The candidates' positions on the election issues
Our choices for the August ballot
Lincoln Yard and Little Yard closing down
Birmingham’s Lincoln Yard and its casual takeout restaurant Little Yard will close July 29 after a little more than two years in business.
Homeowner facing charges for pool party
The Birmingham homeowner who rented out his home on Westchester Way in mid-June where an advertised pool party drew a couple hundred persons is now facing six misdemeanor charges in district court, along with the person who rented the home and organized the party who is facing two charges.
School board candidates have no opposition
General election voters in the Bloomfield Hills Schools and the Birmingham Schools districts will be facing a ballot in which school board candidates have no opposition this November.
Group hits Dick’s for stolen merchandise
A group of eight males and females hit Dick’s Sporting Goods, 2105 S. Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township, on Sunday, July 19, making off with stolen merchandise from the store.
Wallets, gun taken from unlocked vehicles
Bloomfield Township police are reporting several larcenies from vehicles on Saturday, July 18.
Wandering cops: how communities handle new hires
Andrew Lyon was hired by the East Lansing Police Department as an officer in 2024. By the time he resigned in April 2026, he was the subject of four internal department investigations. According to local reporting from WLNS-TV, in just two years on the job, Lyon was under investigation for speeding through red lights during a pursuit without lights and sirens, running red lights, and speeding in a personal vehicle. He had also ignored direct commands from his superiors not to discuss a federal civil rights lawsuit, which two black men filed against Lyons for using pepper spray on them when they were arrested for an alleged altercation outside a restaurant. Lyons claimed he was breaking up a fight, although video surveillance from the restaurant showed there was no fight. In reality, one of the men who was pepper-sprayed and arrested was trying to deter the other from getting involved in a potential fight.
GAME OVER
As we all know, one week before the storied bipartisan Mackinac Policy Conference in late May, former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced he was dropping his run as an independent candidate for governor in November. The question that has continued to circulate is why do it right before the Mackinac conference, which is sponsored by the Detroit Regional Chamber – which had endorsed Duggan early on.
