The City of Jackson Police Department is investigating an apparent homicide today after officers responded to a call at 3:00 a.m. for a man severly bleeding, on the 700 block of Lansing Avenue. Whenget more >>
The City of Jackson Police Department is investigating an apparent homicide today after officers responded to a call at 3:00 a.m. for a man severly bleeding, on the 700 block of Lansing Avenue. Whenget more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - This weekend marks the 50th year for the East Lansing Art Fesitval and that always means great performers, artists and a lot of trouble parking. Roads are already being closedget more >>
Festival officials say the best way to get around this weekend isn't by carget more >>
Today Michigan State University hosted the 4th annual Woofer Walk in an effort to raise money to help end animal cruelty. Around 300 people met at the auditorium on campus to walk a one and half mileget more >>
MSU hosted the 4th annual Woofer Walk in an effort to raise money to help end animal cruelty.get more >>
Tonight's drawing for the Powerball Jackpot is at 600 million dollars, and that's kept local gas stations busy selling tickets. The Mobil gas station on Lake Lansing has been busy for the past coupleget more >>
Tonight's drawing for the Powerball Jackpot is at 600 million dollars, and that's kept local gas stations busy selling tickets.get more >>
Three East Lansing high school teens could face criminal charges for scratching swastikas into two other student's lockers. East Lansing police say one of the victims was Jewish. The president of theget more >>
Three East Lansing high school teens could face criminal charges for scratching swastikas into two other student's lockers.
East Lansing police say one of the victims was Jewish.get more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Three East Lansing High School teens accused of scratching swastikas into two other students' lockers could face criminal charges, but not for the content of controversialget more >>
East Lansing Police say one of the victims was a Jewish girl who took offense to the symbol on her lockerget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - A local student got a big surprise in the form of a free private high school education. Rachel Smith, a student at Lansing Charter Academy, received a check Friday for more thanget more >>
Rachel Smith, a student at Lansing Charter Academy, received a check Friday after winning a national essay contestget more >>
Lansing's City Council approved a budget this morning which includes multiple amendments by a 7-1 vote. Among the most notable additions to the original budget include a 1.2% increase to the Board ofget more >>
Lansing's City Council approved a budget which includes multiple amendments by a 7-1 voteget more >>
Gas prices in Michigan and the midwest could be hitting record highs in the near future. The reason? Oil refineries. A Great Lakes refinery went down a few weeks ago and caused gas to be diverted toget more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - East Lansing Police are looking for a man they believe sexually assaulted two Michigan State University students. The most recent incident happened around 8:30p.m. Thursdayget more >>
The most recent incident happened around 8:30p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Abbott Pointe Apartmentsget more >>
DEWITT, Mich. (WLNS) - A farm in Clinton County is galloping away at changing the lives of children and adults for the better, thanks to the healing power of little horses. "First of all, a horse mirrorsget more >>
The non-profit helps children and adults heal from all kinds of emotional issuesget more >>
JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - A ceremony at Jackson County Airport honored World War II veterans on Friday. The Aviator Bust and Monument at Reynolds Field was dedicated to about 75 young men who voluntarilyget more >>
It was a national program that was provided through Jackson Junior Collegeget more >>
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Lotteryget more >>
Odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 175 millionget more >>
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) - Reported jailhouse conversations have led prosecutors to charge a man with open murder in the shooting death of a friend at a Livingston County gun club. WHMI-FM reports that 20-year-oldget more >>
Prosecutor Bill Vailliencourt says new evidence points to Kimball being killed over an unpaid debtget more >>
SANDUSKY, Ohio (WLNS) - It's Math and Science Week at Cedar Point, America's Roller Coast. Local students are learning how the subjects work in the real world. WLNS Jim Geyer is there, answering questionsget more >>
Jim Geyer is there answering questions for studentsget more >>
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the slaying of a 63-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports Steven Stormget more >>
Judge Timothy Pickard called Storm a "psychopath" during the hearing, saying he'll work to ensure Storm never is released from prisonget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- Several former employees of a Lansing-based production company say for months, the business often skipped payday, and sometimes didn't pay at all. Five former employees of Lifeget more >>
Former employees of a Lansing-based production company say the business often skipped payday, and sometimes didn't pay at all.get more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A former high school football coach in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for computer-related crimes that stretched to East Lansing. Joseph Ostrowski admittedget more >>
