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Man guilty of murder in Pontiac party bus shooting

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:29:06 -0400

PONTIAC, Michigan - A jury in suburban Detroit has found a 23-year-old man guilty of murder for a shooting attack on a crowded party bus that killed two people.

Project to transform former GM site in Pontiac

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:13:30 -0400

PONTIAC, Michigan - A massive former General Motors site is about to rev up.

Carjacker takes off with disabled woman in vehicle

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:48:25 -0400

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Michigan - Authorities in southeastern Michigan ay a man stole a car with a 74-year-old disabled woman in the passenger seat, took her money and then fled on foot.

Man, 18, charged in fatal shooting of girlfriend

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:20:13 -0400

PONTIAC, Michigan - A Pontiac man has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of his 17-year-old girlfriend.

Oakland County communities get $600,000 EPA grant

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:49:53 -0400

PONTIAC, Michigan - A $600,000 federal grant will help a number of Oakland County communities do environmental investigations of contaminated land to see if it can be reused.

Mich. man gets jail for driving mower while drunk

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:40:34 -0400

PONTIAC, Michigan - A Detroit-area man charged with driving drunk on a riding lawn mower after an arrest recorded on police video has been sentenced to 45 days in jail.

Pontiac schools plan layoffs under deficit plan

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:20:13 -0400

PONTIAC, Michigan - The beleaguered Pontiac School District plans layoffs as part of a 6-year effort to close a $37.7 million deficit.

Girl, 3, found wandering Pontiac neighborhood

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:42:20 -0400

PONTIAC, Michigan - Authorities have removed nearly a dozen children from a Pontiac home after police found a 3-year-old girl wandering through the neighborhood.

Man convicted in death of girlfriend's infant son

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:52:43 -0400

BRANDON TOWNSHIP, Michigan - An Oakland County woman's 27-year-old ex-boyfriend has been found guilty in the death of her 4-month-old son.

Oakland's top elected official skipping Mackinac

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:07:06 -0400

PONTIAC, Michigan - Oakland County's top elected official says he doesn't plan to attend this year's Mackinac Policy Conference because he's been using a wheelchair since an August car crash.

American Indians will meet to honor Chief Pontiac

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:58:13 -0400

DETROIT - American Indians from across the Midwest are expected to gather in Lincoln Park this week to commemorate a gathering of their tribes 250 years ago led by Chief Pontiac.