Janet Fitch had been writing for 20 years before her recent best seller, "White Oleander," was published in 1999. The Los Angeles native has worked as a typesetter, a journalist and an editor, and she says the road to becoming an author was a long and...

A jury convicted a 24-year old Shelby Township woman of first-degree child abuse and assault with intent to murder in Macomb County Circuit Court Feb. 23. Last May, Melissa Memmer bound the arms of her finance's 2-year-old son, Tyler Korte, and pressed his face against a...

Adam and Lisa Ziff may never know the story behind the heart that beats in their daughter's tiny chest, but they are thankful every day for the family that was brave enough to donate it. "There is no greater gift you can give to any family...

There is a story behind nearly every arcade game, vintage carnival machine and old-time poster in Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. The collection, which covers nearly every square inch of the museum's 5,500 square feet, was started in the 1950s when owner Marvin Yagoda was a pharmacy...