Federal prosecutors in Michigan say the investigation began in 2011 with campus policeget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Withh the deadline just days away, the Lansing City Council met again Friday to discuss the city's budget. The city council reviewed the mayor's budget and sending it back toget more >>
The city council reviewed the mayor's budget and sending it back to his office with some changes of their ownget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - State of Michigan auditors are making objections about the use of millions of dollars from a petroleum tax. The tax is supposed to pay for problems related to leaking undergroundget more >>
Lawmakers short of cash have used another $32 million for programs at the Department of Environmental Qualityget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A lawmaker has proposed changes following a slew of complaints, safety concerns and confusion about a law that made powerful fireworks legal in Michigan. The bills introduced Thursdayget more >>
Bottle rockets, aerial cakes, Roman candles, firecrackers all are sold legally after lawmakers and Gov. Rick Snyder erased the ban in 2011get more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Demolition of a 113-year-old building on Michigan State University's campus has resumed after a fire burned through its roof. The fire burned Wednesday evening at Morrill Hallget more >>
Demolition work started earlier this yearget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Some students will get new Michigan Education Assessment Program math scores after a problem with some questions on the exam. The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News report newget more >>
New reports are to be sent to schools by the end of June, and scores may go up or downget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A citizen-led measure would prohibit Michigan health insurance plans from covering elective abortion unless individuals or businesses buy a supplemental policy. A group called Noget more >>
Michigan's election board is scheduled to consider the petition form next weekget more >>
It was practically handed to city attorney Janene McIntyre her first day on the job,deciding whether to call a 46 dollar utility charge for households and businesses a tax or fee. Tonight, Mcintyre calledget more >>
It was practically handed to city attorney Janene McIntyre her first day on the job,deciding whether to call a 46 dollar utility charge for households and businesses a tax or fee. get more >>
INGHAM COUNTY, Mich. (WLNS) - To prevent underage smoking, Ingham County licenses cigarette vendors, and revokes their license if a vendor continually sells tobacco to minors. Statistics show licensingget more >>
To prevent underage smoking, Ingham County licenses cigarette vendors and revokes their license if a vendor continually sells to minorsget more >>
INGHAM COUNTY, Mich. (WLNS) - Smoking prevention experts in Ingham County say "preemption", a law banning Michigan counties from establishing programs meant to prevent underage smoking, exists becauseget more >>
We decided to go to the source, and speak to a former lobbyist for the Tobacco Institute about the controversial lawget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Police have corrected the name of the man killed from a hit and run incident Monday night. Officers say James Thelen, 69, was hit outside of Sparrow Hospital in downtown Lansingget more >>
Officers are looking for a blue Chevy Cruze with possible front end damage seen leaving the crime sceneget more >>
It's a fee - not a tax. That's the ruling by the Lansing city attorney as city officials look to balance the budget. Lansing faces a shortfall of about $5 million. Mayor Virg Bernero proposed a fee forget more >>
Move helps city cover $5 million budget deficitget more >>
EATON RAPIDS, Mich. (WLNS) - Eaton Rapids officials are warning residents about an early morning power outage scheduled for Friday morning. In a Nixle report, the city says due to the failure of electricalget more >>
The city says due to the failure of electrical equipment, they will shut down the main electric lines supplying powerget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan is expected to receive a $2.3 million share of a $500 million settlement of claims that an India-based pharmaceutical manufacturer distributed adulterated drugs. Michigan'sget more >>
The complaint says that Ranbaxy knowingly made and sold generic products whose quality and purity didn't meet FDA standardsget more >>
JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - It's day four of Daniel Ronquillo's trial. Ronquillo is charged with first degree child abuse and torture for allegedly forcing his girlfriend's two young children into scaldingget more >>
Not found guilty of two counts of tortureget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Lansing's tourism industry is showing improvement. The Greater Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau announced Thursday the results from a new study that tracked the spending habitsget more >>
The report also found that the total regional economic impact was about $680 millionget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - About 30 volunteers spent the day giving the capitol grounds a facelift. They added new soil and sod and updated the sprinkler system. Those who donated their time to beautifyget more >>
