Roscommon County News

" am not in politics for monetary gain. It's not an issue for me. My agenda is the people of Longford" By Liam Cosgrove Longford's County Mayor is entitled to payments and remuneration allowances of almost a 60,000, new figures have shown, which is above most neighbouring counties.

Later today, people will come together to help the family of a little girl who drowned in an Otsego County lake.

MORE than 2 million has been spent on taxis at hospitals in the West of Ireland in the past two years.

Fianna Fail are in a majority on Roscommon County Council for the first time since 1991 after a group of Independent Councillors as well as, Independent Cllr Luke Ming Flanagan and Cllr Michael Mulligan agreed between to make an alliance with the party.

A 1980 fire truck belonging to Thetford Township may soon be donated to a community in need.

The communities of Lanesboro and Ballyleague are devastated following the tragic death of local man Michael Kelly following a road traffic accident in the early hours of last Tuesday morning.

One man is without a home tonight after his house caught on fire. The fire started shortly after 5 pm in Prudenville in Roscommon County.

A small plane crashed in Roscommon County while the pilot was trying to land. The crash happened just before 5:45 Thursday evening on a runway at Blodgett Memorial Airport in Houghton Lake.

A Houghton Lake man says he will cop a plea in a narcotics case involving death.

Councillor Tom Crosby has once again secured his seat on Roscommon County Council, topping the polls in his electoral area.

Parents of students at Saginaw Township's Arrowwood Elementary School last week learned a doctor diagnosed a student as testing positive for the H1N1 virus, known as swine flu.

Sixteen people have been taken to hospital following a crash involving a minibus and a car in Co Galway.

As the World Health Organization confirmed they were moving their oversight of the H1N1 Flu virus to a global pandemic, Michigan's Department of Community Health announced a second resident died while having that illness.

An Oakland County judge denied bond for a Genoa Township man arraigned this morning on a first-degree murder charge in connection to the death of a 50-year-old Wixom woman.

A Howell man was arraigned Tuesday on murder charges stemming from the discovery of his girlfriend's body in a shallow grave in northern Michigan, police said.

The Michigan Department of Community health is confirming a second death in our state related to the H1N1 flu.

A US tourist is being treated for suspected swine flu at Roscommon County Hospital.

An Oakland County judge denied bond for a Genoa Township man arraigned this morning on a first-degree murder charge in connection to the death of a 50-year-old Wixom woman.

South Higgins Lake State Park in Roscommon County will host a Classic Car and Motorcycle Show on Saturday, June 6, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The park will host the show in the day use area of the park.

May 28, 2009 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation will invest $250,000 along the US-127 corridor for new guardrail covering 17.5 miles from Snow Bowl Road to Higgins Lake Road in Roscommon and Crawford counties.