CEO of a company that specializes in life-size wall graphics of your favorite athlete? Check. Part-owner of an NBA team? Check. What more could a sports-loving guy want except possibly to be that player on the wall? Pat McInnis, the CEO of Fathead and part-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, admits it’s the next best thing to actually being a professional athlete. Yet, he takes nothing for granted. He continues to maintain a fierce work ethic [...]

Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry, a searchable database of individuals who have been convicted of sex crimes, has been lauded over the years as an asset to both law enforcement officials and the public. But the registry, available at the Michigan State Police web site, also has drawn criticism — and rightfully so. Now, lawmakers in Lansing are considering legislation to significantly modify the sex offender registry, including striking provisions that currently require some so-called “Romeo [...]

Most little girls dream of a fairy tale wedding spun to perfection. While almost always a joyous event, the reality is each wedding is a culmination of details, a whirlwind of endless decisions. Furthermore, each year ushers in new wedding trends and the pressure is on for brides to stay apprised of the current do’s and don’ts to pull off a memorable event for everyone in attendance. Spring is inching closer, and with it begins [...]

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is constructing a new pedestrian overpass spanning Telegraph Road and connecting with the Clinton River Trail on each side so pedestrians can cross the major north-south thoroughfare safely. The project is located at the border of Pontiac and Sylvan Lake, north of Orchard Lake Road and just south of the Waterford Township border, where the Clinton River Trail intersects with Telegraph Road. The city of Pontiac was awarded $2 [...]

Above freezing temperatures during the day and frigid temperatures at night seem to represent that interminable waiting period between the dreariness of winter and the hope of spring. However, this temperature fluctuation between seasons also allows for an entirely unique season to occur: Maple sugaring season. “You really need two things for this season,” said Justin Smith, an interpretive naturalist at Indian Springs Metropark in White Lake Township. “And Michigan is one of the only [...]

After several years of inter-regional bickering between community leaders about the future of Cobo Center in downtown Detroit and how to fund long-awaited improvements there, officials have unveiled plans for Phase III’s $221-million renovation and sprucing up of the home of the North American International Auto Show. The expected improvements were unveiled on Wednesday, March 2. The new Cobo Center will include a 40,000-square-foot ballroom featuring a glass wall and open-terrace facing Hart Plaza and [...]

The day after the Oakland County Reapportionment Commission had it’s organizational meeting — and sent out a news release with comments from all members, Republicans and Democrats, talking about cooperation and fairness — a stable of Republican state representatives from Oakland County introduced legislation that would give control over redistricting county commissioner seats to the GOP-dominated county Board of Commissioners. House Bill (HB) 4380, sponsored by state Rep. Eileen Kowall (R-Highland, White Lake) and co-sponsored [...]

If you’re an Oakland County resident living on a gravel road and would like to participate in the Road Commission for Oakland County’s (RCOC) dust control program, you can now submit an application for the service. Applications must be received by May 2. The program involves the RCOC applying mineral well brine to gravel roads four times during the summer to help control dust. Mineral well brine is naturally-occurring salt water that is pumped from [...]

Every 10 years in conjunction with the completion of the decennial census, politicians begin drooling at the thought of one thing — redistricting — and that official process has begun in Oakland County, with the organizational meeting of the county’s Reapportionment Commission taking place last week. Officials serving on the commission — Clerk/Register of Deeds Bill Bullard, Jr.; Prosecutor Jessica Cooper; Treasurer Andy Meisner; Oakland County Republican Party Chairman Jim Thienel; and Oakland County Democratic [...]

The husband and wife legislative duo of state Sen. Mike Kowall (R-Commerce, Highland, Milford, Walled Lake, Wixom, Wolverine Lake, White Lake, Orchard Lake, West Bloomfield) and state Rep. Eileen Kowall (R-Highland, White Lake) have introduced identical legislation in their respective chambers to implement a change in election law called for by Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds Bill Bullard, Jr. earlier this year. Senate Bill (SB) 204 and House Bill (HB) 4357 would eliminate the requirement [...]