Bloomfield Hills News

The heart of Detroit is beating with glitz, glamour and family fun, as the celebration of Motown's 50th anniversary is under way.

As shopping centers nationwide grapple with empty storefronts left behind by bankrupt clothing chain Steve & Barry's, a local developer is plugging holes with a new retail concept that's growing in a tough economy.

A police chase ends in Troy with two police officers hurt and a suspect dead. SkyFOX captured the aftermath of a police chase that started in Bloomfield Township at Square Lake and Woodward and ended at 16 Mile Road and Adams in Troy.

The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday, Nov.

Pontiac -- An Oakland Circuit judge Wednesday temporarily blocked the recent sale of the Pontiac Silverdome and ordered attorneys to submit additional pleadings in the case.

Gov. Bobby Jindal flew to Houston on Monday night to raise money for his 2011 re-election campaign with plans to fly today to two cities in Michigan to raise money for that state's Republican Party, according to a news release from his office.

Sure, Vice President Joe Biden was here to talk politics, but afterward he found himself at Lafayette Coney Island, scarfing a coney dog.

Home Invasions 1 A homeowner on the 2000 block of Colonial Trail called police when he came home and found someone had broken into his home sometime between 9:30 p.m. Nov.

Nov. 16, Monday at 6:30 p.m.: Books Bites. Registration required. Wingin' it With the Wright Brothers by Dona Smith.

Well over 100 people turned at the Bloomfield Open Hunt Club last week to honor Pat Hardy.

Two local congressmen have a few extra dollars to spend tonight on their campaigns next year.

Bloomfield Hills Public Schools communications professionals have been awarded the 2009 Gold Medallion Award by the Michigan School Public Relations Association for its Realtor Relations Program.

Jim Collins, age 44, died unexpectedly and peacefully in his sleep early Sunday, October 25, 2009, at his home in Ann Arbor.

An update to a story we brought earlier: Detroit police say a Michigan State University student killed on Thursday was not the victim of a hit and run.

It might be said that attorney Deborah Gordon has an issue with authority figures.

Robbery 1 An employee of Buddy's Pizza, 3637 W. Maple Rd., was robbed by a man wearing a Spider-Man mask at 11:45 a.m. Nov.

Steven Gaynor had been Bloomfield Hills Schools' superintendent for two years when he championed a plan to put Lahser and Andover high schools on one campus -- a move he said would have saved money and provided students with better facilities.

A suburban Detroit man is headed to prison for the rest of his life for the murder of a woman found dismembered in a northern Michigan swamp.

In an economy of desperate and unemployed people, diploma scams can be a big business, consumer advocates say.

Vice President Joseph Biden is heading to Michigan to help raise money for two Democratic congressmen.