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'Ridiculous' video of Sunday shooting circulating; police promise arrests
LANSING — Police say video apparently circulating online showing a Sunday shooting in the 200 block of West Barnes Avenue is "ridiculous." The victim, a 24-year-old man, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting. During a news conference on another case on Tuesday afternoon, Lansing Police Chief Ellery Sosebee told reporters he had seen video...
$10K reward offered after transformers, other equipment shot in 3 counties near Lansing
PORTLAND — A Lansing area electric utility is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for shooting 14 transformers and other pieces of equipment. The incidents, all caused by bullets, have caused more than $250,000 in damage...
MSU administrator got raise, resignation package after incidents
On a Thursday last September, Michigan State University learned a senior administrator did two things: He pitched a financial quid-pro-quo to a vendor, and he sent a disturbed alum to a campus building where they were later arrested.Days later, the administrator got a five-figure raise, records show. Weeks later, he got a favorable resignation agreement including nearly $50,000 in transitional pay.The deal bears a resemblance to another made months before, when the university learned of sexual harassment by a dean and then offered him a similar exit package.The agreements were overseen and approved by the same person: Vice President of...
WEATHER EXTRA: Beautiful midweek
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - We’re back on track this mid-May Wednesday with a pleasant forecast settling in. Early cloud cover is quick to thin out with a drier feel to go with the afternoon sunshine. High temperatures should return to the lower 70s today with a very comfortable change of pace for us, though the deep blue skies may appear a bit more whitish or milky in color. Wildfires in Canada and northern Minnesota have fired up once again and some of the smoke may drift overhead during the second half of this week.
Woman who threatened Reps. Sarah Anthony, Cynthia Johnson with racist messages pleads guilty
LANSING — An Ohio woman who threatened a pair of Michigan legislators in 2021 has pleaded guilty to making a threat of terrorism, the Michigan Attorney General's Office announced. Sandra Bachman, 61, of Batavia, Ohio, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Ingham County Circuit Court to attempted threat of terrorism, a five-year felony, ethnic intimidation, a two-year...
Burton Elementary takes learning to Lansing with grant
For Ena St. Germaine, a fourth-grade teacher at Burton Elementary, teaching about the branches of government isn’t limited to textbooks and tablets. She has used immersive civics education for the 37 years she has taught at the elementary school.
Lansing's former YaYa's location will be home to new restaurant
LANSING — A Wayne County-based restaurant chain that serves smoked brisket sandwiches, “bam bam” shrimp, rice bowls and even wings is opening a location in a building formerly home to YaYa's Flame Broiled Chicken. Big Moe’s Kitchen, which has five locations in Michigan, will open one at 3011 E. Saginaw St., which has...
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