Oakland County approves $45K gun buyback program

Several police departments from Ferndale to Auburn Hills expressed interest in hosting a buyback program. The first events are expected in October.

After kidney failure battle, Southfield teacher receives donated organs from 2-year-old

Last summer, Jean Washington, a teacher in Southfield, was battling kidney failure. After a successful kidney transplant, she hopes her story will show the importance of organ donations.

Suspect caught hiding in garbage can after crashing during police chase

“We managed to locate the driver in a garbage can, hiding,” Barren said. “And ultimately we found a female hiding a few doors over, in another garbage can - which was very bizarre for our officers. Because we thought we had a kidnapping in progress.”

Danielle Stislicki murder investigation: Judge denies Floyd Galloway attorney request for more discovery

Floyd Galloway Jr. was charged with the murder of Danielle Stislicki, a 28-year-old woman who disappeared in December 2016. The Berkley man who pleaded guilty to other crimes was later identified as a person of interest in her disappearance.

Babysitter charged with sexual assault of Macomb Township 5-year-old

A Southfield man, hired as a babysitter for a Macomb Township family, has been charged with the sexual assault of a 5-year-old.

Death of DMC nurse and husband ruled murder-suicide

Her 65-year-old husband was later found in a parking garage in Detroit. He was dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

Southfield police investigate death of DMC nurse, husband also found dead in Detroit

Investigators said it first appeared the long-time nurse died from natural causes. The next day, the medical examiner’s office found bullet fragments in her skull.

Police: Southfield husband and wife found dead a day apart; deaths possibly connected

Initially, she was thought to have died from natural causes, but the medical examiner found bullet fragments in her skull. Her husband was also found with a gunshot wound.