Farmington Hills News

Farmington Hills Mayor Barry Brickner this week urged residents to put North Farmington senior Jena Ascuitto at the top of American Idol with plenty of votes.

It all started innocently enough less than two years ago when a woman in Farmington Hills, Michigan took pity on two stray female cats that were living outside in the cold.

Roland Smith puts a ring on the finger of Paul Mattson of Farmington Hills, MI., as the same-sex couple get married at the Oakland County Courthouse on March 22, 2014 in Pontiac, Michigan.

Alameda Principal Nancy Ely poses with the group of Ukrainian professionals who visited the early childhood center in Farmington Hills on Thursday.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Abed Hammoud picked up the phone one day to find a caller who had a great discount for Dish Network.

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With the April 22 filing deadline looming for the Aug. 5 primary election, one Republican and three Democrats have so far jumped into the candidate pool for the State Senate's 11th district.

Ukrainian doctor Mykola Avramenko acknowledges that the recent and ongoing challenges his homeland is dealing with are "very, very serious" -- but just as he was half a world away from it late last week, so was his focus.

Lauren is a graduate of Michigan State University and University of Michigan and is employed at St. Joseph Mercy.

A major construction project to create a roundabout at a popular intersection in Oakland County is scheduled to start this summer, and won't be completed until 2015.

Junior League of Birmingham membership development chair Joey Molnar of Farmington Hills and Bites, Bubbles & Books co-chair and JLB Fund Development Council director Nikki Braddock of Birmingham / Photo by Julie Yolles, Social Scene Columnist JLB new member Jen Pardonnet and her husband, Ian, of Farmington mingle and nosh at Bites, Bubbles & ... (more)

Things got weird when 'Scandal' star Columbus Short called into the ' Tom Joyner Morning Show' on Friday to talk about the political drama's third season finale Thursday.

Sentencing is Friday for a man convicted of strangling and dismembering his girlfriend then hiding her body parts in their suburban Detroit home.

Just in time for Earth Day, which is Tuesday , Coyuchi, one of the largest brands of textiles made from natural fibers, has introduced its first collection for the table.

The Farmington Hills teen was the first to advance to the Top 6 on tonight's 'American Idol,' where she'll return next week along with fellow Michigan native Sam Woolf.

A former Novi police officer who sued for wrongful termination after he complained the police department required him and other officers to meet a mandatory ticket quota has settled with the department for $280,000.

As a coping mechanism to cheer up her dampened spirits, author Kristin Guldner pens this fantasy adventure.

High wind gusts amid bouts of rain and spring-like warmth Monday, leading to colder temps and snow Tuesday gave Farmington area residents a taste of two clashing seasons with downed trees, power outages and non-working traffic signals.