RainSmart Rebates Earns National Achievement Award

Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash is pleased to announce that RainSmart Rebates has been recognized with a 2024 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties.

06/25/2024 11:37 AM

Statement from Oakland County Prosecutor on the Death of Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Bradley Reckling

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen D. McDonald released the following statement regarding the fatal shooting of an Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Deputy on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

06/23/2024 1:25 PM

Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter Statement on Sheriff Deputy Killed in the Line of Duty

06/23/2024 10:42 AM

New SMART route connects Auburn Hills, Pontiac, Waterford and White Lake

Oakland County’s transit ad hoc committee will meet at 11 a.m. Monday, June 24, in the Commissioners’ Conference Room at 1200 N. Telegraph Road, Building 12E in Pontiac. The agenda includes presentations on SMART ridership numbers and a proposed competitive grant to improve access to SMART vehicles.

06/22/2024

Family Assistance Center Continues to Provide Mental Health Support to Splash Pad Shooting Victims in New Location

The Family Assistance Center is moving to the Rochester Community Schools Administration Building.

06/21/2024 2:14 PM

Oakland County celebrates Juneteenth

Hundreds of people gathered at the Oakland County Courthouse on June 12 for the second annual Juneteenth celebration, which included raising the Juneteenth flag, live entertainment, storytelling focusing on the Underground Railroad and more.

06/20/2024

Historians seek to add Pontiac cemetery to Underground Railroad Network for Freedom sites

A coalition of Oakland County historians is working to nominate Pontiac's Oak Hill Cemetery, thought to contain the unmarked graves of at least eight freedom seekers and early abolitionists, to the National Parks Underground Railroad Network for Freedom.

06/19/2024

Gun buyback events planned before Saturday’s three mass shootings

Each of the six gun buyback events this year costs $30,000. The Oakland County commission approved a $10,000 grant.

06/19/2024

Statement from Prosecutor Karen McDonald on the Shooting at the Rochester Hills Splash Pad

Oakland County Prosecutor KAREN D. McDONALD released the following statement regarding the shooting on Saturday, June 15, 2024, at the Rochester Hills Splash Pad.

06/17/2024 2:36 PM

As parks improve all over, riverfront group says scandal won't hurt Detroit's new Wilson park

Thanks to fresh federal and foundation cash, we've entered an era of epic, once-in-a-lifetime parks and rec expansion. Nowhere is park expansion more welcome than in Pontiac.

06/17/2024