BY LAURA COLVIN Clarkston News Staff Writer As Jordan Cox jumped from the shower one evening last May a jolt of electricity shot through his body for what would be the first of many times. Terrified by the searing pain, he opened the bathroom door to find his parents. Jordan’s mom, Kila, recalls the ashen […]
I met a man. It was last Monday, my first day on the job as your new Clarkston News reporter, and come to think of it, I met a bunch of men, and women, too. But this particular man struck something in me, and although he doesn’t know it, he helped me come quickly to […]
Police in Springfield Township are searching for two suspects who entered a home in the Oakhill Trailer Park Oct. 3 and robbed the occupants at gunpoint. Two brothers, ages 18 and 20, were in separate bedrooms around 4 a.m., and say the gunmen entered demanding cash and other valuables. One of the brothers told police […]
Peg Roth was already thinking about finding a new way to get involved with the Clarkston community when she heard the city council call for write-in candidates in the Nov 7 election. The council has three open seats, with only Councilwoman Kristy Ottman seeking reelection. Councilman Steve Wylie is running for mayor against incumbent Sharon […]
Dressed in shades of periwinkle and white with deep, soft furniture, and a hint of cinnamon lingering in the air, the waiting area in Dr. Shaman’s office says spa, or cottage, perhaps. On the walls are large professional portraits featuring children that would make any mother proud, and over in one corner sits a glass […]
Residents around the Clarkston area expressed varying opinions when Michigan’s first minimum wage increase since 1997 went into effect Oct. 1. Legislation signed in March by Gov. Jennifer Granholm bumped the minimum earnings of some 90,000 workers across the state from $5.15 to $6.95 per hour, nearly a thirty-five percent increase. Most businesses around Clarkston, […]
Patty Peterson was downstairs putting her kids to bed, so she didn’t see the two Marines come rolling up the driveway of her parent’s Clarkston home just after dark. But she did hear the dog bark, and when her younger sister appeared in the doorway just moments later, she knew that what she’d been feeling […]