The Brandon Township man accused of killing off-duty Flint police officer Vincent D’Anna was bound over Monday for a circuit court trial after two days of testimony’including graphic and emotional eyewitness accounts of the accident scene. Ramon Felix Pineda, 25, an illegal Mexican immigrant, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of D’Anna, 26, […]
Anyone who rides a bicycle along the sidewalk in Clarkston’s downtown business area could be faced with a fine in the not too distant future. Clarkston officials recently rewrote and passed an ordinance requiring folks to walk bicycles in the city’s downtown area, but the issue was back on the agenda and tabled at Monday’s […]
A cloud of fog hangs thick in the air; dead branches dangle above. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a shape appears in the mist’green, brown and stringy’somehow moving closer and closer, as if it’s alive. It seems hungry, thirsty, determined. The shape is Adam Denz, who put more than 30 hours of work into his […]
Charles Inabnit said he never hesitated when Clarkston Mayor Sharron Catallo asked him to fill a city council seat vacated earlier this month. Bill Rausch, a retired GM employee, rendered his resignation Sept. 2, claiming a busy schedule did not allow him to adequately carry out his obligations to the city. ‘I was very disappointed […]
A preliminary exam for the man accused in the death of off-duty Flint police officer Vincent D’Anna was rescheduled last week after his defense attorney withdrew from the case. Citing a ‘break-down in the attorney-client? relationship, Clarkston attorney Arthur Greenstone asked for permission to step down and handed the case off to court-appointed Elias Escobedo […]
A collective ‘oh!? rose from the crowd gathered at Oakland County Sheriff’s headquarters last week when viewers watched a deer leap from the darkness, crash against the grill of an oncoming patrol vehicle and finally sprawl in the opposing lane. The incident, just one of 1,866 car-deer crashes reported in Oakland County during 2006, was […]
Fire investigators from Independence Township are conducting an ongoing arson investigation after a fire broke out in downtown Clarkston’s Depot Park Saturday, Sept. 22. The blaze, which started on a wood pile stored in an out-of-the way-area, was discovered just after midnight, about 45 minutes after an officer checked the park. ‘At about 12:20 a.m. […]
Claiming he didn’t have enough time in his schedule to adequately do the job, Clarkston Councilman Bill Rausch has resigned his seat. Rausch, who was elected in the November, 2006, election with 74 write-in votes, served as the council’s police laison and dedicated much time and energy as a member of the Police Chief Selection […]
You know those people who walk around with sayings like ‘let me tell you about my grandchildren? on their sweatshirts? I get it. Oh, do I get it. Ryan arrived July 19, six days late, just like his momma in 1987. Christy asked me to be in the delivery room, and I happily obliged, oblivious […]
Four members of the undefeated Clarkston Wolves watched their football season go up in smoke last week when each was cited for possession and use of marijuana after practice Mon., Sept. 17. A fifth CHS student who does not play football was also involved. The boys, who are not being identified by The Clarkston News […]