Governor Rick Snyder proclaimed May to be "Plant Michigan Green" monthget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A pawn shop owner in south Lansing caught a thief on-camera stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from his store, while the thief's three accomplices kept the storeget more >>
Surveillance video catches a suspected thief stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from a Lansing pawn shopget more >>
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $475 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers in the latest drawing. A message early Thursday on Powerball's website says thereget more >>
The new jackpot has a $350.1 million cash option. The next drawing is scheduled for Saturday.get more >>
MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLNS) - Meridian Township Police say that the man who was accused of exposing himself at local coffee shops has turned himself in. Officials say each time, he would pretend toget more >>
Officials say each time it happened, he would pretend to read a paper while exposing himself to the women nearbyget more >>
ALBION, Mich. (AP) - Albion Public Schools no longer is offering students a high school education. The school board has decided that beginning this fall, only students in kindergarten through eighth gradeget more >>
The mid-Michigan district is losing revenue due to declining enrollmentget more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - The Department of Homeland Security conducted a study just a few years ago on Spartan Stadium and found a potential security hazard. The gasoline tanks located on the eastget more >>
The Department of Homeland Security conducted a study just a few years ago on Spartan Stadium and found a potential security hazardget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - A new poll suggests 57 percent of the citizens in Michigan now favor gay marriage, which is a complete reversal from 2004 when a majority of voters decided to ban gay marriage inget more >>
The poll, which was not commissioned by either side, suggested 57 percent favor gay marriage, with 38 percent opposedget more >>
The confederate flag brings out all kinds of emotions and one student in DeWiitt was suspended from school for flying it on his truck after he was told to take it down. But as our Nick Perreault explains,get more >>
One student in DeWiitt was suspended from school for flying it on his truck after he was told to take it downget more >>
MASON, Mich. (WLNS) - Alaideon Elementary School will close for the remainder of Thursday. The school reported having utility problems. It is a part of the Mason School District.get more >>
The school reported having utility problemsget more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Plans are underway for the annual East Lansing Walk to Cure Diabetes. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation held a breakfast Thursday morning to give people the opportunityget more >>
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation held a breakfast Thursday morning to give people the opportunity to learn moreget more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Demolition of a 113-year-old building on Michigan State University's campus is on hold after a fire burned through its roof. The fire was reported Wednesday evening at Morrillget more >>
No one was injured and the building was empty at the timeget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation that will allow schools with too many snow days to avoid having to schedule extra days in June. The Republican governor signed the bill Thursday.get more >>
Schools will still have to meet the minimum 1,098 hours of instructionget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - A Lansing man seen pacing back-and-forth near Sexton High School is behind bars. Police say the 58-year old is a registered sex offender. He was spotted around 4p.m. dressedget more >>
He was spotted around 4p.m. dressed in a heavy jacket, hat and glovesget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan lawmakers are introducing legislation requiring a state department to reimburse schools that may have to drop their American Indian mascots. The bills would take $3 millionget more >>
Michigan lawmakers are introducing legislation requiring a state department to reimburse schools that may have to drop their American Indian mascots.get more >>
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Families whose children have been among dozens sickened in an Ohio cancer cluster are hoping they have pinpointed a cause for the illnesses. More than two dozen family members sayget more >>
Families whose children have been among dozens sickened in an Ohio cancer cluster are hoping they have pinpointed a cause for the illnesses.get more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Crews are working to put out a structure fire at Morrill Hall on Michigan State's campus. The fire sparked around 7:15p.m. on Thursday. The building is over 100-years-old.get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan lawmakers are introducing legislation requiring a state department to reimburse schools that may have to drop their American Indian mascots. The bills would take $3 millionget more >>
The department filed a complaint in February asking the U.S. Education Department to ban K-12 schools from using such mascotsget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder and lawmakers have hundreds of millions of dollars more than expected when working to finalize Michigan's next budget. The Snyder administration and economists onget more >>
Sticking points remain over Medicaid expansion and road fundingget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Tea party groups have staged protests in Lansing and across the country. But now in the growing, national scandal, an Ottawa County Tea Party group says it is being discriminatedget more >>
Tea party groups have staged protests in Lansing and across the countryget more >>
JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - The trial against the man charged with scalding his girlfriend's babies in a bathtub continues Wednesday. Testimony is coming to an end in the case against Daniel Ronquillo, 25. Prosecutorsget more >>
Prosecutors say he was babysitting his girlfriend's 1 and 2-year-old children when they suffered third degree burnsget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - They're annoying, aggressive and know how to ruin a beautiful spring day. What are they? Mosquitos. But there aren't as many flying around as you might think. MSU Professor andget more >>
MSU Professor and Insect Researcher Dr. Ned Walker says there are slightly more than last year, but not by muchget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - A bill to cut taxes for disabled veterans is expected to pass the State Senate Finance Committee Wednesday. The move would give local governments the power to exempt all disabledget more >>
The move would give local governments the power to exempt all disabled veterans from paying local property taxesget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The state says Michigan's unemployment rate dipped slightly in April as the number of people working rose while the number of jobless people fell. The Department of Technology, Managementget more >>
Nationally, the unemployment rate was 7.5 percent last monthget more >>
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mich. (WLNS) - The Livingston County Sheriff's Department is warning residents about a fake driveway seal coating company. Earlier this month, a woman in Putnam Township says a manget more >>
If you see anything suspicious, call the local authoritiesget more >>
JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - Consumers Energy will be raising their rates effective May 16. The company approved a settlement agreement with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) for $89 million annually. Aget more >>
Consumers originally asked for a $148.3 million rate increase, but settled for $89 million on Thursdayget more >>
Crime Stoppers of Mid-Michigan is asking for the public's help in one incident and locating two men wanted for felonies. On Thursday, March 7 around 11:30p.m., officers were dispatched to the 200 blockget more >>
If you have any information, you're asked to call Crime Stoppers at 517-483-STOPget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan is reminding drivers to look out for bicyclists on the road to prevent crashes this month. May is National Bike Month and this week is Bike to Work Week. The state saysget more >>
Michigan is reminding drivers to look out for bicyclists on the road to prevent crashes this month.get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Hundreds have gathered in honor of Police Week at Hawk Island Park in Lansing to say thank you to local safety patrols. The annual "Police and Fire Field Day and Safety Patrolget more >>
There are currently more than 1,000 safety patrols throughout the Tri-County Areaget more >>
It could be a slow-go Wednesday afternoon if your driving through parts of Lansing. There are a few lane and ramp closures you'll want to know. The following will be closed along I-496: Southbound Pineget more >>
It could be a slow-go Wednesday afternoonget more >>
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $360 million in a matter of weeks, a jump that's propelled it to be the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot inget more >>
The latest drawing is scheduled Wednesday nightget more >>
JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - Tyree Cleary is back in court after police say he forced his way into a home in Jackson last month and took a 24-year-old woman at gunpoint, then physically and sexually assaultedget more >>
His preliminary exam started Wednesday morningget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Economists say Michigan's economy is turning around for the fourth straight year in part because the housing sector is on the mend. University of Michigan experts told state lawmakersget more >>
Michigan's unemployment rate dropped 1.3 percentage points in 2012 and is expected to continue gradually decliningget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan schools with too many snow days may avoid having to schedule extra days in June. But students still may not be happy with the remedy. The House gave final approval Tuesdayget more >>
Michigan schools with too many snow days may avoid having to schedule extra days in June. But students still may not be happy with the remedy.get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Downtown Lansing's riverfront continues to change, as construction beings on a brand new residential project. Right along the Grand River next to the new City Market, a multi-storyget more >>
The building will be an 80 unit, five story river front apartment complexget more >>
