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BENTONVILLE -- Police recovered the personal firearm of a Benton County Sheriff's deputy after arresting a man and woman in connection with theft and other felonies.

The technology and precision tuning that goes into cars today can scare away even the bravest shade tree mechanic.

Center Sets Drive Dates Current blood inventories at Community Blood Center of the Ozarks include at least a three-day supply for most blood types.

Tioga County, Pa. Woman hurt in rollover crash A 20-year-old Harrisburg woman was injured Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash in Charleston Township.

Mayor John Hickenlooper will no longer be the owner of Wynkoop Brewing Co., the Cherry Cricket or the other restaurants across Denver that established Hickenlooper as an entrepreneur.

By Robin Ferruggia

An 11-year-old Commerce City girl has died from injuries suffered in a two-car crash Friday morning.

A motorist killed early Saturday in a wreck on U.S. 98 near Rosewood Drive in Santa Rosa County has been identified.

MORRIS — Despite a 24-hour delay caused by torrential rains, the Pontiac High School football team had to contend with both perennial powerhouse Morris and still sloppy field conditions to record a 16-13 nonconference win Saturday.

PONTIAC — Jeanie Stepro of Pontiac sits in a beautician’s chair, eyes closed and hair in a sink, while wax is applied to her eyebrows.

Aug. 27 U.S. Army Joshua Andrews BLOOMINGTON — U.S. Army Pvt. Joshua C. Andrews, son of Carl Andrews and Melody Zeschke, has completed basic training at Fort Benning, Ga.

JACKSON TWP. A Myerstown man was in fair condition at Hershey Medical Center, where he was taken after crashing his car early Sunday.

An 11-year-old hurt in a car accident on her way to school has died from her injuries.

A 20-year-old Harrisburg woman was injured this morning in a one-vehicle crash in Charleston Township in Tioga County, Pa.

Aug. 27 U.S. Army Joshua Andrews BLOOMINGTON — U.S. Army Pvt. Joshua C. Andrews, son of Carl Andrews and Melody Zeschke, has completed basic training at Fort Benning, Ga.

SPRINGFIELD (AP) Here are examples of spending that Gov. Rod Blagojevich either cut or spared when he signed the state budget Thursday:

It was a very competitive race on a beautiful day at the Infineon Raceway/Sears Point in the Armed Forces 250, a two and one-half hour/97-lap sprint race for Daytona Prototypes in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series on Saturday, August 25th.

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Center Sets Drive Dates Current blood inventories at Community Blood Center of the Ozarks include at least a three-day supply for most blood types.

Rotarians Set Golf Tourney BELLA VISTA -- The Noon Bentonville/Bella Vista Rotary Club will host a golf tournament on Aug. 24 with proceeds benefiting the Bentonville Public Library.

By Robin Ferruggia

Like school districts across the state, the Pontiac elementary school district is waiting to see what the state budget signed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich will bring.

(CP) - Campbell Webster admits it's a daunting task to bring a new chapter in the life of Anne Shirley to the stage in the shadow of a musical that's still enjoying worldwide success more than four decades after it was first produced.

Home Lifestyles Musical sequel to 'Anne of Green Gables' set to be move beyond P.E.I. Musical sequel to 'Anne of Green Gables' set to be move beyond P.E.I.

Bella Vista incidents Among incidents reported to the Bella Vista Police Department according to records, were the following: At 7:32 a.m.Tuesday, a Doberman-mix wearing a choker collar was reported loose in the Highlands Crossing Drive area. (Benton County Daily Record)

Kasey Hodges just wants to be a normal teenager. But it's too late for this Springdale 15-year-old -- and it has nothing to do with her disability. Kasey is the classic overachiever.

SPRINGDALE -- The Harvey and Bernice Jones Center for Families hosted the second annual "Thank You Celebration," Tuesday morning for members of the Friends of Bernice and Corporate Friends of Harvey giving circles, special event sponsors and founding partners of the center.

Two new staff members joined the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza this week, one each in the editorial and advertising departments.

