Michigan, Mount Clemens | featured news

LOUDON, N.H. >> Martin Truex Jr. has a sudden thirst for sponsorship cash.Truex and his Furniture Row Racing team had about three weeks' notice that 5-hour Energy was set to leave the defending NASCAR champion as a primary sponsor at the end of the season.After a 10-year relationship, the NASCAR buzz wore off for the energy brand, the latest big-bucks corporate defector from the sport.

Since it started in 2001, Shinedown has always been a band that knew how to get our "Attention Attention." And still does.The Florida rock troupe's sixth studio album is Shinedown's fourth consecutive Top 10 debut, bowing at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. A concept album about one person's battle to overcoming negativity, it's also the first produced entirely by bassist/keyboardist Eric Bass and has spawned a No.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Godsmack's quadruple-platinum debut album. But the heavy rock troupe from Massachusetts is not resting on its laurels.Rather than celebrate the past, the quartet instead chose to release a new album, "When Legends Rise," which debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 following its April release.

Crimestoppers is offering a reward for information about a suspect who robbed a Chase Bank in Utica last weekend, the second time the institution has been robbed this year.A white male suspect robbed the bank on Van Dyke near Hall Road about 12:45 p.

Dr. Jim Hines, Republican candidate for governor, has announced a 10-day, 23 community bus tour through southern Michigan. "I look forward to taking my auto insurance and roads reform plan straight to the people of Michigan during the final two weeks," said Hines. Stops include :• Novi and Milford on July 26• Plymouth, Trenton and Woodhaven on July 27 • Shelby Township and Clinton Township on July 28

The Gretchen Whitmer for Governor campaign has begun airing its third television ad ahead of the Democratic primary election on August 7.The new ad titled, "Fix the Roads", highlights Whitmer's priorities for fixing Michigan's roads.

Thousands will be welcomed to downtown Richmond this month to shop, dine, enjoy a garden walk and take part in a family bicycle ride along the Macomb Orchard Trail. All of the upcoming events are centered around the third annual Rummage & Relic sale, set to run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 28 in the city.

The Michigan Department of Transportation has decided against closing a portion of I-696 this weekend due to weather concerns. Eastbound lanes between I-75 and Telegraph were scheduled to close as work continues on a $12 million project along the freeway in Oakland County, which includes joint repair and major resurfacing.

A Washington Township man who posed as a residential builder has pleaded guilty or no contest in several criminal cases for defrauding people out of thousands of dollars.James M. Ciarmataro, 31, pleaded to charges related to accusations he took money from several Macomb County customers as owner of Maddox Construction but failed to perform the work, and in one case stole from a builder.

Leisurely summer reading is more fun for students from Clinton Township's Robbie Hall Parker School because of the Clinton Valley Kiwanis Club. It is also a valuable part of their education.Club president Pat Wybo feels reading plays an essential role in preparing youngsters to become productive people.