Pontiac News

The mother of a man paralyzed in a 2005 shooting hopes his death Monday leads to more jail time for the two men serving up to 50 years in prison for his assault.

Pontiac -- A plan to fund school bus inspections with $900,000 from the state police crime lab budget is 'like robbing Peter to pay Paul,' Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard says.

Greek-born Toronto-area businessman Andreas Apostolopoulos was the winning bidder in Monday's final cry auction for the Pontiac Silverdome, according to the Oakland Press .

A high-tech dump. The Oakland Press reports that a Bloomfield Hills-based group calling itself Greendome Development LLC bid $22 million for the Silverdome with plans to use the property for recycling, alternative energy and bioconversion disposal.

Detroit will be the center of the fashionable biofuel industry, if Oliver Baer and associates have their say.

A Canadian company plans to turn the Silverdome into a soccer arena. Posted byA Elizabeth Strott A on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:41 PM Pontiac, Michigan's $55.7 million Silverdome arena has been sold -- for $583,000. Frustrated taxpayers, who funded the stadium when it was built almost 35 years ago, will learn Monday whether the sale to an ...

Pontiac -- An Oakland Circuit judge Wednesday temporarily blocked the recent sale of the Pontiac Silverdome and ordered attorneys to submit additional pleadings in the case.

Arts, Beats & Eats may be exploring Royal Oak as the host of the annual Labor Day weekend festival.

A man paralyzed in a 2005 Pontiac shooting died Monday night, which his mother hopes leads to more jail time for those convicted of making him a quadriplegic.

Several school districts and cities heavily reliant on commercial and industrial taxes could fail financially over the next two years, says Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson.

Officials received four sealed proposals for the vacant Silverdome property and will unseal them Monday, Oakland County executive L. Brooks Patterson said.

Oakland County commissioners have approved a $7.1 million environmentally friendly terminal project at Oakland County International Airport.

Police say two men kept a woman captive in their Lake Orion home for nearly two months and repeatedly sexually assaulted her.

Instead of figuring out where to put nuclear waste, why can't we just find a way to neutralize it so it's no longer hazardous? Curiosity about what to do with nuclear waste inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news.

Waterford Township trustees took action on Monday, Oct. 26 to move forward with a sidewalk repair program utilizing - in part - federal Community Block Grant Recovery Act funds.

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

Waterford Township police are seeking help in investigating an armed robbery that reportedly occurred at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.

Reliv sneak preview The Elysium renovation, which began about a month ago, has not only resulted in a new layout but a new name as well.

Pontiac --A new slate of six City Council members and a new mayor face a host of challenges as they prepare to tackle Pontiac's financial problems.

Pontiac police said a man fatally shot his brother early Tuesday morning. Police said officers responded to a home in the 100 block of Franklin Road at about 1 a.m. and found a 43-year-old man shot in the head.