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The city of Southfield plans to appoint an interim police chief and conduct a national search for a replacement for Eric Hawkins, who has accepted a chief's position in Albany, New York.Hawkins has been chief in Southfield since 2012, He joined the Southfield Police Department in 1990 as a cadet.

Fall audition sign ups for the Oakland Youth Orchestras 2018-2019 season begins Aug. 10. Auditions will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at Oakland University's Varner Hall, 371 Varner Drive.Sign ups begin online at oyomi.org and extend through Aug.

Two 22-year-old Troy men, stopped by a police officer while dressed all in black and riding bikes on Rochester Road near Longfellow Drive at around 3:30 a.m. July 22, are suspected of breaking into cars, and one was arrested after being found in possession of a stolen gun, burglary tools and other items.

Applications are open for the third annual Pitch'N Pontiac, back this year with its largest cash prize yet. The business pitch competition is giving out $35,000 in cash and consulting hours for this year's event. Five finalists will be chosen to participate in the live competition, which takes place on Thursday, Aug.

A portion of eastbound I-696 will close this weekend in Oakland County to continue work on a $12 million project. All lanes between Telegraph and I-75 will be closed from 9 p.

A new exhibit at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills features rare film footage of the liberation of concentration camps, mass burials during World War II."Filming the Camps: From Hollywood to Nuremberg" opens Thursday, July 26 and runs through Dec. 30 at the center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road.

Emagine Theater in Royal Oak is getting ready to make renovations and add a few more movie auditoriums.Royal Oak city officials this week approved several changes in the theater's operation plans, including renovations, at their location at 200 N. Main Street.Among the changes are the addition of three movie auditoriums with seating for 329 patrons.

Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding CEO who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save carmakers Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain failure, died Wednesday. He was 66.The holding company of Fiat's founders, the Agnelli family, announced Marchionne had died after unexpected complications from surgery in Zurich.

A domestic violence incident turned deadly late Tuesday evening when a Lyon Township man, 54, fatally shot himself as law enforcement tried to defuse the situation.According to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, deputies were sent to a home in the 60000 block of Ladbrooke Drive shortly after 11 p.

The murder trial that was set to begin this week for a Waterford man charged with shooting to death his girlfriend last August has been postponed to October after prosecutors asked a judge to not allow a witness to testify about the gun used in the killing.The witness, Steven Howard, is listed as an attorney and firearm expert.