Southfield News

As the master of ceremonies at today's 17th annual Native American Festival & Mini Pow Wow, Bill Memberto says he will try to destroy old stereotypes.

If there was one thing that participants at a Berkley town hall meeting Monday night could agree on, it was that the city has good schools.

The 17th annual Native American Festival & Mini Pow Wow is set for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Southfield Pavilion.

Berkley Ice Arena staff have worked hard to ensure that the building is a friendly and welcoming place for the community to come and visit, exercise and play together, according to Tom Colwell, parks and recreation manager.

Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence defeated former City Councilwoman Sylvia Jordan on Tuesday with 78% of the vote to retain her seat.

More than ten years after an explosion of violence and death at the office of a Southfield psychiatrist, the Michigan Supreme Court today heard arguments about whether or not the estate of the slain psychiatrist is liable for injuries suffered by a patient when a former patient shot them both.

SOUTHFIELD - Wednesday night was Renitta Wicker's big chance. As guests lined up to sample the stew she was serving at the taste fest sponsored by the Southfield Chamber of Commerce, she explained the uphill battle she has faced.

Ever wonder just how somebody scams the system to get an $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit? Seriously, 8K would be tempting.

SOUTHFIELD - The Southfield Parks and Recreation Department will present a pottery exhibit created by artist Brenda Supuwood through Dec.

Carroll Fisher does not regularly use marijuana. But he'd like to. The retired 67-year-old Niles factory worker has never smoked a joint - except for trying one in his 20s - until July.

SOUTHFIELD - A Southfield company has been named one of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in an announcement at the 10th annual awards luncheon of the Michigan Business & Professional Association.

Ferndale United Building and Hilton Convalescent Home are the first- and second-place winners of the Hilton Halloween Alley decoration contest.

Native Americans representing the People of the Three Fires will gather to celebrate the customs and traditions of the indigenous Michigan Indians - Ottawa, Ojibwe and Potawatomi - at Metro Parent's 17th Annual Native American Festival Mini Pow Wow, Saturday-Sunday, Nov.

There were emotional words from a judge Tuesday at the sentencing of a Southfield woman charged in the death of her own mother.

Detroit -- Political consultant Sam Riddle wants former federal prosecutor Rick Convertino to defend him on federal bribery charges connected to the Southfield City Council's approval of a pawn shop relocation, Riddle said in court papers filed today.

After a cloud was cast over city government this summer in wake of a former City Council member's bribery conviction, residents will decide Tuesday whether new leadership is needed.

We all can appreciate one very important post-trick-or-treating tradition. Wea ve all done it.

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.

Zagat, the New York-based national restaurant-rating service, released its 2010 America's Top Restaurants survey Wednesday for 45 U.S. cities, reporting the Lark in West Bloomfield as the No.

Family members of a Pontiac teen accused of killing homeless men during a crime spree in August 2008 took the witness stand Monday and insisted the boy was in Waterford at the time.