HASTINGS, Mich. (AP) - A western Michigan man found with a bloody mattress in his pickup truck nearly two years ago has been charged with murder. Harold Ordway has been under scrutiny since Septemberget more >>
Harold Ordway has been under scrutiny since September 2011 when officers arrived at a crash in Allegan County and found a mattress with fresh blood in the bed of his pickup.get more >>
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A bid of $1,330 was good enough to buy a Santa Claus, sleigh and four reindeer that once brought holiday cheer from atop the Flint City Hall. Winning bidder Melodee Mabbitt tells Theget more >>
A bid of $1,330 was good enough to buy a Santa Claus, sleigh and four reindeer that once brought holiday cheer from atop the Flint City Hall.get more >>
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - Police in Flint say they arrested a man on a child support warrant after spotting him carrying a kitchen sink while riding a bicycle. The Flint Journal reports the man was stoppedget more >>
Police in Flint say they arrested a man on a child support warrant after spotting him carrying a kitchen sink while riding a bicycle.get more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Bricks from a 113-year-old Michigan State University building are being salvaged and some will be made available to the public for sale. Chris Barnes, construction representativeget more >>
Bricks from a 113-year-old Michigan State University building are being salvaged and some will be made available to the public for sale.get more >>
Federal Investigators say it has worked for other countries why not here in the U.S. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday, that states lower the legal limit to .05 from .08. It'sget more >>
Federal Investigators say it has worked for other countries why not here in the U.S. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday, that states lower the legal limit to .05 from .08. It'sget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A group of seven Lansing neighborhood organizations said in an open letter to Mayor Virg Bernero that having a permanent police chief who lives in Lansing would be in the best interestget more >>
Lansing neighborhood orgs. said in an open letter to the mayor that having a police chief who lives in Lansing would be in the best interest of the cityget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan House committee is expected to take up a bill that would restrict how much government agencies can charge for Freedom of Information Act requests. The House Oversightget more >>
Under current law, Freedom of Information Act request fees are based on mailing, copying and labor costsget more >>
WILLIAMSTON, Mich. (WLNS) - The Williamston Police Department now has a disposal system for medications. Monday through Friday, 8a.m.-5p.m., people can drop off the following medications: Pain Relieversget more >>
The collection is all part of the "Capital Area Take Back Meds/Drugs Drop Off" programget more >>
LEONI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLNS) - An East Jackson Community Schools third grader was suspended after he brought a toy gun onto a school bus on Monday. Interim Superintendent Richard Ames told our media partnersget more >>
Cameras showed the student had the toy in his backpack and he was showing other studentsget more >>
JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - Jurors are back in court for day two of a child torture trial. Prosecutors say Daniel Ronquillo abused and tortured his girlfriend's 1-and-2 year olds by holding them in a tubget more >>
A doctor from the University of Michigan Hospital said that the multiple injuries were characteristics of abuseget more >>
Lansing Police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a bicyclist then sped off. It happened around 11:30 Monday night, about 100 yards from Sparrow Hospital. Police say the 69-year-old bikerget more >>
Lansing Police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a bicyclist then sped offget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Tea Party members were at the State Board of Education Tuesday trying to block what's called the "Core Curriculum for Michigan School Kids." It's a standard set for students inget more >>
It's a standard set for students in math and English and has been adopted by 45 states, including Michiganget more >>
Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at an apartment complex in Lansing. The flames broke out in a townhome along the 3900 block of Hunters Ridge on the city's south west side. A 6 News staffer onget more >>
The fire destroyed one apartment and damaged a second unitget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is preparing to sign legislation so veterans can get a special designation on their driver's license or state ID card. The bills require Michigan's secretaryget more >>
The Senate Fiscal Agency estimates it will cost nearly $700,000 over a number of yearsget more >>
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Powerball jackpot is climbing again, and fast. In just a few short weeks, the jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $360 million, making it the third largest Powerball jackpotget more >>
DETROIT (AP) - A Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after federal agents said he lied about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker is due in court. Hussain Al Khawahir is scheduledget more >>
