The debate over a Sheetz gas station in Farmington Hills continued Monday night, with the city rejecting the plan.

The roadblocks come in the midst of Sheetz’s plan to open 50-60 locations in Michigan over the next five to six years. The chain announced its plans to enter the Michigan market in December 2022. The company has just one Michigan location — a store at 33380 Wick Road in Romulus that opened in August.

As homelessness increases nationally, some local officials and shelter operators say they're also feeling the pinch of a shortage of shelter space.

Sheetz wanted to convert the site of a former restaurant into a gas station at 12 Mile and Middlebelt but faced firm opposition from residents.

Council members agreed with residents, who said the proposed 24-hour gas station, convenience store and restaurant was not a good fit for the 12 Mile and Middlebelt location.

Farmington Hills residents cheered early Tuesday morning as a proposal to build a Sheetz gas station at 12 Mile and Middlebelt was unanimously voted down by the city council.

Sheetz is proposing two locations in Farmington Hills, one at 12 Mile and Middlebelt roads and the other at Grand River Avenue and Middlebelt Road.

One of Michigan’s largest accounting firms is continuing to expand. Farmington Hills-based certified public accounting firm UHY LLP announced Monday it acquired the nearby Farmington Hills-based accounting firm of Tama, Budaj & Raab PC, effective Jan. 1, according to a news release.

JMP Pizza Inc. allowed minors to operate dangerous equipment and allowed 15-year-olds to work past 7 p.m. on school nights.

I've had almost 50 years of advocating on behalf of the Palestinians, but I have never seen the carnage that took place in the last 15 months. And I have never seen how our government is completely complicit in this.

Farmington Hills was scheduled to celebrate the 20th Annual MLK Legacy March on Jan. 20, after press time, with residents walking a stretch of 12 Mile Road to honor the peaceful practices of Martin Luther King Jr.

It's the first time in the BCS or CFB Playoff era that two Midwest teams have met for it all. A look at the Michigan ties for Notre Dame and Ohio State: