A man who ran from the scene of an apartment fire on Casemer has been charged with intentionally setting that fire, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. The suspect, Joseph Paul Tubbs, 29, was taken into custody a few hours after the fire, which occurred around 1:30 a.m. on July 13. The Orion Township […]
The Road Commission for Oakland County was out checking drains along M-24 on Monday, after a Saturday rainstorm caused the northbound lanes to flood. Craig Bryson, public information officer for the RCOC, said drains were not believed to be the cause of the flooding on July 16, but the RCOC was going to check them […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a crash that occurred at Rochester and Snell Roads in Oakland Township, after a driver ran a stop sign on July 14. According to the OCSD Crash Reconstruction Unit, assisting deputies from the Oakland Township substation investigating the crash, one of the vehicles was southbound on Rochester Road, […]
They said it was long, exhausting and ‘a lot of hard work,? Bryan and Laurie Valko said they wouldn’t hesitate to work as extras again, after filming scenes for the film, ‘The Island.? The movie, staring Ewan McGregor (who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ‘Star Wars? prequels) and Scarlett Johansson (who stared in the ‘Lost […]
A public hearing for the Lake Orion Canals #2 Special Assessment District (SAD) will go forward, despite the Orion Township Board of Trustees previously suspending the SAD plans. The board voted July 5 to hold a public hearing on the Lake Orion Canals #2 SAD cost estimate and work plan on Aug. 1, at 8 […]
James Van Dellen said he knew he wanted to be a pastor when he was only five years old. Now a grown man with a family of his own, Van Dellen is living that dream, as he celebrated 25 years as pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lake Orion on June 8. Van Dellen, […]
Larry Obrecht, former Oakland County Commissioner and now head of animal control, told the Orion Township Board on July 5 that construction on a bridge for the Polly Ann Trail over Oxford is set to begin in August. Last August, the Oxford Village Council approved plans for construction of a pedestrian bridge over M-24, to […]
Two men wearing bandanas and wielding handguns robbed the Game Stop store on Baldwin Road in Orion Township on July 7. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, the incident occurred at 8:50 p.m., when the two men entered the Game Stop and held the manager at gunpoint. The men left with $600 in cash […]
A 25-year-old Clarkston man is in critical condition, paralyzed from the neck down, after he dove off a boat and into a sand bar in about three feet of water on Lake Orion on June 27. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Marine Division said the incident occurred at about 4 a.m., and that alcohol was […]
Claire Poynter, the new head of children’s services at the Orion Township Library, didn’t start her career as a librarian, but she has always been in love with books. A native of Danville, Illinois (also the hometown of actor Gene Hackman and Van Dyke brothers Dick and Jerry), Poynter earned her undergraduate degree at Valparaiso […]