Al Khawahir was arrested Saturday on allegations of lying to agents and using a passport with a missing pageget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan could get $382 million more in revenue than projected four months ago. That's according to a report Tuesday from the nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency. It's good news forget more >>
Snyder and lawmakers could use the extra money to boost spending, lower taxes or save moreget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Sparrow Cancer Center will be providing free skin cancer screenings on Tuesday. May is Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. It's the most common form of all cancer, withget more >>
May is Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Monthget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Two Men and a Truck donated $40,000 to the American Cancer Society in a ceremony Tuesday morning. While it doesn't involve heavy lifting, officials say the donation still fitsget more >>
While it doesn't involve heavy lifting, officials say the donation still fits in with the company's missionget more >>
SPRINGPORT, Mich. (WLNS) - Flames tore through a home in Springport in Jackson County early Tuesday morning. It sparked around 5:30a.m. in the 1300 block Town Road. The fire forced a man and woman outget more >>
The fire forced a man and woman out of their houseget more >>
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan utility says a new policy requires people to restrain or contain all dogs before gas or electric meters will be read. Consumers Energy announced Tuesday that the policyget more >>
Customers also may read their own meter and give the information to the utilityget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The state says the labor market will be very competitive this summer for people ages 16 to 19. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget on Monday released a summerget more >>
Starting in May, the state says the number of teens entering the labor force typically increases sharply and reaches a peak in Julyget more >>
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Grand Rapids police say a man has died following a fall down a four-story staircase at a nightclub where two men died in similar accidents. Police tell MLive.com that 36-year-oldget more >>
Witnesses tell officers that the man entered the open stairwell on the fourth floor and fell to the bottom levelget more >>
DEWITT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WNLS) - In Dewitt Township it was opening day Monday. For the second year, the Miracle League of Mid-Michigan held an exhibition game to kick off its 2013 season. It was a fundget more >>
The grass may be not be real and it's just an exhibition game, but to these players, it's the real dealget more >>
JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - A Jackson man is behind bars Monday after he tried to steal an ATM from the foyer of a credit union. It happened Monday around 7:40a.m. on the 700 block of Michigan Ave. at theget more >>
Officials say they found the 31-year-old man with a white vehicle backed to the front entrance of the credit unionget more >>
WEBBERVILLE, Mich. (WLNS) - An accident on I-96 westbound, east of Elm Road, near mile marker 124, is causing severe traffic. It happened around 5p.m. Monday. A 6 News crew member said that black smokeget more >>
Police are closing down lanes. Please avoid the area.get more >>
Monday morning, much of Mid-Michigan woke up to frost. The fact it's mid-May didn't stop temperatures from plunging into the upper 20's. It made for a pretty sight, unless you started planting earlyget more >>
Farmers say they're relieved their crops didn't suffer more damage after the overnight frost get more >>
JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - The trial for a Jackson man charged with first-degree child abuse and torture began Monday. Jury selection began Monday morning. The trial is expected to start later Monday afternoon. Policeget more >>
Police say the man forced his girlfriend's two young children into a scolding hot bathtub of nearly 140 degreesget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Texting while driving is dangerous, but nearly half of the people on the road admit they still do it. Recent studies show texting while driving is taking even more lives than drunkget more >>
A study by the Cohen Children's Medical Center finds texting while driving is responsible for 3,000 deaths nationwide and 300,000 injuriesget more >>
Two suspects are in custody after breaking into cars in the parking lot of a Quality Dairy in Lansing. Quality Dairy employees called police shortly after 1 A.M. from the 1500 block of Waverly Road,get more >>
Two suspects are in custody after breaking into cars in the parking lot of a Quality Dairy in Lansing.get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - According to a Michigan State Police report, in 2012, there were 55 fatal motorcycle crashes where the rider wasn't wearing a helmet--a huge jump from 2011 when there were onlyget more >>
Just over a year ago, Michigan repealed it's motorcycle helmet law.get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Michigan Representative and Chairman of the United States House Intelligence Committee Mike Rogers says he agrees with the president about the IRS scandal. He says any governmentget more >>
