Oakland County News

In our court justice system, the 12 men and women who serve on a jury are an irreplaceable cog in the wheel of criminal justice.

Detroit -- According to police accounts, not only does Eiland Johnson not know how to behave at a nightclub, he doesn't know how to dress for one either.

Official Portrait While on an investment mission to Israel, Lt. Gov. John D. Cherry, Jr, received commitments from two Israeli water treatment firms; EMECFY and EPC Ltd.

A Michigan teen who police say shot and killed a 14-year-old from Alabama outside a church is scheduled for sentencing.

Oakland County Sheriff officials say they are investigating the death of a man who was Tasered after he fled police, struck multiple vehicles and assaulted officers.

The recent death of a 24-year-old Waterford Township man has been ruled a homicide by the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office.

Emergency Financial Manager Fred Leeb is to host a town hall meeting today to answer residents' questions and to hear opinions about how to improve the city.

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson continues his candid talks about his county and state politics with another new take on Michigan's future: the fate of its children.

Milford Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide case after two bodies were discovered in a Milford Township residence on Sunday, Nov.

Commerce Township -- The Oakland County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in apprehending a man who robbed a Bank of America branch office on Tuesday.

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.

A couple who own Madonna's childhood home in Rochester Hills, Mich. - severely damaged in a fire last summer - are to be in court Thursday for a hearing on bringing the home into compliance with city ordinances.

Defense attorneys representing murder suspect Jerome Hamilton plan to attack the prosecution's star witness -- a man who said he saw the then-15-year-old kill the manager of a Rib Rack restaurant in 2008.

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

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said this morning he's in good health and hopes to run again when his term expires in 2012.

A Birmingham man was hospitalized Sunday after intentionally sawing off his left hand in the woods at Kensington Metropark on the Oakland-Livingston county line.

Investigators are saying very little today about a couple found dead in their home in an upscale Milford Township subdivision Sunday.

Six people were killed in separate murder-suicides in Oakland and St. Clair counties over the weekend, police said today.

She came to court on a retail fraud case, but left in custody for carrying a weapon in her purse, police say.

The Oakland County Board of Commissioners has agreed to allocate $100,000 for a program to help small businesses in Oakland County acquire loans.