Pontiac News Archives

Bennett is accused of using the Internet to solicit minors for sex after making advances in online chats toward who he thought was a 14-year-old girl and later traveling to a fast food restaurant in Detroit to meet with that same girl.

A Pontiac man accused of shooting a Lake Orion landscaper as he stood in the parking lot of a Chinese restaurant in March will be in court this afternoon as a judge reviews reports on whether the man was insane at the time, and whether he is competent to stand trial.

Leon Jukowski and Sandy-Michael McDonald would have no control over the city's finances, but the mayoral candidates in Pontiac said they still can offer strong leadership for the troubled city.

Pontiac -- An Oakland County judge blasted the Michigan Department of Human Services today for its repeated failures to take action in a 2007 case of elder neglect so severe it shocked veteran police investigators and resulted in the death of a 63-year-old Southfield woman.

Talk about your dream cruise! Michigan Highway M-1, also known as Woodward Avenue, which stretches from the Detroit River to the city of Pontiac, is the sole Michigan roadway designated as an All-American Road by the U.S. Dept.

Dontez Marc Tillman, second left, and Thomas McCloud Jr., third left, appear for opening arguments in their murder trial in Pontiac.

The Pontiac Public School District lost the latest round in a lawsuit it filed against the No Child Left Behind Act.

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich.A - A former Oakland County high school theater coordinator has been charged with having sexual contact with a student.

PONTIAC, Mich. - Testimony has concluded in the murder trial for two Pontiac teenagers accused of beating a homeless man to death.

A fleeing armed-robbery suspect surrendered today in the middle of Woodward Avenue when an officer fired shots at him following his crash of a stolen car near I-696 in Pleasant Ridge, police said.

He described it as a night of terror. Anthony Pace, a warehouse manager of a Salvation Army store in Pontiac, Michigan, took the witness stand and and described how he was brutally beaten in a random attack by a group of teen boys as he walked home from work late one night in August 2008.

PONTIAC, Mich. - A Flint man has been convicted and his uncle acquitted in the 1985 slaying of a clerk at a motel just north of Detroit.

A Pontiac businessman was stabbed to death Thursday inside his novelty store, and a homeless man is in custody in connection with his death, police said.

A Michigan teen has pleaded no contest to shooting and killing a 14-year-old from Alabama outside a Pontiac church.

Opening statements are expected this morning in the murder trial of two Pontiac teens accused of beating to death homeless men last year.

PONTIAC, Mich. - Opening arguments are set to open the murder trial of two 15-year-olds accused of beating a homeless man to death in downtown Pontiac.

Since its opening in 2000, the Erebus Haunted House in Pontiac, Michigan has been a trendsetter in the haunted-house industry.

The Pontiac Silverdome, up for auction now! It may not be good enough for the Detroit Lions or Pistons, but one Keego Harbor man thinks the Pontiac Silverdome has a future as a children's sports center.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin for two teenagers accused of beating a homeless man to death in Pontiac.

Voters in two major Oakland County cities, Pontiac and Southfield, will choose mayors next month.

Reports, profiles and analysis of the candidates and issues on the ballots of local communities.

Pontiac -- The Oakland County Health Department is vaccinating its first responders against the H1N1 virus today and Monday.

Now that the air and the leaves are getting crisper, it's time to take advantage of all the October fun Michigan has to offer.

Although it may be synonymous with the automobile, Detroit is home to a thriving underground bike culture.

Now that Pontiac's days are numbered, ponder the 100-year history of GM's once illustrious excitement division.

Hummer, the off-road vehicle that once epitomized America's love for hulking trucks, is now in the hands of a Chinese heavy equipment maker.

Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints Sunday, including a 19th century priest who worked with leprosy patients on an isolated Hawaiian island, praising them as models of perfection for sacrificing themselves for others.

A Catholic parish in Pontiac is to be renamed after a 19th-Century saint upon his canonization today by Pope Benedict XVI.

Pontiac is the place if your dogs and cats need their shots. The Michigan Animal Adoption Network says a low-cost shot clinic will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Pontiac.

One of the year's most highly acclaimed bands is headed to Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac.

Pontiac -- Sentencing for Brandon Davis, 20, is being delayed in the murder case of Catherine Solinski-Blain until another trial involving the case wraps up.

Pontiac -- Oakland County health officials unveiled this morning their plans for a mass inoculation of the H1N1 vaccine once supplies of the nasal mist and shot begin to arrive this month.

Williams & Williams , the premier brand in real estate auctions, announced today that it is selling the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, and 127+/- surrounding acres, through an Absolute, No Reserve Auction in partnership with CB Richard Ellis on behalf of the City of Pontiac.

October 5, 2009 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation , in cooperation with the Federal Railroad Administration and the Indiana and Illinois Departments of Transportation, is proposing significant improvements to the Chicago-Detroit/Pontiac segment of the Chicago Hub High-Speed Rail Corridor.

The new operating suite at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland. Pontiac, Mich. - St. Joseph Mercy Oakland unveiled today its new, two-story Surgical Pavilion, on the east side of the hospital.

PONTIAC, Mich. -- A Detroit man has been sentenced to at least two years in prison for stealing a woman's car after skipping out on the check during their first date.

Pontiac police are investigating the death of a man found Thursday slumped over the steering wheel of a newer model Lincoln.

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