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Police: Mom was drunk with tot in car
BLOOMFIELD TWP. A Taylor woman was arrested Tuesday night after she was found drunk, slumped over her steering wheel, in a home improvement store parking lot with her 1-year-old son in the back seat, police ...
Police: Mom Found Drunk In Car With Toddler In Back
A Taylor woman was arrested Wednesday night after police said she was found drunk and slumped over the steering wheel of her car with a toddler in the back seat.
Election day pays off for poll workers
West Bloomfield election workers are getting a raise for a long day's work. At Monday's meeting, the Board of Trustees approved a pay raise of $25, $20 and $10 for the precinct chairperson, co-chair and ...
Ferndale Pleasant Ridge Mirror
The latest in local restaurant and food news:
Pi Restaurant & Lounge in Southfield now offers breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Specialties include Italian style eggs Benedict, $8, featuring an English muffin topped with tomato, basil, fresh mozzarella, poached ...
League of Conservation Voters endorses Obama
The League of Conservation Voters on Monday became the latest green group to back Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Closing the hydrogen economic loop
The inventor of the nickel metal hydride technology used for building batteries for countless portable electronic gadgets and now hybrid gas-electric cars believes the hydrogen economy is already upon us.
2 women arrested after high-speed chase, robbery
West Bloomfield Township detectives are interviewing two women after a high-speed police chase through several communities this evening that began when they fled the scene of a robbery, dragging a police ...
No charges in crash that killed 3
The driver of a power boat that crashed into a 120-foot barge -- killing three people -- was sober, and the barge was properly lit, according to a recently completed investigation.
2 Women Accused of Robbery and High-Speed Chase
West Bloomfield Township police said two women robbed a store, then dragged an officer trying to stop them from making their getaway.
Detroit-area Orthodox Jewish group marks 50 years
"Hi, does anyone Jewish work in this office?" Every Friday, that question is asked by 50 pairs of young men from an Orthodox Jewish group who fan out across metro Detroit to various buildings in a weekly ...
Deputies probe killing of man found dead in home
Oakland County sheriff's deputies continue to investigate the death of a 55-year-old Commerce Township man who was found slain in his home Tuesday.
Scadron to leave Bloomfield Hills School Board
There willl be at least one new member of the Bloomfield Hills School Board following the Nov.
West Bloomfield may go to court to get land for path
The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees has voted to take the proper legal action, if needed, to acquire a public easement for the construction of a safety path along Middlebelt Road at the corner of ...
Ferndale Pleasant Ridge Mirror
A new Miss Oakland County crowned in Farmington Hills
Heart disease is the number one killer of American women. Inspired by her grandmother, Sheila Cummings, who learned to recognize the symptoms of heart disease and avoided a massive heart attack, Sheila Klein ...
Mary Barton Jolliffe carried a miniature American flag and walked behind the historic house she grew up in as it inched slowly down a tree-lined street Tuesday.
Annexation issue heats up before August election
The annexation issue is coming to a head as officials work to counter anonymous fliers warning Livonia residents of higher taxes and a slew of low paying jobs if they vote "yes" on the issue Aug.
Roundabout construction to snarl traffic
Motorists on Monday in Oakland County face a road closing of both north- and southbound Farmington Road at 14 Mile that is expected to last through October.
Veto threat hovers over potential Silverdome sale
The Pontiac City Council has agreed to sell the vacant Silverdome for $20 million, but Mayor Clarence Phillips opposes the deal and said he may veto it.
Huron County, Mich., teen faces arson charge
A Huron County teen remains free on bond as he waits to face arson charges. Huron County District Court authorities set a $5,000 personal recognizance bond when they arraigned Brandon J. Osantoski on a single ...
Council approves sale of Silverdome
The sale of the Pontiac Silverdome is finally around the corner. The Pontiac City Council voted Thursday night, 4-2, to approve the $20 million sale of the 127.5--acre property to a Bloomfield Hills attorney, ...