By Jason Buch A woman eluded an attempted kidnapping Friday by grabbing the would-be abductor's crotch. The 18-year-old woman was walking in the 3800 block of Maurice Avenue about noon when a man in a car offered her a ride. After she refused repeatedly, the man got out, grabbed her hair and ordered her to get in, said Lt. Paul Henderson, a police spokesman. The woman fought back, and the man ...

A Fort Wayne man was formally charged Friday with criminal recklessness and carrying a handgun without a license after police said he fired five or six shots into a crowd of people on the city’s southeast side last weekend.

BENTONVILLE -- Police recovered the personal firearm of a Benton County Sheriff's deputy after arresting a man and woman in connection with theft and other felonies.

One man was killed and another injured in a gunfight Saturday morning outside a Kenner lounge. Ron James, 28, was booked with second-degree murder after he was released from the hospital with a gunshot wound.

SONOMA, Calif. -- Following a dramatic late-race pass, Alex Gurney drove his No. 99 Bob Stallings Pontiac-Riley to a record-setting seventh win of the season in the Armed Forces Grand-Am 250 at Infineon Raceway on Saturday.

Like school districts across the state, the Pontiac elementary school district is waiting to see what the state budget signed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich will bring.

West Allis - Hard as it is to believe, Robbie Pyle has had a race car as strong as the one he drove Saturday at the Milwaukee...

A labor agreement a week ago that cut wages for Delphi Packard Electric hourly workers will dampen pay for other workers and lead to lower sales for business and spending on schools, a labor analyst believes.

Officers say several shots were fired into a parked car. Four people were inside, including a three-year old and his father.

Two Clare County Animal Control officers narrowly escaped injury when a gunman opened fire on them in Redding Township Thursday morning.

A hard-fought effort by the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley team has given Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve single-season win record and placed the duo in the Daytona Prototype championship lead with a win Saturday during the Armed Forces Grand-Am 250 at Infineon Raceway.

The No. 99 GAINSCO Pontiac Daytona Prototype (DP) driven by Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney won the penultimate Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve Armed Forces 250 race run at Infineon Raceway today.

With a dramatic late-race pass of David Donohue's Brumos Porsche Riley, Alex Gurney drove to victory Saturday in the Armed Forces Grand-Am 250 at Sears Point. In doing so, he and his co-driver, Jon Fogarty, broke the Rolex Sports Car Series' record for the most wins in a season.

By JASON BUCH FORT WORTH -- A woman eluded an attempted kidnapping Friday by grabbing the would-be abductor's crotch. The 18-year-old woman was walking in the 3800 block of Maurice Avenue at about noon when a man in a car offered her a ride. After she refused repeatedly, the man got out, grabbed her by the hair and ordered her to get in, said Lt. Paul Henderson, a police spokesman. When the ...

Police in Newfoundland and Labrador appealed for the public's help Saturday in their search for the man at the centre of the province's legislative spending scandal.

Something peculiar happens when the lights come on at Bristol Motor Speedway. Tempers flare, egos inflate, and survival instincts take center stage. Ryan McGee chronicles the five most memorable throwdowns in Thunder Valley history.

Pontiac’s game at Morris was postponed by rain and will be made up at 7 p.m. today. The site for the game is to be determined this morning during the freshman game at Pontiac.

Aug. 25 5 years ago (2002): Zach Jecklin fired a 1-over-par 72 to take second place individually and lead the Bloomington High School golf team to victory in the Macomb Invitational. Wilson and Alex Burge shot a 1-over-par 28 for the first-round lead in the Parent-Child Tournament at Royal Links Golf Course.

Lawson Aschenbach, of W. Palm Beach, Fla., captured his first career pole at a soggy Mosport International Raceway for Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship, part of Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., will start second.

With the top three cars in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve separated by just four points with only two races remaining, the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley put a leg up on the competition by qualifying on the pole for Friday’s Armed Forces Grand-Am 250 at Infineon Raceway.

Authorities in Kenner were on the scene of a shooting and murder at a daiquiri shop on Veterans Boulevard Saturday morning. According to Captain James Gallagher, a Kenner Police spokesman, the murder happened shortly after 5 a.m. at the Backyard Cafe & Daiquiris in the 400 block of Veterans Blvd.

