Royal Oak News

Billed as 'Santa's first stop in metro Detroit,' downtown Royal Oak's Holiday Magic Parade kicked off the region's Thanksgiving-through-Christmas period this morning with a blend of yule tradition and electric guitars.

In our court justice system, the 12 men and women who serve on a jury are an irreplaceable cog in the wheel of criminal justice.

If you're at Value Village today or Friday and see a guy sifting through stacks of discarded videotapes, it may be Nick Prueher seeking fresh material for his next Found Footage Festival show.

Ford FUSION vehicles are lined up at a Ford dealership July 23, 2009 in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Arts, Beats & Eats may be exploring Royal Oak as the host of the annual Labor Day weekend festival.

Few modes of fitness allow you to not only get in shape, but also preserve an ancient, multidiscipline art form.

ROYAL OAK - The 8th Annual Holiday Magic Parade, sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov.

ROYAL OAK/BERKLEY - An animal rescue group has asked Royal Oak and Berkley officials to start an independent investigation into an incident that led to the euthanization of a dog they were adopting out.

A family dog shot inside the homeowner's yard by an intruder survived its wounds and was taken to an emergency veterinary facility, according to police.

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For Richard and Miriam Melvin of Royal Oak, Veterans Day is always special. "I was in World War II, and she was a nurse in the Army," said Richard Melvin.

A proposal by Troy-based Emagine Entertainment Inc. to build a $14 million movie theater complex in downtown Royal Oak has cleared the Royal Oak Planning Commission .

Police report a woman threatened her husband with a 7-inch knife after he threw away her bottle of vodka as she slept in their suburban Detroit home.

ROYAL OAK, Mich. Royal Oak's planning commission Tuesday night approved a new three-story entertainment complex which would include a movie theater, a bowling alley, restaurants and an event hall.

The Royal Oak Business Association hopes to start a garden in the city that would supply fresh produce to local businesses and help introduce students in the district to new career options.

Voters in Oakland County voted down proposals that would have put a moratorium on liquor licenses and resulted in a multimillion-dollar recreation center.

A failed millage last week means tighter times ahead, according to township officials, but residents will still receive basic services.

Royal Oak officials are likely to approve a liquor-license transfer Monday night for the proposed 526 Main Street Pub, which they denied Oct.

There will be no new recreation center in the city of Berkley's immediate future.

For some, downtown Royal Oak's proposed 10-screen theater and bowling alley, with its already-approved liquor license, is the harbinger of suburban ruin.