Pontiac News

Pontiac -- Despite a constant stream of troubling economic news and an ever-rising unemployment rate, Oakland County residents and business owners should know the worst is half over, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said today.

Starting this fall students in the Pontiac School District will have to wear uniforms.

Flip-flops, jeans and baggy clothing are all out at Pontiac schools beginning in September, when a uniform and appearance policy will take effect.

UAW members Steve Cartin, left, Dwayne McCoy and Todd McKibben check out a 2009 extended cab Silverado truck Monday at the GM assembly plant.

PONTIAC, Mich. - The Arts, Beats & Eats festival in suburban Detroit may be without its main sponsor, but it hasn't lost hope.

Legal battles are continuing to divide a Pontiac house of worship after members attempted to oust their 92-year-old pastor, then found themselves locked out of the church.

One person is dead after a Friday morning car crash at a southside Lansing auto dealership.

One person is dead after an early morning car crash at a southside Lansing auto dealership.

Sweetbay Beef Recall A chilling revelation Could the rape and murder of Coralrose Fullwood have been videotaped? One man says it was and he knows where the tape is.

PONTIAC - The president of the Pontiac school board said parents would save money by not having to buy designer clothes for their children if the board decides tonight to require uniforms for all grades starting this fall.

Wendi Santavicca RN BSN, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Educator; Cathie Porwoll RN BSN, Cardiovascular Service Line Director; Paul Valentine RT BS, Lead Tech/Equipment Specialist Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory; Kirit Patel MD FACC, Director Interventional Cath Lab; Kevin McLaughlin RN BSN, Clinical Nurse Leader; Michele DeGregorio MD FACC, ...

Well, there's always the auction block. Emergency financial manager Fred Leeb said that's where the Pontiac Silverdome might be headed.

Pontiac -- Oakland County will experience a seismic shift in its aging population in the next 25 years, leading to what one researcher calls "silver tsunami." The county's population of those age 65 and older will more than double, from 161,000 in 2008 to 326,000 in 2035, according to Kurt Metzger, director of the Detroit Area Community Information ...

A major push to keep automotive jobs in Michigan is being supported by thousands and the "Make It In Michigan" campaign.

Published: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 9:59 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 9:59 p.m. Like many guys my age, after seeing "Smokey and the Bandit," I was hooked on Pontiac's pony car.

A group of 17 Novi High School students spent Saturday, May 30, volunteering at two Habitat for Humanity houses in Pontiac through the Youth United program.

Like the mythic Firebird, Pontiac's been a survivor. It was the first brand to outlive its parent -- Oakland -- and survived a brush with the junkyard in the 1950s, when Bunkie Knudsen steered toward the racetrack to revive sales.

JUNE 17, 2009 -- To help unemployed workers in Oakland County and neighboring areas with questions and problems they may be having with their claims for unemployment benefits, the state is opening today a temporary Problem Resolution Office in Pontiac.

Police are asking for the public's help in finding the man who robbed a National City Bank in Pontiac Tuesday morning.

Police are searching for a man with a scraggly beard believed to be in his 40s who may be responsible for robbing a National City Bank Monday morning.