MARION - A local man accused in a drunk driving accident that seriously injured an off-duty police officer was indicted Wednesday.

Firefighting is in Nick Oldenburg's blood. Oldenburg, 21, joins the Owosso Fire Department in September as a full-time firefighter/paramedic.

CHAMPAIGN – Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup released the name of a man killed in a rollover crash at the intersection of Interstates 74 and 57 Thursday. Northrup said Friday afternoon that Kenneth Key, 32, of Mahomet, was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. at Carle Foundation Hospital.

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A single-car crash in west Little Rock on Thursday killed a man as he argued with his girlfriend, police said. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)

With the top three cars in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve separated by just four points with only two races remaining, the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley put a leg up on the competition by qualifying on the pole for Friday's Armed Forces Grand-Am 250 at Infineon Raceway.

Ron Kowalski, Steve Nelson, Phillip Burke, Mary Ellen Given, William Given Jr., Richard Baker, Dr. Todd Salmans, Kelli Cimmino, Dr. Victor Cardenzana, Judy Maxwell, Susan Brinker, Sandy Corder, Martha Babcock and Marlise Hitchens were named United Way division chairs for the "Fill a Heart With Hope" campaign aimed at raising $343,000 for the local organization.

An 11-year-old Commerce City girl was critically injured and her 19-year-old brother suffered a broken arm after a Pontiac Grand Prix reportedly ran a red light Friday morning and slammed -into their compact car.

A woman had her purse stolen and her hand slammed in a car door Friday morning at Baptist Medical Center South, according to police.

The driver of the Pontiac was the mother and the children were hers. The family was added to our church prayer list this morning. They said the little girls had a severed brain stem. We were told the father (who was not in the vehicle) had just returned from Iraq a day or so ago.

Victims of a Thursday night drive-by shooting on Manchester Expressway near River Road heard racial obscenities shouted at them before gunfire wounded a teenage passenger, Columbus Police said Friday.

If you want to get some exercise today, join participants of the I Walked the Lodge event that will celebrate the reopening of the Lodge Freeway in Southfield and support the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign. Registration will begin at 7 a.m. in the Macy's parking lot, and the walk will follow at 8:30 a.m. on the freeway, next to Northland Center. Commemorative T-shirts will ...

Aug. 25 5 years ago (2002): Zach Jecklin fired a 1-over-par 72 to take second place individually and lead the Bloomington High School golf team to victory in the Macomb Invitational. Wilson and Alex Burge shot a 1-over-par 28 for the first-round lead in the Parent-Child Tournament at Royal Links Golf Course.

BLOOMINGTON -- The high school football season kicked off tonight, with area teams all hoping for a win and keeping a wary eye on the weather. Highlights included wins for every Intercity team but one and a big home loss by Prairie Central. | Week 1 Photo gallery | Scores | Game stories

Pontiac’s game at Morris was postponed by rain and will be made up at 7 p.m. today. The site for the game is to be determined this morning during the freshman game at Pontiac.

Police captured one of two suspected armed robbers Friday after being led on a car chase through west Savannah during which two men were injured and two vehicles were disabled.

Two Clare County Animal Control officers narrowly escaped injury when a gunman opened fire on them in Redding Township Thursday morning.

GLEN MAWR — Eagles Mere area resident Tresa Glassmyre was allegedly drunk when her car slammed into George Nace’s pickup truck near here last month, killing the 71-year-old retired Hughesville High School football coach and teacher, according to state police.

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The No. 99 GAINSCO Pontiac Daytona Prototype (DP) driven by Jon Fogarty raced to their 10th pole position of the season today at the 2.52-mile, 12-turn Infineon Raceway.

SunTrust Racing Qualifying Report Armed Forces Grand-Am 250 -- Sonoma, Calif.

SONOMA, Calif. (Aug. 24, 2007) -- Driver Terry Borcheller qualified the No. 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team Porsche Crawford Daytona Prototype 10th for Round 13 of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve at Infineon Raceway.

