WARREN — Ed Malaga was “a dancin’ man.” On the late afternoon of April 24, he boogied onto the dance floor to the Bee Gees’ disco hit “Stayin’ Alive” during the Fitzgerald High School “senior” prom.

WARREN — The Warren Police Department and the Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido held a press conference at police headquarters April 24 to provide an update about an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself.

WARREN — Over the past decade, Warren Cousino girls soccer took its fair share of bumps and bruises in the Macomb Area Conference Blue Division.

CENTER LINE — In 2002, Center Line residents Jackie Lancaster and Kathy Hanselman decided it was time the city came together for the National Day of Prayer, held annually on the first Thursday in May.

WARREN — Hundreds came to celebrate the National Day of Prayer on May 2, outside Warren City Hall amid the glorious backdrop of sunshine and sparkling skies.

WARREN — Former Warren Mayor Jim Fouts and current state Rep. Mike McFall filed as Democrats to run in the Aug. 6 primary election in District 14 of the Michigan House of Representatives.

WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS — In 2019, John Bernia set a goal. At the May 1 Warren Consolidated Schools Board of Education meeting, the school board voted 7-0 to appoint Bernia as the district’s next superintendent.

WARREN — Three suspects are facing charges after a fight on the grounds of Lincoln High School April 22.

CENTER LINE — When studying the Industrial Revolution of the 1700s and 1800s, students in Jaime Bellos’ world history classes at Center Line High School were able to place themselves among the innovators of the time.

MACOMB COUNTY — On April 16, Macomb County Commissioner Mai Xiong won the race for a partial term of office representing the state’s District 13 in the Michigan House of Representatives.

WARREN — Democratic Macomb County Commissioner Mai Xiong defeated Republican Ronald Singer in the April 16 special election to fill the District 13 seat in the Michigan House of Representatives left vacant when Lori Stone was elected Warren’s mayor in November.

WARREN — Three people arrested during the seizure of cocaine, fentanyl and guns were charged with the possession and manufacturing of narcotics during their arraignments on April 10 in the 37th District Court in Warren.

WARREN — Mayor Lori Stone gave her first budget presentation on April 8 at the Warren Community Center’s auditorium before nearly 200 in attendance. Those gathered included one councilman, residents, city department heads and members of the media.

WARREN — A group of 32 Warren residents recently completed an eight-week Citizens Police Academy where they learned aspects of police work and celebrated with a graduation ceremony at Warren City Hall on April 2.

WARREN — Warren police said an arrest was made less than 24 hours after a Cousino High School student reported that a stranger approached her and attempted to persuade her into his vehicle as she was walking home from school on April 3.

WARREN — On April 12, a Warren police officer responding to a domestic violence call on Garbor Drive shot and killed a man who was reportedly armed with a handgun.

WARREN — Two suspects allegedly stole more than $25,000 worth of jewelry from a local store on March 28 and were later arrested.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP/WARREN — On April 1, in 41B District Court in Clinton Township, a Macomb County Jail inmate and his alleged co-conspirator were arraigned and charged with plotting to kill the husband of the co-conspirator.

WARREN — A 37-year-old Warren man has been charged after a shooting left another man critically wounded after a party on April 6.

WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS/TROY — The music education programs in Warren Consolidated Schools are hitting the right notes.