Oakland County News

The Oakland County Task Force on Homelessness and Affordable Housing is to host an event to assist homeless county residents and those facing homelessness.

Askar Brands is hosting its 3rd Annual Holiday Mercy Dinner in Pontiac this weekend.

Royal Oak -- Members of the Oakland County Democratic Party are to stage a health care rally Saturday as debate over President Obama's overhaul of the nation's health care system was debated in Congress.

A Thursday, Oct. 29 two-vehicle accident in Wixom resulted in the death of one of the drivers involved in the crash.

Amy Rita Ellsworth, a former special education non-instructional aide at Waterford Mott High School, was arraigned on Thursday, Nov.

A West Bloomfield man, accused by an Arizona woman of bigamy, has started testifying in Oakland County Circuit Court this morning.

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.

A Bloomfield Hills law firm has taken on an online provider of high school diplomas - one that the attorneys called a 'massive rip-off.' But Belford High School, which is accused of charging unsuspecting adults about $250 for a diploma, has no authority to issue such documents, attorneys said.

A judge this morning will begin hearing testimony on whether a former cocktail waitress was tricked into marriage by a West Bloomfield man who already had a wife and four children.

Daniel Mark Bauder, 48, of Highland Township was arraigned in 52-1 District Court in Novi after allegedly firing a gun last week as teenagers were riding a quad runner near his home.

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

Oakland County Road Commission warns drivers that winter storm clean up may take longer this year.

Officials say drivers in one southeast Michigan community should expect longer clean up times following winter storms.

A White Lake Township man who pleaded guilty to starting eight fires along trails inside the Kensington Metropark in Milford Township was sentenced on Thursday, Oct.

There were emotional words from a judge Tuesday at the sentencing of a Southfield woman charged in the death of her own mother.

A man who pleaded no contest to nine felonies in a Detroit-area hit & run crash that left one person dead is headed to prison.

Hide Video Police in Oakland County have issued an Amber Alert for a girl with disabilities believed to be in extreme danger.

A state attorney discipline board has reinstated professional misconduct charges against former Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca over alleged prejudicial remarks made in a case concerning an Oak Park kindergarten teacher charged with sexually assaulting two students.

Oakland County has applied for $4.8 million in federal grants to make county buildings more energy efficient through technologies such as LED lights, geothermal heating and cooling and solar panels to heat water.

PONTIAC, Mich. - Some leftover Halloween candy is expected to make its way to U.S. troops serving overseas.