WEDNESDAY, July 27
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ORION TICKETS CHURCH FOR FOOD GIVEAWAY SIGN
@ People picking up free food from New Beginnings Baptist Church on Tuesday weren’t happy to hear that Orion Township has ticketed the church for its signs advertising the much-needed help.
“We watch for that sign,” said Donna King, a Clarkston resident who was picking up food from the church’s pantry with relatives.
King said her sister lives in Oxford. When the white and black sign that simply says “Free Food 10-2 pm” is placed on the church’s front lawn, her sister calls King to let her know that food is available.
WORKMAN PHOTO & VIDEO


FORMER WATERFORD WOMAN’S BODY IDENTIFIED NEARLY 30 YEARS LATER
Son Jeff Earley, found some information online on the DOE Network for unidentified bodies that he thought matched his mother. After two years, DNA tests confirmed the body was his mother. Information helped revive the investigation into the 1982 disappearance of his mother, Amy Rose Hurst.
PHILLIPS YOUTUBE VIDEO & SCREENGRAB (of press conference with Jeff Earley)

READER REACTION TO DEBT CEILING
@ should debt ceiling be raised? what cuts should be made? reaction from person-on-the-street, Facebook
HOPKINS PHOTO & VIDEO


SPRINGFIELD MAN CRUSHED BY VEHICLE
@ A Springfield Township man is dead after being crushed by the vehicle he was working on.
The incident happened at about 5:44 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of Broadway, near Andersonville Road.
BYRON

STANDALONE PHOTO — Weather enterprise


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AUBURN HILLS GIFT TO PONTIAC SCHOOLS PROMISE ZONE —
@ AUBURN HILLS — Children attending Pontiac Public Schools will get a shot at college thanks to a generous donation from the city’s neighbor.
The Auburn Hills Tax Increment Finance Authority is donating $400,000 to the Pontiac Promise Zone Authority.
The check was presented Monday afternoon at Auburn Hills City Hall.
In attendance for the presentation were elected leaders from Auburn Hills and Pontiac, State Rep. Tim Melton (D-Auburn Hills), Pontiac school officials, and members of the Pontiac Promise Zone Authority and the Auburn Hills Tax Increment Finance Authority.
BYRON PHOTO & VIDEO
MCCULLOCH FOLDS CAMPAIGN AGAINST STABENOW
@ John P. McCulloch, the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner who announced less than two weeks ago that he would seek the GOP nomination to run against incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow in 2012, is instead folding his campaign and throwing his support to former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra.
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TROY BREAK-INS
@ Police are searching for suspects in a break-in and other suspicious incidents after burglars escaped with electronics and a vehicle from a home invasion.
The first incident happened between 7:45 a.m. and 7:55 a.m. Saturday in the 5000 block of Muirfield Lane, south of Square Lake Road and east of Rochester Road.
BYRON
OU PROF SENTENCED FOR STALKING FORMER STUDENT
@ A judge ordered an Oakland University professor accused of stalking a former student to spend 30 days in jail and be on probation for five years.
Srinarayan Sharma told 52-3 District Court Judge Julie Nicholson, he didn’t know he was stalking the student and never meant any harm.
Prosecutors accused Sharma, 43, of sending the woman multiple emails and also sending her a variety of items even after she expressed a desire for him to stop. Sharma had previously pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor stalking charge.
ZANIEWSKI PHOTO & VIDEO
BMX NATIONAL RACE COMING TO WATERFORD
@ After leaving their Florida home by bicycle on April 20 and traveling more than 3,000 miles, the Warren family — parents Jason and Tammy Warren and 12-year-old daughter Neva — will arrive in Waterford Friday, July 29 for the Great Lakes National Race, an annual motocross race being held this year at Waterford Oaks County Park.
HOPKINS submitted photo

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CLARKSTON SCHOOL DISTRICT TRAFFIC LIGHTS
@ Several car sideswipes and near misses have occurred at the Clarkston and Flemings Lake Road and Waldon and Walters Road intersections in Independence Township, and the Independence Township board, the Clarkston School District and the Oakland County Road Commission are planning to partner to improve safety with an approximately $60,000 traffic light installation.
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RIVERWALK APPROVED BY ROCHESTER COUNCIL
@ Improvements designed to draw pedestrians onto North Main Street from the Riverwalk along Paint Creek were approved by Rochester City Council Monday.
But due to much-higher-than-expected bids, the final project is a scaled-back version of what the Downtown Development Authority had hoped to do. Still, supporters expect it to spur foot traffic and, eventually, new economic development north of University Drive.
ROCHESTERMEDIA.COM
PONTIAC POLICE LAWSUIT AGAINST SHERIFF DISMISSED
@ Both parties have agreed to dismiss the attempt by a police union to halt the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office fro taking over law enforcement and dispatch services for Pontiac.
A hearing was scheduled to be held Wednesday before Oakland County Circuit Court Judge James Alexander after the Michigan Association of Police requested a preliminary injunction to stop the changeover.
BYRON

STANDALONE PHOTO — Novi police and fire academy