Government, public safety, schools and the stories that shape life in Oakland County.
Lake Orion schools must decide by Nov. 9 whether to apply for state 31aa safety funding that requires districts to waive legal privileges after a mass casualty event. The board turned down $1.13 million last year over the same condition.
Berkley Schools board President Michael Tripp and Vice President Sarah Mountain both resigned Oct. 1. The district is taking applications through Thursday, Oct. 15, to fill the two seats.
The 3-3 Dragons must win out to reach 6-3, starting with unbeaten Clarkston at homecoming Friday and ending with unbeaten Saline.
The 6-0 Wolves, ranked No. 5 in Division 1 by the AP, visit Lake Orion on Friday before road and home tests against Harper Woods and Muskegon.
West Bloomfield faces AP Division 1 No. 9 Oxford at home Friday before finishing the regular season against Southfield A&T and Utica Eisenhower.
Mott hosts Groves for homecoming Friday, then welcomes Kettering on Oct. 16 in the city rivalry. Kettering's homecoming follows Oct. 23.
Walled Lake Western, 5-1, hosts Walled Lake Northern on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and can still win the LVC. Here's the schedule for all three Walled Lake schools.
Troy and Troy Athens both hit the road Friday, with Troy at Bloomfield Hills and Athens at Rochester. Here's what's left for both teams.
Southfield Arts & Technology hosts Oak Park, West Bloomfield and Chippewa Valley to close the regular season.
Both South Lyon schools are ranked in AP Division 2 heading into Friday's crosstown game. Here's what's left for the Cougars and Lions.
Royal Oak, 4-2 and third in the OAA Gold, hosts unbeaten-in-league Ferndale on Friday before closing the season against Clawson.
OAA White champion Stoney Creek visits Rochester Adams on Friday, while Rochester hosts Troy Athens. Here's what's left for all three Rochester Community Schools teams.
Pontiac's football team has three games left, starting Friday at Waterford Kettering and ending Oct. 23 at Brandon. Here's the schedule.
Oxford, 5-1 and No. 9 in AP Division 1, visits West Bloomfield on Friday before a season-ending home date with unbeaten Romeo.
Three of Oak Park's four losses have come by 12 points or fewer. The Knights open their final three-game stretch Friday at Southfield A&T.
Novi, still looking for its first win, plays its next two games at home against Plymouth and Dearborn Fordson. Here's what's left on the Wildcats' schedule.
Madison, 5-1 and No. 6 in AP Division 8, hosts Clawson on Friday with a chance to win the MAC Bronze outright. Here's the Eagles' final three games.
The 5-1 Rams, winners of five straight, visit Warren Fitzgerald on Friday, then host unbeaten Port Huron and Riverview.
County No. 9 Milford is 5-1 and Lakeland is 1-5 heading into a final stretch that includes their Oct. 16 district rivalry game.
The 4-2 Bronchos visit Flint Kearsley on Friday and close the regular season at Yale on Oct. 23.
The 2-4 Vikings visit Detroit University Prep and Clawson before closing the regular season at home Oct. 23.
The 5-1 Eagles, who have clinched at least a share of the OAA Gold, visit third-place Royal Oak on Friday in a game with title implications.
Farmington must win out to reach 6-3, while 4-2 North Farmington hosts its district rival Oct. 16 in a key game for both.
The 5-1 Trojans, one win from six, face first-place Madison on Friday before hosting Hazel Park and visiting Royal Oak.
The 4-2 Blackhawks, second in the Flint Metro Stars, visit Owosso on Friday and close the regular season at home against Pontiac.
The 2-4 Black Hawks host winless Troy on Friday and close with Ann Arbor Pioneer on Oct. 23.
Seaholm hosts Harper Woods and Groves visits Waterford Mott's homecoming Friday as Birmingham's two high schools chase six-win seasons.
The 2-4 Bears travel to Avondale on Friday, then host Senior Night on Oct. 16 before closing at Troy Athens.