Recently, the FBI Agent's Association recommended that Rogers fill the FBI's vacancy and become director of the organizationget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Democrats are introducing legislation they say will improve women's access to health care. Minority Democrats in the state House and Senate on Monday announced legislationget more >>
Minority Democrats in the state House and Senate on Monday announced legislation they plan to introduce this weekget more >>
WESTLAND, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder has ordered U.S. flags lowered at state buildings around Michigan to honor a firefighter killed battling a blaze in suburban Detroit. 29-year-old Westland firefighterget more >>
29-year-old Westland firefighter Brian Woehlke was killed Wednesday in a fire at a strip mall in the western Detroit suburbget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Officials are asking for the public's help in locating a man with dementia. Enrique Castillo, 65, is a Hispanic male with gray hair on the sides of his head and bald on top; heget more >>
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A Nuclear Regulatory Commission member and a Michigan congressman plan to visit the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, which was taken off line over a repeated water leak problem. Newget more >>
Palisades is along Lake Michigan in Van Buren County's Covert Townshipget more >>
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLNS) - One man is behind bars after Jackson Sheriff officials say he was caught breaking into a pole barn. It happened at 4:30p.m. Sunday on Hatch Road in Liberty Township. Theget more >>
Deputies say the same pole barn was burglarized in previous weeks and it's possible the suspect was responsibleget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Historical Commission has approved historical markers for four sites, including one in Grand Rapids to recognize accomplishments of the Meijer retail chain. The markersget more >>
They're among more than 1,700 Michigan historical markersget more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan State University is planning a $20 million Spartan Stadium renovation to be wrapped up next year. The Detroit Free Press reports the East Lansing school's board holdsget more >>
The project is expected to be funded by $14 million in donations and $6 million of MSU athletic department fundsget more >>
They say if you don't like the weather in Michigan, wait five minutes. "I was getting a farmer's tan last week, this week I got my [winter] coat back on," said Andy Todosciuk, owner of Andy T'sget more >>
They say if you don't like the weather in Michigan, wait five minutes. "I was getting a farmer's tan last week, this week I got my [winter] coat back on," said Andy Todosciuk, owner of Andy T'sget more >>
Emergency crews have responded to a suspicious package in downtown Detroit at the McNamara Federal Building. Michigan Avenue has been blocked off to traffic between Third and Cass. Detroit's bomb squadget more >>
A suspicious package found in a federal building in downtown Detroit has been detonatedget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - It's a beautiful day in Lansing, just in time for baseball season. Michigan State and the Lansing Lugnuts face off in the long-awaited CrossTown Showdown. There will be specialget more >>
WATERTOWN, Mass. (WLNS) - Authorities are reporting that the second bombing suspect has been taken into custody. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, had a stand off with police in a residential neighborhood, whereget more >>
Gunshots were heard in Watertown, Mass.get more >>
BLACKMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLNS) - Early Monday morning, police executed a search warrant in the 400 block of Pattie in Blackman Township after deputies heard word of a possible marijuana grow operationget more >>
The homeowner did not have a valid medical marijuana cardget more >>
HILLSDALE, Mich. (WLNS) - Dr. Kevin Walton wanted to hit 40 running. "Most runners, most marathoners, always talk about this Boston thing," he says. He ran the Chicago Marathon four times before he qualifiedget more >>
HILLSDALE, Mich. (WLNS) - Dr. Kevin Walton wanted to hit 40 running. "Most runners, most marathoners, always talk about this Boston thing," he says. He ran the Chicago Marathon four times before he qualifiedget more >>
BOSTON (AP) - The FBI has released photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings and is asking for the public's help in identifying them. FBI Agent Richard DesLauriers says the photos came fromget more >>
FBI Agent Richard DesLauriers says the photos came from surveillance cameras, photos and other evidence near the explosion sitesget more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - It's one corner in East Lansing that's sat empty for nearly a decade. Plans have been made and plans have been scrapped, but now, perhaps finally a new beginning for the Cityget more >>
When you drive into East Lansing, it's hard to miss the outdated and vacant buildings that sit along Grand River Avenueget more >>
Close to 100,000 people are expected to march in the nation's capital Wednesday in support of comprehensive immigration reform. Tuesday, busloads from all across Michigan including Lansing were packedget more >>
