Three suspects have been charged with armed robbery in an Aug. 21 home invasion in Independence Township. The suspects, Lavar Crachiola, 19; Danielle Serna, 23; and Dawyght Moore, 22, all of Pontiac, were charged with one count each of breaking and entering, and three counts each of armed robbery. Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies were called […]
Richard Bisio’s Open Meetings Act lawsuit against the City of the Village of Clarskton has a response and timetable. Judge Leo Bowman of the Sixth Circuit Court of Oakland County scheduled the case for trial on March 25, with experts, witness list, and proposed exhibits presented by Nov. 20, discovery completed by Dec. 16, and […]
About 30 entries are signed up to march in Monday’s Clarkston Labor Day Parade, including Detroit Twirling Steppers baton group, Clarkston Chiefs football, Clarkston High School marching band, Clarkston Optimists Club, Miss Senior Michigan 2015, Miss Preteen Michigan, military vehicles, and John Rasmussen’s 1917 Ford Model T. The American Legion Post 63 Honor Guard will […]
All ideas are on the table when it comes to parking downtown, residents and officials said. Business owners Robert and Peg Roth hosted a meeting of the Clarkston Retailers Group, Aug. 25, at the Clarkston Mills to discuss the issue with Mayor Joe Luginski. “We want to get the opinions of as many business owners […]
Art has filled H. Michael Hendrix’s life ever since he figured out as a child he was good at drawing people’s faces ? even after two heart surgeries 13 years ago and two brain surgeries eight years ago left him with short term memory loss. For that, he’s grateful. ‘I shouldn’t be alive, with all […]
Intense winds during a storm passing through the Clarkston area, Sept. 3, knocked down a tree on Holcomb Road between Depot Road and Washington Street. The tree fell across the road, blocking traffic for a couple hours until Clarkston DPW and Road Commission for Oakland County workers could clear it. Aaron Doughty, in whose front […]
For more than a thousand families of servicemen still missing in action in Vietnam, the war never really ended. “It’s still hard on them. They think about them every day,” said Tom Romzek, American Legion Post 63 member who served in the U.S. Army in Southeast Asia from 1966-1968. “I wish they were all accounted […]
School’s back in session and Labor Day is already in the rearview mirror, which has meant one thing to me over the past few years — time to train for the Back Roads half marathon. This doesn’t mean as much as it has in the past. In 2011, I signed up for the first Brooksie […]
Before Clarkston City Council voted unanimously to go into closed session, Sept. 14, to discuss a lawsuit alleging an improper closed session, resident Steve Wylie had a question. “Is this eligible for a closed meeting,” asked Wylie, also a former city council member. “There needs to be a demonstration it would have a detrimental financial […]
Two Springfield Township residents were killed in a case of murder and suicide, authorities say. Mike Wyatt, 66, and Carolyn Wyatt, 64, were found dead in the 11000 block of Shaffer Road, 9:21 p.m., Sept. 13. Deputies were dispatched for a welfare check on Carolyn, who lived there with Mike, her husband. An anonymous caller […]