Michigan, Pontiac | featured news

A man being pursued by police was shot and killed in Waterford, according to reports by WXYZ and WDIV.

Orion Township, Independence Township and Easterseals Michigan will partner for the construction and operation of an adaptive baseball field at Friendship Park in Orion Township. The proposed baseball field, funded solely by community, corporate and foundation contributions, will provide recreational opportunities for physically and mentally challenged people of all ages.

A shared mission to end Michigan's opioid crisis has resulted in a $70,000 donation to the Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities.The alliance supports community efforts in preventing alcohol and substance abuse, promotes health and wellness, treatment and recovery, and improves access to resources toward those efforts.

Michigan's first Hummus & Pita Co. is set to open at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets this fall. The American-Mediterranean franchise is looking to open five chain locations across southeast Michigan, according to Eater Detroit.

The Road Commission for Oakland County, along with the Michigan Department of Transportation, want to make your lives easier this Fourth of July holiday. Beginning at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, both agencies will be suspending most of their construction projects. Those projects will resume at 6 a.

Gov. Rick Snyder announced the appointment of Punita Dani Thurman, of Novi, to the PreK-12 Literary Commission Thursday, June 28.Thurman is a program director for the Skillman Foundation in Detroit, serves as a trustee and Strategy Committee chair for the Novi Educational Foundation, and serves on the Leadership Team Planning Committee for the Council of Michigan Foundations P-20 Education Affinity Group.

Novi resident Domenic Policicchio III was appointed Thursday, June 28, to the Michigan Elevator Safety Board.The board assists the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs with "guidelines, preparation of examinations and issuance of elevator contractor licenses," according to a release from Gov.

Gov. Rick Snyder announced the appointments of new members, and the reappointments of curent members, to the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports.New appointee Cameron Gordon, of West Bloomfield, is a former professional football player for the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs, and is currently a Michigan Sate Police trooper.

Ashley M. Smokoska, PE, of Holly, has earned a Michigan professional engineer license. She is an assistant project engineer in the Construction Services Division at Rowe Professional Services Company's corporate office in Flint and branch office in Farmington Hills.

Camera buffs can take part in a new kind of safari next month at the Detroit Zoo and compete to win prizes for their photos.The zoo is offering its first Photo Safari event July 14-15 in partnership with Woodward Camera in Birmingham."Photography can be both a challenging and rewarding adventure, especially when it comes to nature and wildlife," said Ron Kagan, the zoo's executive director and CEO, in a statement Thursday.