While Detroit's comeback is getting national attention, two satellite cities almost as old — Pontiac and Mt. Clemens — are quietly trying to revive.
PONTIAC, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A Pontiac man is accused of robbing a co-worker of $12,000 in cash; shortly before he was shot and robbed of some of that stolen money. "The victim will be prosecuted for his own alleged crimes, but those crimes don't justify what happened to him," Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said in the press release.
PONTIAC, MI – Officials are investigating after a 66-year-old businessman was shot and killed in Oakland County. According to WXYZ-TV in Detroit, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a business in the 1000 block of University Drive in Pontiac at 8 p.m. on Monday.
Investigators in Michigan linked the trio to the fatal shooting of Simko, a business owner in the Pontiac, Michigan area.
While there is more work ahead, I take pride in knowing that Pontiac is on a path to transformation,” the first-term mayor said Thursday.
A 72-year-old Oakland County woman plans on "doing whatever she wants" after winning $500,000 playing the Michigan Lottery's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year instant game. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous,
Lake effect snow is expected to fall across much of Michigan this week as high winds sweep across Lake Superior, Lake Michigan.
The suspects were arrested within days of the shooting and collectively face charges including murder, armed robbery and illegal weapons possession.
The Arctic air mass over Michigan and the whole of the Midwest may stick around as late as Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.
Soldiers with the Michigan Army National Guard 1775th Military Police Command, based at the Pontiac Armory received honorary tributes from government officials, Jan. 12.
Bowling Green police were dispatched to the 17200 block of North Main Street Tuesday for a report of an individual ringing their doorbell and then walking behind their house.
Snowfall toward Interstate 94 and Lake Michigan will increase with totals up to 3 inches. The weather service's Detroit/Pontiac office said snow is expected Tuesday with winds as high as 26 mph.