Krohn Racing has some changes in store for this weekend at the Infineon Raceway/Sears Point, as the team adds a new driver to substitute for the suspended Colin Braun.

An Exeter man was injured this evening in Barry County when his vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Preston Harris, 21, was driving a 1996 Pontiac Sunfire on Route DD, one mile west of Seligman, when the accident occurred, according to the patrol's report. Harris was apparently not wearing a seat belt. He was taken to St. John's Hospital in Cassville, the ...

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SONOMA, Calif. – Jon Fogarty set a track record in qualifying Friday for Saturday’s Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series’ Armed Forces 250 at Infineon Raceway. Fogarty went around the 2.52-mile Infineon road course at 103.058 mph, breaking the one-year old record of 102.818 mph set last year by Jan Magnussen. He drove the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley to the team’s eighth consecutive pole position ...

hp Solstice GXP. From the blunt, twin-nostril grille, the form is almost liquid as it flows over the cowl past the door then arching up and over the rear haunches before coming together to the bobbed rear valance. There are no bumpers, spoilers and rub strips to spoil the shape.

An 11-year-old Commerce City girl is on life support and her 19-year-old brother has a broken arm after a Pontiac Grand Prix ran a red light this morning, slamming into their compact car.

DETROIT — Pontiac has announced that its new 2008 G6 GXP, now the top model in the G6 lineup, will be priced at $26,795 for the sedan and $26,595 for the coupe. Both prices include a $650 delivery fee. The 2008 G6 GT is priced at $22,995 for both models.

Timing chain gasket leaking, causing oil to be sprayed into engine compartment. Alternator died about 6 months, and 9 months after purchase, may have been due to oil spray.

Family and friends said a final goodbye on Tuesday, Aug. 14, to a woman who had spent the last 40 years of her life being a communicator and political help mate to Pontiac and Livingston County residents and others around the state.

FAIRBURY - A presentation for the advantages of Oliver's Crossing, a new development two miles south and one-half mile west of Chatsworth, to the area, county and school district was given by Ken and Jerry Kurtenbach, Chatsworth, and Bob Russell of R. Russell Associates, Pontiac, to the Prairie Central Board of Education on Thursday night at Fairbury.

PONTIAC -- Livingston County's government leaders are looking for a way to find and bring new jobs to the county.

Lincoln City Police will conduct free child safety seat inspections from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lincoln City Sears Store, located at 1517 SW Hwy. 101.

COMMERCE CITY – A young girl is in the hospital after the car she was traveling in was broadsided.

Ligonier, Ind. — At the Ligonier Board of Works meeting Wednesday afternoon, the board approved storm sewer improvements for the Park Meadow subdivision at a cost of $6,000. The project will include a new drain on Third Street.

HARRISON -- Authorities are asking the public to help track a gunman who gave them the slip after search teams called off a seven-hour dragnet. The manhunt started about 10 a.m. Thursday when the gunman opened fire on Clare County Animal Control officers at a Redding Township home.

A man dressed as a police officer robbed an armored car at a Roswell bank Thursday, police say. | Slideshow

When the Pontiac introduced the Solstice in 2004, it hopes that the car would bring attention to the rest of its lineup.

PONTIAC — Livingston County’s government leaders are looking for a way to find and bring new jobs to the county.

SPRINGFIELD -- Livingston County now has the option of taking control of the old Illinois State Police headquarters in Pontiac, which sits on the historic Route 66.

Right now Slightly Stoopid is on the Summer Haze tour, with G. Love & Special Sauce and Ozomatli , but the band will continue into the fall with a U.S. headlining run.

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HUMBLE, Texas — In a nondescript warehouse in east Texas, mechanic and entrepreneur Stephen Wynne is bringing a rare sports car back to life.

Microsoft is giving ''Halo 3'' the full blockbuster treatment, with a marketing blitz timed with the game's September release that will resemble the kind of campaign you'd expect to see with a summer movie like ''Spider-Man 3.''

