Many Michiganders know how frustrating road conditions can be, especially during winter. Michigan State University is working on a research project that could change that by making driving safer during rough weather.
It isn’t your ordinary concrete -- it can heal itself, heat up, and bend without breaking. These innovative properties could revolutionize how Michigan maintains its roads.
Another former top aide to ex-Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield has agreed to testify against him as part of a plea deal.
Detroit Lions legend Herman Moore will serve as grand marshal for the Electric Light Parade at the 41st annual Silver Bells in the City celebration.
What started as a mother’s gut instinct led to a federal indictment in Southeast Michigan on a disturbing case of online exploitation involving a 15-year-old girl.
East Lansing police have identified the body found in the Red Cedar River on Oct. 13 as Meagan Turner, a 32-year-old doctoral candidate from Canada studying at Michigan State University.
As Michigan State University prepares to host tens of thousands of fans for its annual rivalry game against the University of Michigan, controversy over police conduct in East Lansing has moved from the sidelines to center stage.
A driver on I-96 swerved across lanes, crossed to the other side into oncoming traffic, gestured at cops several times, got spun out, and was ultimately tased.
Michigan lawmakers approved a continuation budget in the early morning hours of Oct. 1 to keep the state government running through Oct. 8, after missing the original fiscal year deadline.
As Michigan lawmakers race to prevent a government shutdown before the next fiscal year, a proposed 24% wholesale marijuana tax has emerged as a controversial solution for road funding in the new state budget.
Michigan leaders issued statements after the legislature reached a tentative agreement to pass the School Aid budget and state budget, including long-term road funding, before the end of the fiscal year.
Currently, to apply to college in Michigan, students must include their SAT exam scores – along with the SAT essay – in their transcripts as part of the annual Michigan Merit Exam, which is administered to public high school juniors.
With just 15 days until a potential state government shutdown, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer formally entered the state budget fray on Tuesday morning in Lansing.
Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot Tuesday while speaking at Utah Valley University, sending shockwaves through political circles and raising concerns about an uptick in political violence.
State Representative Dylan Wegela (D-Garden City) is seeking to limit the amount of money CEOs earn in the state of Michigan.
The former leader of the Michigan House of Representatives, Lee Chatfield, has been bound over to stand trial for multiple felonies following allegations of “rampant and flagrant” misuse of political nonprofit funds.
The second measles case previously reported in Ingham County was actually due to a recent vaccination, not a contagious infection, health officials announced Wednesday.
It will be a rocky end of the year for four University of Michigan students who just received word that the federal government is seizing their visas.
A man was fatally shot after he allegedly pulled out multiple knives during an altercation in Ingham County on Sunday afternoon, officials said.
The Michigan Senate passed a Bill Thursday evening amending the minimum wage law that’s set to go into effect Friday, Feb. 21.
The Michigan Senate passed a Bill Thursday evening amending the minimum wage law that’s set to go into effect Friday, Feb. 21.
Lawmakers are racing against the clock to modify the minimum wage and paid sick leave laws before they take effect on Feb. 21.
The 103rd Legislature began last Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Lansing. There were no big surprises in terms of the bills introduced.
New evidence has been revealed in the death of Brendan Santo, thanks to private investigator Ryan Robison, who has connections with the case.
For the first time in nearly three years, the parents of Brendan Santo are breaking their silence and demanding answers in their son’s mysterious death.
New pieces of evidence linked to Brendan Santo’s death have been uncovered and raise major questions about what police concluded about the case.
Rashad Maleek Trice was previously sentenced to life without parole in a Michigan court before he was sentenced on Friday to life imprisonment on federal charges.
He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and first-degree criminal sexual conduct on July 1, 2024, almost exactly a year after the crimes were committed.
Rashad Maleek Trice is expected to be sentenced Friday morning after pleading guilty to killing 2-year-old Wynter Cole Smith and assaulting her mother in 2023.
The Michigan Department of Attorney General concluded its investigation in the review of the shooting death of Stephen Luis Romero, 33, of Lansing, without issuing charges against the officers involved who acted in self-defense.
The driver is accused of reckless driving, breaking into a home and stealing a pickup before leading authorities on a high-speed chase through Livingston County.
Michigan lawmaker Neil Friske issued a statement regarding the police investigation of his arrest for alleged assault and weapons crimes.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is warning Michigan residents about medetomidine, which is a new drug that has been identified in overdose deaths across the state.
This year, the event is focusing on the need for organ, eye and issue donation education, especially for teenagers getting their first driver’s license.
A 17-year-old boy was killed in the shooting, a 16-year-old and a 20-year-old were critically injured and four other victims are expected to survive.
An Ohio woman pleaded guilty leaving a race-based and politically motivated death threat to a Michigan state representative in 2021.
The former Michigan House of Representatives leader, Lee Chatfield, and his wife were arraigned on embezzlement charges Thursday, May 2.
The charges include conducting a criminal enterprise, embezzlement from a nonprofit, conspiracy to commit embezzlement from a nonprofit and more.
An East Lansing man who prosecutors say sexually exploited at least eight young boys has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The man accused of kidnapping and killing a 2-year-old girl from Lansing is admitting to the federal charge of kidnapping resulting in death, according to a new plea agreement.
The man accused of kidnapping and killing a 2-year-old girl from Lansing is admitting to the federal charge of kidnapping resulting in death, according to a plea agreement filed Thursday.
Michigan State University held a remembrance gathering on the anniversary of the Feb. 13, 2023, mass shooting that left three students dead and five critically injured.
Security updates have been put in place one year after the mass shooting on the campus of Michigan State University, but there is still a list of needed changes.
The Spartan community came together to honor the victims. It was a time of reflection for many, and as they looked back, emotions from that night returned.
A Michigan State University academic building that was the site of the 2023 mass shooting reopened Monday almost one year later.
Operations were resuming Thursday at the Michigan Capitol building after it was targeted by an emailed bomb threat the day before.
Two former staffers for former state house speaker Lee Chatfield are pleading not guilty to embezzlement charges in Lansing.
Two former staffers for former state house speaker Lee Chatfield are pleading not guilty to embezzlement charges in Lansing.
Michigan lawmakers passed new laws and amendments, and agreed to repeal some, in 2023, and they're going to take effect in 2024 -- here's a look.
The family of Stephen Romero has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the city of Lansing and Lansing police officers Donovan Moore, Jeff Kurtz, and another unnamed officer for shooting and killing him.
The university has been criticized for its handling of the Nassar investigation and its dealings with survivors in the aftermath of his arrest and conviction.
Michigan’s Supreme Court has refused to immediately hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling that would allow former President Donald Trump’s name on the state’s presidential primary ballot.