Oakland fights killer's parole

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. - 11/06/2009

Ex-Lion Rogers back in Sobriety Court

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. - 11/06/2009

Oakland briefs

Pontiac; Wixom - 11/06/2009

Life sentence set for Bloomfield Twp. man in slaying

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. - 11/06/2009

Police probe suspected thefts at Silverdome

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. - 11/05/2009

Pontiac's new leadership faces financial woes

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. - 11/05/2009

• New City Council vows Detroit 'revolution'

Oakland briefs

Royal Oak; Bloomfield Hills; Pontiac - 11/05/2009

Employees chase down alleged gas station robber before police capture him

Wixom -- Wixom Police arrested a 42-year-old man around 6:50 a.m. today after he was chased by employees of a gas station for allegedly robbing the station at I-96 and Wixom Road. - 11/05/2009

Parents identify signs of teens' drug abuse

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. - 11/05/2009