The 3-3 Yellowjackets host Berkley on Friday to open a three-game finish they must sweep to reach six wins.
Milford's remaining 10 Flock license plate cameras will come down when the contract expires at the end of October, after the police chief himself asked the council to cancel.
MDOT will close westbound I-696 between I-75 and M-10 this weekend, then reopen nine westbound ramps Monday, Oct. 12. The Woodward off-ramp follows Saturday, Oct. 17.
Walled Lake Northern lost its homecoming game to Livonia Stevenson 43-12 on Friday, Oct. 2, dropping the Knights to 1-5.
Hudson Smith ran for a touchdown and threw for another as Milford beat North Farmington 35-8 during the school's homecoming week to improve to 5-1.
Will Forberg scored four touchdowns and Ben Swisher added three as Birmingham Seaholm beat Southfield A&T 49-34 on homecoming night.
Voters in nine Oakland County school districts will decide bond or operating millage requests Nov. 3, including $240 million in Birmingham and a third try for both Lamphere and Oxford.
Retired Farmington Public Schools homeless student liaison Hatty Ligon, 54, faces embezzlement and tax charges after a forensic audit alleged she took about $3 million. A pre-exam conference is set for Thursday.
A motorist who stopped to help after a crash on southbound M-10 near 9 Mile in Southfield was struck and killed over the weekend, Michigan State Police said. The driver stayed at the scene.
Marquis D. Jackson is charged with operating under the influence causing death after police say an SUV going more than 100 mph hit a tree and caught fire in Berkley, killing passenger Eugene Garnett, 51.
Cody Patterson, 20, of Hazel Park is charged with three counts of second-degree child abuse after police say his 4-week-old had fractures to the arms, legs and ribs. Bond is $500,000.
If Oxford's 18-mill non-homestead millage fails Nov. 3, the district would close Leonard Elementary, charge pay-to-participate and athletic entry fees and cut staff starting in 2027-28.
Royal Oak Shrine beat Mount Clemens 49-6 in a game the Oakland Press listed as its homecoming, then followed with a 38-7 win over Cardinal Mooney.
Rico Decarlos Jones Jr., 20, of Detroit is charged with assault and felony firearm counts after police say shots were fired at a car carrying two women near E. Fifth and Williams. No one was hurt.
I Am Oakland County collected about 3,000 signatures toward recalling Board of Commissioners Chair Dave Woodward, well short of the roughly 8,700 needed. The group now plans to fight a December Flock drone contract extension and recruit 2028 challengers.
South Lyon's City Council voted 5-2 not to renew its Flock Safety contract and barred police from searching or sharing the cameras' data. The city's two cameras on 10 Mile Road have been covered.
A Plante Moran forensic audit of employee financial misconduct at Clarkston Community Schools went to the board Sept. 24. The district has not released the employee's name, the dollar amount or the findings.
Clarkston won a battle of OAA Red unbeatens, holding off Oxford 31-28 in front of more than 4,900 fans on homecoming night.
Ferndale scored the most points in program history, beating Avondale 74-0 on homecoming night after leading 46-0 after one quarter.
With its second six-month data center moratorium set to expire in January, Pontiac is drafting rules on water, air, utilities and noise. State law doesn't allow the city to ban data centers outright.
Five different players found the end zone as Oxford shut out Rochester 42-0 on homecoming night to move to 4-0.
Two Chinese nationals appeared in court in Pontiac on Wednesday, facing charges related to what authorities describe as an investment scam targeting local residents.
A 21-year-old man from Davisburg died early Wednesday morning after a two-vehicle crash in Groveland Township, according to Michigan State Police.
Officials gave an update this week on repairs to the water main that broke in September and caused major disruptions across several Oakland County communities.
In response to a troubling increase in vehicle crashes involving pedestrians, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office is ramping up targeted saturation patrols in several high-risk areas throughout Pontiac.
Hartland Athletics has announced important updates and reminders for fans attending athletic events this school year including ticket policies, spectator rules, and prohibited items.
