A group of high school students has turned their passion for information into a thriving social media news source, providing breaking news coverage to thousands of followers in Livingston and Oakland counties.

EnRoute Media, a Facebook page with nearly 3,000 followers, was created by South Lyon High School senior Conner Lipke after watching a show about freelance journalists known as nightcrawlers.

"It's like what they do, how they do it, what it looks like, stuff like that. So I thought that was really interesting and wanted to try it," Lipke said.

The inspiration turned into action in February when an emergency occurred in South Lyon. Lipke grabbed his camera and took photos of the scene.

"The chief came up to me and he gave me a statement, and then from there I was like wow I kind o

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