Lathrup Village News

When Derinda Roberts rolled into her Lathrup Village home on Friday, all she was expecting to see was a new shower in her bathroom.

Kwame Kilpatrick would be proud of some of the things he says in 'The Kwame Sutra.' 'There was no secret deal; there was no cover-up.' He'd probably be proud of a lot more of them than you'd think, because he has a pronounced talent for self-delusion. 'I look forward to complete exoneration.' But authors M.L. Elrick and Jim Schaefer put some ...

A disabled woman's struggle for independence brings volunteers together. It started as a minor improvement to her home, but it became much, much more.

Treading lightly on a touchy subject, the Southfield Board of Education held a town hall meeting Dec.

The bench trial for Sheila Grogan -- the Novi woman charged with indecent exposure after police said she was engaged in a sex act outside a condominium complex with an Oakland County commissioner -- has been postponed again, court officials said.

An equipment malfunction set off emergency warning sirens in Southfield Wednesday evening causing concern for residents in several cities.

Mary Hilton of Livonia wants a straight-up, in-or-out decision from President Barack Obama on Afghanistan.

The Oakland County Health Division will hold another round of H1N1 Vaccine Clinics in December.

Southfield - The Oakland County Health Division is holding a H1N1 vaccination clinic from 3-8 p.m. Tuesday at Southfield Lathrup High School, 19301 West 12 Mile Road, in Lathrup Village, for Oakland County residents.

As the days grow shorter and the nights get longer, it's a good time to take a closer look at the lighting in your home.

Get guns out of the hands of youths and stop the violence in communities. That was the message at a rally Monday led by the National Action Network outside of the Rib Rack in Lathrup Village, where a manager at the restaurant was fatally shot last year during a botched robbery.

Lathrup Village -- About 20 people gathered outside the Rib Rack restaurant Monday to call attention to national and local gun violence.

Court has adjourned for the day in the first degree murder trial of 16-year-old Jerome Hamilton after testimony by the prosecution's chief witness, Brandon Davis, who claims to have been with Hamilton the night he shot a night manager of the Rib Rack restaurant in Lathrup Village.

The Jules R. Schubot jewelry store in Troy has filed for bankruptcy with a going out of business sale planned through February.

The Midway is empty; the exhibition barns are locked up. The aromas of cotton candy and corn dogs have faded to a memory.

The Planning Commission is to consider a plan tonight to put a complex of 10 movie screens, 16 bowling lanes and a large bar downtown.

It has been a family residence, a city hall, a post office and the place neighborhood kids toured every Halloween.

An Oakland County Circuit Court judge today ruled that potentially incriminating photographs found online of a teen accused of fatally shooting a Lathrup Village restaurant manager last year will not be admissible during his first-degree murder trial in November.

Take out your Michigan map. Point to the spot about an inch below your index finger.

LATHRUP VILLAGE - The Better Business Bureau will be hosting "Secure Your ID Day," sponsored by Michigan First Credit Union, from 8-11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct.