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Livingston County standoff suspect enters plea deal
A Ypsilanti man who led police on a chase that ended in a standoff in Putnam Township has entered a plea deal.
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The Salvation Army of Livingston County is celebrating national "Doing The Most Good Week" and a variety of community and human service projects are planned all over the county.
News Briefs: Chamber makes slight name change
A small name change has been made for the chamber of commerce that represents the lower portion of Livingston County.
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Founders of The Dionysus Theater Steve DeBruyne and Matt Tomich are embarking on dinner-theater venture at 135 E. Main Street in the Village of Pinckney.
News Briefs: Genoa completing $260K playground
Genoa Township this year will wrap up a $260,000 project to purchase and install playground equipment at its park adjacent to Township Hall, 2911 Dorr Road.
'Prom-posals' as memorable as dance itself
Pinckney Community High School senior Kassie Green was greeted to an invitation to the prom via a sign mounted to the box of her boyfriend, Jacob Alley's, pickup truck as she arrived at the school.
Man sentenced in Pinckney gas station larceny
A Grand Rapids man was convicted today of larceny in a building for tricking a Sunoco clerk out of $98. Nathaniel Wallace testified that his actions were not a felony as charged by the Livingston County prosecutor's office, but rather a misdemeanor false pretenses case.
State highway work expected to cause slight traffic tie-ups
Motorists should expect at least minor traffic delays on M-59 and M-36 starting as early as this month as roadwork on both state highways gets underway.
Long-log cabin is getting long looks
A view of the main room from the second level of a custom-built spruce long-log cabin nestled on 27.3 acres of woods with access to Honey Creek and a view of Portage Lake.
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The Salvation Army of Livingston County will host its second annual "Golfing for the Most Good" golf classic on Saturday at Whispering Pines in Pinckney.
Robotics students build automated locker for special-needs peer
Pinckney Community High School in Pinckney, Mich., is the site of a robotics experiment gone very, very right.
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Police say a 57-year-old Putnam Township man in a Chevy Silverado was driving on West Unadilla Street, when he experienced a medical event and blacked out at around 1:30 this afternoon.
Group opens dinner theater in Pinckney
Business partners Steve DeBruyne, left, and Matt Tomich are working to renovate the Pinckney business formerly known as Bleachers Bar & Grill.
School chiefs leery of overhaul
Will a potential new model for classroom services augment public education in Michigan, or undercut it completely? A formal proposal has yet to surface, but Gov.
Court Docket: Preliminary exam set for man charged in standoff
The exam will determine if Andrew John McCormick should stand trial. He is charged with first-degree home invasion for allegedly breaking into a home on Merrick Drive, east of Farley Road, as he tried to elude Hamburg Township police officers.
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The event this year is planned for Saturday, May 4th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This will be the 11th year for Fill-the-Gazebo, whose goal is making sure no one goes hungry in Livingston County.
'Shock value' of 911 tapes hailed
A Michigan lawmaker claims the public release of alarming 911 tapes related to the murder of a Farmington Hills man last year demonstrated how the release of such recordings can be detrimental to investigations, insensitive to families or both.
Time running short to aid diaper drive for families
The drive is spearheaded by the Great Start Parent Coalition of Livingston County and is designed to fill needs for families with infants and toddlers.
New lease on life is sought for old school
A landlord is seeking help in preserving Pinckney-area history. David Keller, of Orchard Glenn Realty, said the "for rent" sign he placed outside the historic one-room Hicks School in Putnam Township last week is only temporary.