Gov. Blagojevich made $463 million in budget cuts in the name of health care Thursday -- but slashed grants to help prevent autism, HIV, Alzheimer's disease and potential pandemic flu.

BENTONVILLE -- Police recovered the personal firearm of a Benton County Sheriff's deputy after arresting a man and woman in connection with theft and other felonies.

B.C. researcher uses flaming cars, animal carcasses and maggots to learn how to unravel brutal crimes

This is Rochelle Riley's next-to-last column before she begins a sabbatical. She has been writing about what she hopes will happen for the good while she's away. Today: mental health.

DETROIT — With contracts between the Detroit Three automakers and the United Auto Workers set to expire in just three weeks, neither side is saying much about what's happening at the bargaining table. And that could be a good sign.

PONTIAC — Livingston County’s government leaders are looking for a way to find and bring new jobs to the county.

SPRINGFIELD -- Livingston County now has the option of taking control of the old Illinois State Police headquarters in Pontiac, which sits on the historic Route 66.

An Oxford woman has been charged with embezzlement of more than $100,000 from a Parent Club Fund at Elite Gym Starz. Cheryl Ann Zardus, 40, a club treasurer since 2001, is believed to have used the funds -- designated for youth and travel purposes -- for personal use, investigators said. She was arraigned Tuesday and lodged in the Oakland County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.

PONTIAC -- Livingston County's government leaders are looking for a way to find and bring new jobs to the county.

St. Louis — The attack horrified neighbors in an area where police say violent crime is rare: a woman was brutally beaten — possibly with a crowbar — the weekend before the Fourth of July.

When Bill Kellenberger answered the Marines' call for a few good men in 1962, he left his very used Volkswagen with his father, Kay, who continued to use it until 1968, when the odometer had recorded...

WAUKESHA COUNTY Former DA weighs run for state court Madison - Former Waukesha County...

BROWNSVILLE, Minn. — A ’55 Pontiac and wedding presents — that’s about all Lynn and Sharon Partington owned when they took off long ago for Langsburg, Mich., as young newlyweds.

Bicyclist Elijah Matheny was in the right lane of Baum Boulevard at South Graham Street on Aug....

SPRINGFIELD -- Livingston County now has the option of taking control of the old Illinois State Police headquarters in Pontiac, which sits on the historic Route 66.

SONOMA, Calif. (Aug. 23, 2007) -- With just two races remaining in the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season, Californians Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty have driven their No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac-powered Riley right into the closest title fight in Rolex Series history.

Severe weather continued Thursday afternoon as the hot, moist, unstable air spawned sudden thunderstorm that formed over Montcalm County and tracked north-northeast into Isabella County.

Two Clare County Animal Control officers narrowly escaped injury when a gunman opened fire on them in Redding Township Thursday morning.

The doughnut company has been closing unprofitable stores built during an aggressive four-year expansion following its 2000 initial stock sale.

Hi, I've had my Aztek since the fall of 2000 (Yup one of the first ones) Other than needing brakes more often (which after reading the other comments, I can now tell my husband it's not the way I drive) and the back hatch issue, I've been pretty lucky.

Sgt. Stefan Endicott, right, reads from High Performance Pontiac magazine to his father, Steve Endicott, at St. Francis Extended Health Care in Bellingham on Monday.

DETROIT — With contracts between the Detroit Three automakers and the United Auto Workers set to expire in just three weeks, neither side is saying much about what’s going on across the bargaining table.

General Motors has named a new plant manager at its Arlington assembly plant.

Caring Pregnancy Center is hosting a golf outing fund-raiser at the Pontiac Elks Club Friday, Aug. 31. Registration and doughnuts will be from 7:30 to 8 a.m.

Alderman Don Stalter is being remembered as a man dedicated to his 5th Ward and to the Republican Party in Livingston County.

Plus news on the Decemberists and the Thermals.

DETROIT (AP) - With contracts between the Detroit Three automakers and the United Auto Workers set to expire in just three weeks, neither side is saying much about what's happening at the bargaining table. And that could be a good sign.

PONTIAC -- Livingston County's government leaders are looking for a way to find and bring new jobs to the county.

