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Suspect charged in first Flint homicide of 2023 sentenced to prison
FLINT, MI – A Flint man was sentenced to prison time after pleading guilty to the city’s first homicide of 2023. Ryan Lamar Cooper, 32, will serve at least seven years and two months to a maximum of 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. He has been in jail for more than 1,500 days.
Busy Bay City bridge to be down to 1 lane next week
BAY CITY, MI – One lane will be closed on one of Bay City’s four drawbridges next week due to a routine maintenance project, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced Thursday, July 25. MDOT will be performing maintenance on the bridge tender house on the Veterans Memorial...
Woah, Get a Load of Flint’s Most Expensive Home For Sale
While Flint, Michigan, is rich with history and does have some beautiful homes in certain areas, we don't see them for sale very often. Take this new build, for example, which recently hit the market for $950,000. Not only is this one of the most beautiful new homes in Flint,...
Flint boxers Claressa Shields and Jaqaun McElroy make weight and are ready to perform on Saturday
DETROIT (WJRT) - Flint boxers Claressa Shields and Jaquan McElroy made their respective weights and are ready to fight on Saturday at Little Caesars Arena. Shields (14-0) weighed in at 174.8 pounds for her main event fight against Vanessa LePage-Joanisse (7-1, 174.6 pounds). The two boxers went nose-to-nose in their final face-off before the fight.
Refunds from Bay City Music Festival processing
BAY CITY, Mich. (WNEM) - Bay City Music Fest took place more than a month ago, and some of our TV5 viewers who wanted a refund from the event are wondering where their money is. Ken Shelton of Ken Shelton Promotions told TV5 that the ticket agency he works with...
Drink Up – Popular Flint Bar Closing After 22 Years
A beloved downtown Flint bar will be closing after 22 years in Genesee County. The Loft on Saginaw Street will officially close on New Year's Day, January 1, 2025. Owner Rodney Ott announced the closure through social media. I love the fact that Ott wants to make the rest of...
Bank robber apologizes to teller for traumatic experience, ordered to repay nearly $8,000
SAGINAW, MI — Though robbing a credit union netted a Saginaw man several thousand dollars in the short term, it also cost him his the next few years in prison. Stephan A. Belvin Jr., 23, on Thursday, July 25, appeared before Saginaw County Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson for sentencing, having pleaded guilty in June to bank robbery. Prosecutors did not dismiss any additional charges.
City, St. John Street group aim to keep memory of north Flint neighborhood alive
FLINT, MI -- Decades after the St. John Street neighborhood was torn apart to make way for the construction of I-475 in Flint, the city and those who remember the thriving and racially diverse community celebrated plans to create a memorial park to preserve that piece of the history. Flint...
Local veteran receives last wish to get a tattoo designed by her daughter
SAGINAW, Mich.— 47 year-old Beth Bedore was told by doctors she did not have much time left to live after she was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease or more commonly known as ALS. One item on her bucket list was to get another tattoo and thanks to generous offer...
Law enforcement event aimed to build trust with community
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Building trust and relationships was the purpose behind a free community event on Friday, July 26. It brought law enforcement officers from the Saginaw area to meet those they serve and protect. New Birth Missionary Baptist Church hosted Troopers on Tour. Michigan State Police, Saginaw Township...
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