Pontiac News

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.

Pontiac -- A former United Parcel Services driver is suing the delivery company, claiming he was fired in August after deciding not to deliver a suspicious package that later turned out to contain marijuana.

A 43-year-old Pontiac man is in police custody after shooting a relative in the head, killing him during a disagreement early this morning, police said.

Detroit -- Detroit businessman Rayford W. Jackson should be given the maximum five-year sentence for his role in the Synagro bribery scandal at City Hall, prosecutors said Thursday.

Life Matters Informational Meeting Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Phone: 248-529-6125 Location: First Free Will Baptist Church, 1750 Baldwin Road, Pontiac, MI 48321 Residents are invited to a free informational meeting on November 19 to discuss organizing a new Right to Life of Michigan affiliate in the community.

Bennett is accused of using the Internet to solicit minors for sex after making advances in online chats toward who he thought was a 14-year-old girl and later traveling to a fast food restaurant in Detroit to meet with that same girl.

A Pontiac man accused of shooting a Lake Orion landscaper as he stood in the parking lot of a Chinese restaurant in March will be in court this afternoon as a judge reviews reports on whether the man was insane at the time, and whether he is competent to stand trial.

Leon Jukowski and Sandy-Michael McDonald would have no control over the city's finances, but the mayoral candidates in Pontiac said they still can offer strong leadership for the troubled city.

Pontiac -- An Oakland County judge blasted the Michigan Department of Human Services today for its repeated failures to take action in a 2007 case of elder neglect so severe it shocked veteran police investigators and resulted in the death of a 63-year-old Southfield woman.

Talk about your dream cruise! Michigan Highway M-1, also known as Woodward Avenue, which stretches from the Detroit River to the city of Pontiac, is the sole Michigan roadway designated as an All-American Road by the U.S. Dept.

Dontez Marc Tillman, second left, and Thomas McCloud Jr., third left, appear for opening arguments in their murder trial in Pontiac.

The Pontiac Public School District lost the latest round in a lawsuit it filed against the No Child Left Behind Act.

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich.A - A former Oakland County high school theater coordinator has been charged with having sexual contact with a student.

PONTIAC, Mich. - Testimony has concluded in the murder trial for two Pontiac teenagers accused of beating a homeless man to death.

A fleeing armed-robbery suspect surrendered today in the middle of Woodward Avenue when an officer fired shots at him following his crash of a stolen car near I-696 in Pleasant Ridge, police said.

He described it as a night of terror. Anthony Pace, a warehouse manager of a Salvation Army store in Pontiac, Michigan, took the witness stand and and described how he was brutally beaten in a random attack by a group of teen boys as he walked home from work late one night in August 2008.