The electric window motor in my passenger front window and the back left window has gone out. A crack in the radiator. I had to replace the whole a/c.

Following perhaps the only path ever trod by both Belle and Sebastian and KISS , pub/arena-divide transcending revelry rockers the Hold Steady will soon swap the stein for the inkwell and commit their lovable likenesses (or at least their lyrics) to the pages of a comic book.

Arts and crafts, picnics and baseball will dominate the unofficial end of summer here on Labor Day weekend. There are numerous local options if you're looking for an alternative to the traditional backyard barbecue or trip to the beach. One of the biggest events will be the 29th annual ...

Broder Bros., Co , a leading distributor of imprintable sportswear and accessories in the U.S., announces the winners of their Super Sweeps program, rewarding loyal customers with opportunities to win prizes.

A motorcyclist is killed in a crash on the Pomona (60) Freeway, prompting authorities to shut down all westbound lanes for more than two hours early Thursday morning.

A Jacksonville man has been charged with driving drunk in a wreck earlier this week that closed the All America Freeway for several hours. Kirk Shahan, 32, was charged Wednesday with driving while impaired, said Jamie Smith, a spokeswoman for the Fayetteville Police Department.

Top Fuel veteran Doug Herbert defeated “Hot Rod” Fuller in Wednesday’s rain-delayed final of the 23rd annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals to earn the final spot in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship.

COLUMBUS — Marion City Police Officer Cory Winfield remained listed in critical condition in a Columbus hospital late Thursday morning. Winfield sustained multiple injuries as a result of a hit-skip accident early Sunday morning.

The Thermals are a well-oiled touring machine. Even their newest release was the mostly live Insound Tour Support 2.0 odds and sods collection. So it comes as no surprise that the rest of their 2007 holds still more dates.

Lawrence resident Deanna S. Hamby, 38, remains hospitalized following a head-on collision in Douglas County last night.

PONTIAC — Pontiac Alderman Donald Stalter was remembered Wednesday as a man who believed in standing up for the people in his community and fighting for what was right.

PONTIAC — The union representing Livingston County highway workers may be ready to go on strike.

PONTIAC — At the ending of the film “Mary Poppins,†George Banks realizes his family matters more than his recently lost job at the bank, and they go off to fly a kite.

PONTIAC — A new code of conduct will govern the behavior of Pontiac junior high students involved in a range of Illinois Elementary School Education-sanctioned activities.

A former police chief of the Detroit-area community of Lake Angelus, who retired in 2004 after serving in the post for 18 years, will serve 9 to 15 years in...

Police have found and arrested Woodrow Wilson Jr. Authorities say Wilson was caught late this morning in the wooded area where police last saw him.

PONTIAC - A former police chief of the Detroit-area community of Lake Angelus, who retired in 2004 after serving in the post for 18 years, will serve 9 to 15 years in prison for sexual abuse involving a girl.

PLANO, Texas----UGS PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and Drives and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management software and services, and Wayne Taylor Racing today announced a technology sponsorship partnership formed earlier this year for Wayne Taylor Racing's No. 10 SunTrust Pontiac Riley Daytona Prototype team to develop cars with the help of UGS PLM Software's ...

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A former police chief of the Detroit-area community of Lake Angelus, who retired in 2004 after serving in the post for 18 years, will serve 9 to 15 years in prison for sexual abuse involving a girl.

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PONTIAC, Mich. -- A former police chief of the Detroit-area community of Lake Angelus, who retired in 2004 after serving in the post for 18 years, will serve 9 to 15 years in prison for...

For the most part, Hands Along Woodward felt a big soggy. If the spirit was there, so was the rain. A constant drizzle put a damper on Sunday's event in which thousands of people were expected to create a human chain from Detroit to Pontiac in celebration of Woodward's 200th anniversary. For those who showed, a moment of unity took form in the shape of a handshake. "My family helped develop the ...

