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One could say Paul Gribbell works on the railroad. All day long. And what started out as a way to indulge Gribbell's passion for model trains has morphed into an attraction that draws thousands of visitors annually to a former...
Michigan cities sign on for text messaging BY KORIE WILKINS FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER More and more suburban communities are jumping on the technology bandwagon as a means to get information to residents in the quickest way...
Jurors deliberated for a third day Wednesday in the first-degree murder trial of 16-year-old Jerome Hamilton but went home for the long holiday weekend without reaching a verdict. Oakland County Circuit Judge Leo Bowman ordered...
By KORIE WILKINS FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Voters in Bloomfield Township will be asked on Feb. 23 to approve a 1.3-mill millage so officials don’t have to cut services like police, fire and EMS protection. The township’s Board of...
The West Bloomfield Educational Foundation is to rally today to urge residents to raise money to help the school district. Most school districts must absorb a state funding cut of up to $300 per student; West Bloomfield is...
Leaders in some communities are supporting a bill that would allow them to pass local ordinances requiring national fingerprint background checks for door-to-door solicitors, but the American Civil Liberties Union says such a...
Skiers interested in patrolling Oakland County's parks this winter are invited to attend an orientation meeting at noon Dec. 6. The ski patrol helps park staff oversee cross-country trails. The orientation is to be at the Wint...
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP - Bloomfield Township police today were releasing few details after a man who led officers on a multi-city police chase before being hit with a Taser died. The man, whom the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s...
By KORIE WILKINS FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Dachau trials archives: Documents and photographs from German war-crimes tribunals after World War II were donated Wednesday to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. The...
The chairwoman of the Birmingham Public Arts Board said she wants to hear more from the resident who opposes using ruined steel from the World Trade Center in a 9/11 memorial sculpture the city might erect. Barbara Heller said...