Busloads from all across Michigan were packed with supporters to head to Washington and speak with legislatorsget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- The 57th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show was held at the Lansing Center Sunday. Book and paper enthusiasts came together, to search through unique books, postcards, magazines,get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- The 57th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show was held at the Lansing Center Sunday. Book and paper enthusiasts came together, to search through unique books, postcards, magazines,get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- Store officials at Campus Den in Meridian Mall say they've been busier than usual selling tournament gear to March Madness fans. With Michigan heading into the finals, the storeget more >>
Store officials at Campus Den in Meridian Mall say they've been busier than usual selling tournament gear to March Madness fans.get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- Lansing's third annual Shuto Con convention drew in nearly 5,000 anime fans to the Lansing Center. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, fans dressed in costume and attended events likeget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- Lansing's third annual Shuto Con convention drew in nearly 5,000 anime fans to the Lansing Center. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, fans dressed in costume and attended events likeget more >>
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a fire at a Flint apartment complex where one woman died has been determined to be arson. The Flint Journal reports evidence collected following Thursday morning'sget more >>
Thursday morning's fire at Ballenger Manor apartments determined that it was intentionally set.get more >>
BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLNS) - Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man they say robbed a PNC bank. It happened around 9:40a.m. Monday on the 8000 block of W. Grand River Ave. inget more >>
The man supposedly entered the bank with a semi-automatic handgun and demanded moneyget more >>
DEXTER, Mich. (WLNS) - March 15 marks the one year anniversary from when a EF3 tornado tore through the small town of Dexter, 10 miles northwest of Ann Arbor. Today, the neighborhood looks completely differentget more >>
Wind speeds hit up to 140 miles per hour, hitting more than 200 homes and destroying 13 of themget more >>
There are about 14,000 Board of Water and Light customers that are without power Wednesday morning. It includes customers in both Ingham and Eaton Counties. Various traffic lights are out along Waverlyget more >>
About 14,000 people were out of power Wednesday morningget more >>
Lansing Police are investigating a homicide on the city's east side. Officers say they responded to a call of an altercation around 11:30 Thursday night at a residence on the 200 block of South Fairview.get more >>
Police release the name of the man killed get more >>
The City of Jackson Police Department is investigating an apparent homicide today after officers responded to a call at 3:00 a.m. for a man severly bleeding, on the 700 block of Lansing Avenue. Whenget more >>
The City of Jackson Police Department is investigating an apparent homicide today after officers responded to a call at 3:00 a.m. for a man severly bleeding, on the 700 block of Lansing Avenue. Whenget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A pawn shop owner in south Lansing caught a thief on-camera stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from his store, while the thief's three accomplices kept the storeget more >>
Surveillance video catches a suspected thief stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from a Lansing pawn shopget more >>
A 5 month search for a Jackson County Felon has ended. In May, 53-year-old Ricky Wheeldon was accused of profiting from the acquisition of large amounts of stolen property, which police say he paid forget more >>
State Police Troopers from Jackson pulled over a vehicle just after midnight Wednesday morning with Wheeldon insideget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- Several former employees of a Lansing-based production company say for months, the business often skipped payday, and sometimes didn't pay at all. Five former employees of Lifeget more >>
Former employees of a Lansing-based production company say the business often skipped payday, and sometimes didn't pay at all.get more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - East Lansing Police are looking for a man they believe sexually assaulted two Michigan State University students. The most recent incident happened around 8:30p.m. Thursdayget more >>
The most recent incident happened around 8:30p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Abbott Pointe Apartmentsget more >>
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Three East Lansing High School teens accused of scratching swastikas into two other students' lockers could face criminal charges, but not for the content of controversialget more >>
East Lansing Police say one of the victims was a Jewish girl who took offense to the symbol on her lockerget more >>
Gas prices in Michigan and the midwest could be hitting record highs in the near future. The reason? Oil refineries. A Great Lakes refinery went down a few weeks ago and caused gas to be diverted toget more >>
Tonight's drawing for the Powerball Jackpot is at 600 million dollars, and that's kept local gas stations busy selling tickets. The Mobil gas station on Lake Lansing has been busy for the past coupleget more >>
Tonight's drawing for the Powerball Jackpot is at 600 million dollars, and that's kept local gas stations busy selling tickets.get more >>
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