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Oakland County Dems to rally over health care

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:37:00 EST

Royal Oak -- Members of the Oakland County Democratic Party are to stage a health care rally Saturday as debate over President Obama's overhaul of the nation's health care system was debated in Congress.

Oakland briefs

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Royal Oak; Birmingham

Oakland fights killer's parole

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:07:00 EST

The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office has appealed the early release of a convicted killer who became one of TV's "America's Most Wanted" after crushing the skull of an alleged hit man in 1987.

Ex-Lion Rogers back in Sobriety Court

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:37:00 EST

Novi -- For the second time in nine months, court officials are using a Sobriety Court program to address former Detroit Lion Charles Rogers' problems with the law.

Life sentence set for Bloomfield Twp. man in slaying

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:22:00 EST

Kalkaska -- A suburban Detroit man is headed to prison for the rest of his life for the murder of a woman found dismembered in a northern Michigan swamp.

Oakland briefs

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Pontiac; Wixom

Police probe suspected thefts at Silverdome

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Pontiac -- City officials hope to use a videotape to determine if anything was removed without permission from inside the shuttered Pontiac Silverdome within recent weeks.

Pontiac's new leadership faces financial woes

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

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.

Waterford teacher's aide charged in sexual assault of students

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:56:00 EST

Waterford -- Amy Ellsworth was arraigned today before Judge Richard Kuhn Jr. on six charges of criminal sexual conduct with students in the Waterford School district.

Parents identify signs of teens' drug abuse

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:22:00 EST

West Bloomfield-- Parents may not always feel welcome in their teenagers' bedrooms, but it was the teens who were kept away recently during a presentation at the West Bloomfield Public Library. Parents had the opportunity to roam through a replica of a teenager's room recently in the library's auditorium to learn how to tell if their children are using drugs or alcohol. There were 50 obvious and hidden signs of drug and alcohol use in the room, such as an apple, which can be cored and used as a pipe, Dust-Off, computer cleaner, a possible inhalant, plastic bags with ties, used to measure out marijuana or other drugs, and straws. "Straws are not just used to snort cocaine," said Det. Eric Gruenwald from the West Bloomfield Police Dept. "You can take Ritalin, crush it and snort it for a high." Sgt. Tara Kane and Det. Gruenwald guided parents during the tour of the room and taught parents how to identify warning signs of drug abuse. Gayle Sturt, a West Bloomfield High School staffer, and Robin Walsh from Maplegrove Center, a substance abuse treatment center, advised parents how to approach the subject of drug use.