1. (8) Johnny Benson, Toyota, 200 laps, 71.331 mph, $60,300. 2. (2) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 200, $28,175. 3. (10) Mark Martin, Ford, 200, $20,725. 4. (5) Mike Skinner, Toyota, 200, $14,750. 5. (11) Rick Crawford, Ford, 200, $13,250. 6. (14) Ron Hornaday, Jr., Chevrolet, 200, $11,300. 7. (16) Mike Bliss, Dodge, 200, $8,900. 8.

Four people were injured when a house in Garrett exploded Monday after gas built up inside the structure, according to the Garrett Fire Department.

Halifax police arrested a 21-year-old man after a two-vehicle collision on Main Avenue. The crash occurred just before 9 p.

-- JOLIET -- A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday afternoon in a 2001 murder case.

NORWALK - Each week, Fred Bondi relives part of his childhood.

KEWAUNEE COUNTY - Joseph Novak, 87, Kewaunee, whose golf cart was hit by a vehicle Wednesday on Wisconsin 42 at the Alaskan Golf Club, has died of his injuries.

SALOME GONZALES Crime: He fatally shot Mindy Ramirez, 8, in 1995 as she played in her Pontiac yard. Circumstances: The case was unsolved for nine years. Police later learned Gonzales had sexually assaulted Mindy and killed her to keep her from telling her parents.

Brendan Gielow of Muskegon advanced to the match-play portion of the U.S. Amateur on Wednesday in Daly City, Calif. He shot a 73 in the second round, taking a stroke off his first-round 74. Seventeen players finished at 147 in stroke play, and Gielow was one of six to advance to the 64-player match-play field through a playoff.

Sgt. Stefan Endicott, right, reads from High Performance Pontiac magazine to his father, Steve Endicott, at St. Francis Extended Health Care in Bellingham on Monday.

PONTIAC — Pontiac Alderman Donald Stalter was remembered Wednesday as a man who believed in standing up for the people in his community and fighting for what was right.

PONTIAC — The union representing Livingston County highway workers may be ready to go on strike.

PONTIAC — At the ending of the film “Mary Poppins,†George Banks realizes his family matters more than his recently lost job at the bank, and they go off to fly a kite.

PONTIAC — A new code of conduct will govern the behavior of Pontiac junior high students involved in a range of Illinois Elementary School Education-sanctioned activities.

St. Louis-to-Chicago run jumps 40 percent since state funds allowed additional trains.

Three people, including a 4-year-old, were hurt in a two-vehicle collision Wednesday at Carey and Hodges roads.

COLDWATER — Jason Douglas will wait in prison for one to six years to testify against his accomplice Tim McClure at his November trial.

ROUND ONE J.R. Todd, 4.572, 317.42 def. Bob Vandergriff, 4.541, 326.40 Clay Millican, 4.546, 327.35 def. Hillary Will, 4.593, 298.73 Cory McClenathan, 4.526, 319.82 def.

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MOHNTON, Pa. -- Final finish order (1-16) for professional categories at the 23rd annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. The race is the 17th of 23 events in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.

PONTIAC — A new code of conduct will govern the behavior of Pontiac junior high students involved in a range of Illinois Elementary School Education-sanctioned activities.

GM Holden is making a big play for the sports car buyer with its new ute, adding a fancy new model at the top of the range in a bid to boost overall Commodore sales and shore up its manufacturing operations.

BENTONVILLE -- Police recovered the personal firearm of a Benton County Sheriff's deputy after arresting a man and woman in connection with theft and other felonies.

PINCKNEYVILLE - Pinckneyville Community Hospital may have some good news about physician recruitment. The hospital and the neighboring Family Medical Center have been operating on short staff after Dr. Trent McDaniel last year opted not to extend his contract with the hospital.

OPP are probing a three-vehicle crash in Springwater Township that sent four people to hospital Tuesday afternoon.

A 21-year-old Mississauga man who faces numerous charges in a street-racing accident that killed a truck driver on Hwy. 400 June 18 was released on bail after a hearing in Barrie yesterday.

HAMLIN- Police ask anyone with information on the following unsolved cases to contact the State Police barracks at 253-7126.

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A man who led police on a high-speed chase overnight remains at large.

