In the early morning hours of Friday, May 29, a Birmingham resident’s bike was stolen from his apartment complex’s locked common bike room. The man reported to Birmingham police that he parked his bike in the bike room after coming home from work the night prior. He said the bike room requires an access code to get in, but witnesses confirmed seeing a man enter the room and leave with the victim’s bike shortly after. Birmingham police said an investigation is ongoing.

Bloomfield Township Police were dispatched on Thursday, June 4, to Target located at 2400 S. Telegraph Road for a retail fraud that just occurred. An unknown white male suspect entered the store and selected $239.97 worth of assorted Lego sets and a carton of ice cream, according to the police report. The suspect proceeded to the self-checkout and paid for the ice cream using a gift card, but failed to scan or pay for the Lego sets. The suspect was leaving the store when he w

After buying gas at a gas station on the 100 block of E. 14 Mile in Birmingham the night of Thursday, May 28, an Eastpointe man allegedly damaged the door of the gas station after getting upset over a credit card hold. An employee of the gas station reported to Birmingham police that the man came in upset about the hold, which he then explained was placed by the banks and not the gas station. The employee said the man became angry and pushed the door hard enough to cause dam

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas J. Tucker on Tuesday, June 9, rejected a motion by the legal firm representing The Community House Association(TCH) to have the court strike a notice of an alternative sale offer from the Julie and Mark Pulte Foundation that provided an increase over what the city of Birmingham offered to pay for purchasing the iconic building in the downtown area. Legal counsel for the Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable Foundation on Friday, June 5, flagged the cour

A competing offer to purchase the Community House on Bates Street in Birmingham could well derail the offer made just weeks ago by the City of Birmingham to acquire the troubled iconic building.

The designs for modifications to the storefront windows of the building at 33877 Woodward, the former site of a CVS, set to be the home of Birmingham’s first Dollar Tree store, were approved with conditions by the city’s design review board during the Wednesday, June 3, meeting.

The popular Birmingham Outdoor Movie Nights in Booth Park are back starting tonight (Friday, June 5) with a showing of the 2025 movie the Smurfs. Movie Nights are on select Friday nights throughout the summer. Pre-show entertainment begins at 6:30 p.m.; featured presentations on the giant LED screen at 7:30 p.m. Booth Park is on the corner of North Old Woodward Avenue and Harmon Street. Other Friday nights to add to your calendar are: July 10, Tangled; August 7, The Bad Guys;

The City of Birmingham’s free, family-friendly In the Park Summer Concert Series returns to Shain Park with weekly outdoor performances from June 12 through August 26, and a new pre-show Kids Zone on July 1 and August 5. The 2026 lineup features a variety of musical genres performed by local and regional acts. The series kicks off on Friday, June 12, at 7 p.m. with the annual Birmingham Bloomfield Community Coalition Youth Action Board's Teen Summer Concert featuring talented

The Bloomfield Township Police Department at approximately 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, responded to a reported road rage incident involving a firearm in the area of eastbound Square Lake Road and Yorkshire Lane, and two arrests were made. The victim reported that she was traveling eastbound on Square Lake Road near Franklin Road when a black Cadillac Escalade repeatedly swerved into her lane, nearly causing several collisions. The victim attempted to distance herself from the

After being stopped for making an illegal turn, a driver was arrested near E. Lincoln and Ann Street in Birmingham the night of Friday, May 22, on 19 traffic warrants issued from multiple jurisdictions. Birmingham police reported that the officers saw the illegal turn and pulled the car over. The driver said he didn’t have a license but had a Michigan ID, and when officers looked, they found the warrants and a suspended license. Birmingham police said the man was arrested and