Thief steals rescue shears after firefighters rescue girl from swing Someone stole a pair of hydraulic rescue shears after firefighters used them to rescue a girl stuck on a swing in Oakland. OAKLAND, California. – A 10-year-old girl who was stuck on a swing in an Oakland park was rescued by firefighters using rescue shears. […]
Chapman and Canha take home touching memorabilia after their final game at the Coliseum, originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Former Oakland Athletics players Matt Chapman and Mark Canha took home some valuable memorabilia from their final game at the Coliseum. After the Giants’ 10-inning victory over the A’s on Sunday afternoon, Chapman asked […]
A’s epic comeback against the Mets – the astonishingly longest game of the pitch clock era originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Athletics overcame a five-run deficit against the New York Mets on Thursday at Citi Field to win the series 7-6 after the longest regular-season nine-inning game in the MLB pitch clock […]
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, whose prison sentence was reduced by former President Donald Trump, will be a keynote speaker at the Oakland County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner next week, according to the Oakland County Republican Party. In a social media post Tuesday afternoon, Oakland County Republican Party Chairman Vance Patrick announced Kilpatrick’s upcoming […]
Ferndale’s newest bookstore opens a new chapter for local young readers. Young families gathered at Love & Other Books early Saturday morning to hear local author Marisa Mieczkowski read her book “Happy Hands.” Parents, children and toddlers laughed and leaned forward as Mieczckowski of St. Clair Shores read her illustrated story about a boy’s daunting […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office identified the boater whose body was found Friday as Louis William Petro, 84, of Sylvan Lake. According to a press release on Saturday, authorities believe Petro drowned, but the investigation is ongoing. Divers with the Sheriff’s Office and Southeast Michigan Dive Group found Petro’s body around 10 p.m. Friday after […]
DETROIT (WXYZ) – Prosecutors in Oakland County, Michigan, called the case one of the worst child abuse cases they have ever seen. The horrific death of a little boy has now led to charges of child abuse and murder. Anne Nix, Daniel Giacchina’s grandmother, said 6-year-old Giovanni “Chulo” Jennings was placed in the corner of […]
Parents learn Oakland school will be closed on first day State officials and the school district ordered the closure of a charter school in Oakland, but parents still dropped their children off there on Friday, assuming the school year would go on as planned. OAKLAND, California. – State officials and the school district ordered the […]