A man who led police on a high-speed chase overnight remains at large Tuesday afternoon.

Three people, including a 4-year-old, were hurt in a two-vehicle collision Wednesday at Carey and Hodges roads.

Two men could face charges after police say they caught them breaking into Lincoln Middle School in Pontiac early this morning.

About 400 motorists a week are paying ICBC an extra $35 to get a Winter Olympics specialty licence plate for their vehicle. The public auto insurer says 45,000 people have volunteered to pay more to get the plates to help promote the 2010 Games.

To support the recent release of New Maps Of Hell (Epitaph), the 14th studio album of their 27-year career, Bad Religion have confirmed dates for a national headlining tour.

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KEWAUNEE COUNTY Joseph Novak, 87, Kewaunee, a golf-cart driver who was struck after he pulled into the path of a motorist Wednesday on Wisconsin 42 at the Alaska Golf Club, has died of his injuries.

An employee of the McDonald’s at Fifth Street and South Grand Avenue was not seriously injured Monday afternoon when she backed another employee’s personal vehicle through the lobby window of the restaurant.

MARTINEZ -- Two suspects in an ATM holdup were killed Monday when their getaway car crashed on Highway 4 in sight of the robbery victim, who was following them, police said.

Worn brakes, rough starts, and old Mazdas. (Ask a Mechanic)

COLUMBIA TWP. -- A 22-year-old Dayton man who fled a traffic stop in Columbia Township early this morning eventually crashed his vehicle in Indian Hill before fleeing on foot.

Where you can find it: Oysy, 888 S. Michigan. Thousands of bars in Chicago, why this one? For most of my childhood and young adulthood, I failed miserably at staying in touch with people.

This week's Listen Here! focuses on information for the college crowd -- those over 21, of course, particularly new students who have transferred or recently matriculated for the first time -- and that group's area entertainment Mecca: Dickson Street.

There's a lot of good music coming up, so let's just jump in.

KEWAUNEE COUNTY - A man driving a golf cart received injuries after it collided with a car Wednesday on Wisconsin 42 at the Alaska Golf Club, N6092 Wisconsin 42, in the town of Pierce.

SPRINGDALE -- The Harvey and Bernice Jones Center for Families hosted the second annual "Thank You Celebration," Tuesday morning for members of the Friends of Bernice and Corporate Friends of Harvey giving circles, special event sponsors and founding partners of the center.

Anybody here who, when you were studying high school civics, thought the concept of eminent domain meant the government could take your private property -- a house, a couple dogs and a goat or a profitable shopping center -- to plop a mega-super-duper big-box store where you used to be?

Two armed-robbery suspects died in a crash off Highway 4 after they were chased by the person they allegedly held up in Martinez, police said Tuesday. Lamont Sionta Turner, 37, and Donal Ray Hendrix Jr., 19, both of Oakland, died after they were thrown from...

HUMBLE, Texas -- In a nondescript warehouse in east Texas, mechanic and entrepreneur Stephen Wynne is bringing a rare sports car back to life. If he succeeds, he almost certainly has Michael J. Fox to thank. ... - By JOHN PORRETTO The Associated Press

WAGENER, S.C. - A volunteer Wagener firefighter died in a fiery vehicle crash Sunday night while on his way to aid a resident in respiratory distress.

PONTIAC -- The Road Commission for Oakland County will discuss a proposed $104 million budget for 2008 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Oakland Board of Commissioners Auditorium, 1200 N. Telegraph Road.

Airbags deploy while driving

VICTORIA - A white, four-door Ford Crown Victoria valued at $3,500 at the 18000 block of U.S. Highway 59. VICTORIA - A 2005 Pontiac Vibe valued at $19,000 from the 2600 block of Farm-to-Market 446.

PONTIAC -- More than 8,000 homes and businesses in 24 communities across Livingston and southern LaSalle counties lost power for about two hours Tuesday afternoon.

Two area residents were transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries Tuesday night following a head-on collision on the Kansas Highway 10 bypass about one-half mile south of the Lecompton interchange.