayne County judge declared a third mistrial in the Efrain Medina murder case after jurors deadlocked; the result leaves the victim’s family still waiting for closure.

GRPD released partial bodycam and dashcam footage after a Wednesday‑night shooting that left Da'Quain Johnson dead; family and neighbors dispute the official account as state police investigate.

A Gogebic County jury convicted 33-year-old Isaac Sawyer on six felony drug counts after a May 2025 Ironwood stop. Sentencing is pending following a pre-sentence investigation.

A Lenawee County judge gave a former youth soccer coach decades behind bars after a jury convicted him of abusing a player who was 12 when the relationship began. The sentence includes lifetime sex‑offender registration and monitoring.

Police found roughly $105,000 in drugs and multiple guns inside a senior apartment on East Jefferson; neighbors say drug deals have become a visible, regular problem.

A Jackson man has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the 2022 death of 15-month-old Zariah Jackson; forensic examiners say the toddler suffered blunt-force head injuries.

A former youth soccer coach in Texas, Andrew Olnhausen, was sentenced to 22 years and 2 months to 60 years for multiple sexual offenses involving a minor.

A federal grand jury in Madison indicted an Ironwood man after social‑media posts allegedly threatened ICE agents; the FBI and local agencies have joined the probe.

A Southfield man was arrested after allegedly pouring gasoline and setting a fire behind a city fire station; crews extinguished the blaze and no injuries were reported.