With one of the deepest teams in the history of the program, MSU women’s soccer will look to start its season off strongly this weekend.
The last few days have been tumultuous ones in London, where riots have swept through the city. The police have been slow to react; no one knows what the rioters are protesting (or if they’re protesting anything at all at this point), and irrevocable damage to London’s global image has been done.
The East Lansing man who allegedly shook and punched his infant son to death might have the opportunity to be released from jail, Judge Clinton Canady III said in court Tuesday. Yumar Burks, 27, faces charges of murder and child abuse in relation to the death of his 6-month-old son, Antonio Burks. If Yumar Burks’ trial date is not set within 180 days of his indictment, he can appeal to be released from jail based on his right to a speedy trial. Yumar Burks currently is being held in the Ingham County Jail without bond. His trial most likely will be scheduled for early December — within the bracket of time given for him before he can request to be released from jail, Canady said. During interviews with East Lansing Police, Yumar Burks admitted to repeatedly hitting his child in the chest and shaking him. Antonio Burks’ died of blunt force trauma to the head on March 25, the coroner testified during Burks’ preliminary examination in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court. The manner of death was homicide, John Bechinski, a forensic pathologist at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital who conducted the autopsy, said previously in court. More than 20 bruises covered the baby’s body, Bechinski previously said in court. Yumar Burks declined an offer by prosecutors to plead guilty to murder. “We’re prepared to go to trial to prove his innocence,” Yumar Burks’ attorney, Mike O’Briants said.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, still has East Lansing in his congressional territory under new, redistricted boundaries signed by Gov.
After walking almost 100 miles in sweltering temperatures, citizens from across the state made their way to the Capitol steps to present Rep.
A team of MSU researchers in the School of Hospitality Business has worked with hotel industry experts to develop a system that ranks top real estate markets around the country in terms of financial viability. Arjun Singh, an associate professor of international lodging, finance and real estate, and Raymond Schmidgall, the Hilton Hotels Professor of Hospitality Financial Management, worked jointly with about 30 industry members to implement the Lodging Market Potential Index, a system that ranks potential land investment hot spots. Using the opinions and insight of industry experts, the two researchers devised a system based on 10 different dimensions and 30 different indicating factors, all of which are used to rank the top 25 major hotel markets in the country. Singh and Schmidgall presented their findings at the Midwest Lodging Investors Summit this past July, something they’ve done for roughly the past three years, Singh said. The system’s rankings then can be used to determine the financial solvency of long-term investment in specific cities.
Standing tall at 6-foot-3 and weighing in at 310 pounds, junior defensive tackle Jerel Worthy is a powerful weapon to help anchor the MSU football team’s defense.
The Spartans will kick off their season with an exhibition match against Eastern Michigan at 5 p.m., Saturday in Ypsilanti, Mich. The match ultimately will serve as a tuneup before the Spartans hold their season opener, which will come on Aug. 19 at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field against Milwaukee.
Karen Klomparens feels that the demands of today’s job market clearly differ from years past.
During the worst day on Wall Street in more than a year, President Barack Obama stood by the nation’s credit reliability Monday as the U.S.
The 61-year-old job applicant suing the MSU College of Law for age discrimination plans on filing a complaint against another school — the University of Missouri School of Law — his attorney said. Nicholas Spaeth, who served as North Dakota’s state attorney general and as a clerk for a U.S.
A 23-year-old Florida man reported more than $900 in unauthorized charges on his credit card Aug. 3, MSU police Sgt.
Turning from M.A.C. Avenue to the alley between Grand River Avenue and Albert Street, a 41-year-old male garbage truck driver collided with the archway above the alley Monday morning.
After being a member of the East Lansing Public Library, or ELPL, for the past 20 years, Elise Harvey was delighted to be able to learn how to read books on her computer at the monthly e-book clinic held at the library Monday night.
Jonathan Safran Foer began his first critically acclaimed novel, “Everything is Illuminated,” during his college years.
Assistant professor Lisa Cook began her first day of work Monday — at the White House. Cook was selected as a member of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors.
Promotion for local farmers markets has received a hand from the Department of Agriculture, or USDA, when the department declared the week of Aug.
Michiganians’ confidence in Gov. Rick Snyder has faded in recent months, according to findings from MSU economists.
The popular Pure Michigan campaign advertisements will come to Spartan Stadium on Sept. 2 for the football season opener, partnering MSU with the state’s tourism efforts.
In 1992, Betty MacDowell was fresh off of a doctoral degree from MSU when the idea struck. She had heard about an effort on the East Coast to archive local stained glass windows, and after completing a dissertation about female stained glass artists in Michigan, she decided to start a similar project on her own.