Law enforcement officers from across Michigan are cracking down on distracted driving. State, county, and local agencies will begin conducting “Operation Ghost Rider” on Monday with the goal to reduce distracted driving deaths and injuries. The initiative is coordinated by the Transportation Improvement Association. “Despite knowing the risks,...

DAVISON, MI — Fashion was on full display as more than 630 students showed off their best attire ahead of Davison’s prom. Students dressed to impress as they arrived to load twelve charter buses, many seen smiling and laughing while showing off their outfits to their friends for the first time before heading to their destination prom.

DETROIT – A man fired a gun at a hospital employee and then turned the weapon on himself over the weekend in Detroit, police said. It happened Saturday night at Detroit Medical Center Sinai-Grace Hospital, FOX 2 Detroit reports. The employee was unharmed. The suspect is in critical condition with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

DICKINSON COUNTY, MI – Officials in the Upper Peninsula is offering a few reminders after multiple cougar encounters were reported in a nature preserve. Staff at the Fumee Lake Natural Area in Dickinson County said a cougar was seen crossing a trail between Lake Antoine and Fumee Lake last week.

Southern Michigan residents should not be alarmed if they see a fighter jet closely following a civilian aircraft Monday morning. The Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing is conducting an air defense training exercise in the skies over northern Ohio and southern Michigan Monday, April 29. Fighter jets are being scrambled to intercept and follow another aircraft, according the Ohio Air National Guard Public Affairs Office.

FLINT, MI – A Sunday evening fire at what was once a Swanson Funeral Home on the corner of East Hamilton and Martin Luther King avenues in Flint left the long-vacant building damaged but not destroyed, officials told MLive/The Flint Journal Monday. The fire was reported around 11 p.m....

FLINT, MI – A 55-year-old Burton man has been charged in connection with leaving the scene of a crash that left a woman dead. Flint Township police said Monday, April 29, the man is charged with failure to stop at the scene of a crash resulting in death when at fault and moving violation causing death. MLive-The Flint Journal is not identifying him because he has yet to be arraigned.

Satellites images can reveal a lot of details of the surface below as they pass over Earth. Last last week, a few satellite images snapped over the Great Lakes revealed an odd-looking spot in the middle of the southern half of Lake Michigan. A weather research team in Wisconsin brought...

TITTABAWASSEE TOWNSHIP, MI — Some officials estimate Donald Trump’s planned rally Wednesday, May 1, at MBS International Airport could attract a crowd similar in size to the former president’s campaign stop at the same site four years earlier. Trump last landed at the airport in Tittabawassee Township...

FLINT, MI – A set of small tan buildings standing along North Dort Highway makes up the Flint Motel. A few small bushes outside break up a sea of overgrown grass where the occasional dandelion pokes through. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a...

FLINT, MI – A day after a child drowned in the Flint River, emergency personnel in Flint are searching for another child they say fell into the river. Flint Fire Chief Theron Wiggins said in a statement Sunday, April 28, that a 7-year-old child drowned in the Flint River on Saturday, April 27.

ALLEN PARK -- It’s time to dissect what the rest of the NFC North did on the quest to uncrown the Detroit Lions, with the 2024 NFL draft officially behind us. We’ll look at winners and losers from inside the division. It’s hard to ignore how the Chicago Bears have impressively reloaded after missing on a first-round quarterback pick just three years ago. The Minnesota Vikings also added two first-round picks, and the Green Bay Packers threw more resources at their on-paper-loaded defense and versatile offensive line.

CHELSEA, MI - From his classroom, Ben Seymour could see today and tomorrow. Fresh out of college, the first-year teacher took a job with the Bering Strait School District, more than 3,000 miles away from his native Michigan. At age 22, he landed on Little Diomede, a tiny granite island outcropping in the strait sandwiched between Alaska and Siberia.

ALLEN PARK -- Quintez Cephus, the former fifth-round wide receiver pick of the Detroit Lions, has signed with the Buffalo Bills after being reinstated following his year-long gambling suspension, per his agency. Cephus was suspended and quickly released by the Lions a little more than a year ago, ending his...

FLUSHING, MI -- Genesee County has just leveled up its entertainment scene with the grand opening of a new arcade featuring a whopping collection of over 30 classic and modern games. From the raucous streets of Springfield to the intense racetracks of “Final Lap,” these timeless classics stand as monuments...

FLINT, MI - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) will continue to provide nutritious food by the truckload to Flint residents throughout the month of May. MDHHS has provided the Flint mobile food pantries since February 2016 in partnership with the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. May’s...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Beyond the dozens of shoes hanging from utility lines along Willard Street — a common sight in Ann Arbor neighborhoods filled with University of Michigan students — is an old house that has turned heads for over a century. Standing out from other...

TITTABAWASSEE TOWNSHIP, MI — The forecast for the next few days in James Canders’ life calls for rain and preparing for a potential 10,000-attendee political event. The MBS International Airport manager will serve as one of several officials at the center of preparing Tittabawassee Township for a Wednesday, May 1, campaign rally for Donald Trump, the former president campaigning again for the job.

Southern Michigan will really heat up today while a northeast wind will keep northern Michigan much cooler than expected a few days ago. There will also be an area of rain lifting north through Michigan today. A warm front with an active zone of showers and a few thunderstorms will...

The month of May will kick off with some springtime sparkle as the Eta Aquariids meteor shower ramps up to its biggest night. The 2024 Eta Aquariids have been underway since mid-April, but the shower will get stronger this week until its peak, with the highest concentration of meteors likely on the night of May 4 into the pre-dawn hours of May 5, Space reports.