Meridian Township - Okemos resident Christina Riddle just wanted to make sure fellow cyclists don't have to go through the same pain she did. While riding her bike on Mount Hope Road one Saturday afternoon, four years ago, Riddle was hospitalized after being struck by a car struck going 50 mph.
Normally, Bell's Greek Pizza at 225 M.A.C. Ave. is busy in the wee hours of the morning serving up slices, as the bar crowd stumbles in to engage in late-night fervor and feast. But for the past month, the little pizzeria has been packed all afternoon as it plays host to a large and diverse gathering of international flavor.
A small room in the MSU police building is made smaller and smaller as detectives move in and out like ants piling up stolen items on a table and chairs. The items, ranging from laptops to projectors, are evidence from an investigation involving multiple breaking and entering robberies in which East Lansing resident Yaaseen Jabraan Albert allegedly committed on campus since 2003. "Most of it came from pawn shops all over the state: Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Detroit," MSU police Detective Steve Beard said. Beard headed up the investigation, and was familiar with Albert because he arrested him in 2000, the first time the 26-year-old was arrested for a breaking and entering felony in Ingham County. Because of the previous charge, prosecutors are asking Albert be tried as a habitual offender - which would allow the state to increase his punishment to life in prison, Ingham County Chief Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said. His district court preliminary examination was waived by assistant prosecutor Angela Lloyd on June 23, and the case was immediately sent to the Ingham County Circuit Court level.
Fireworks, concerts and a parade of dogs are just some of the activities in that people staying in the Lansing area for this holiday weekend can take part.
Beginning in the spring semester of 2005, the university will award scholarships to student activists who work with issues relevant to students of color who are also a part of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community. The death of 15-year-old New Jersey resident Sakia Gunn, which resulted from a 2003 hate crime, became the motivation for a scholarship.
The Dick Letts Memorial Golf Outing, which raises scholarship money for minority students at Lansing Community College, will be held July 24 at Forest Akers East Golf Course. For more information, call Deborah Sudduth at (517) 355-6527.
Adults interested in learning computer skills are invited to attend the East Lansing Public Library's computer classes.
A national campaign aimed at stopping discrimination against individuals in the workplace who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender launched its commercials in Lansing last week. TurnOut.org, which is run by The Gill Foundation, started airing six commercials that feature people who are gay or lesbian, talking about how they are about to reveal their sexual orientation to their employer.
According to a MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research survey, 42 percent of likely Michigan voters favor Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry while incumbent Republican current President Bush is favored by 40 percent of voters.
East Lansing added more than 500 people to its population during the past year, making it Michigan's fourth-fastest growing city. According to the U.S.
Five members of MSU's greek community have been honored by their peers for their service to the community. President of Sigma Phi Epsilon and 2004 graduate Anthony Morabito received the title of Interfraternity Council Greek Man of the Year.
Grand Rapids - The 11th Annual Grand Rapids African-American Festival displayed a blend of traditional African culture and contemporary hip-hop style this weekend with craft vendors selling everything from handmade African dolls to airbrushed T-shirts. About 20,000 people attended the event, according to festival organizers.
As part of Turner-Dodge House's "Meet Your City" program, MSU Associate Professor Lisa Fine will be presenting her new book "The Story of Reo Joe; Work, Kin and Community in Autotown, USA," noon, July 1 at The Turner-dodge House, 100 E.
Since the late 1980s the trend of university interaction with agriculture has been moving downward, yet MSU is determined to fight that trend with the International Rice Research Institute, or IRRI, said President M.
The 4th annual Corporate Golf Challenge fund-raiser will be held July 9 at MSU's Forest Akers West Golf Course.
If the upcoming National Truck Driving Championship is, as truckers say, the Super Bowl of safe trucking, then last weekend's 2004 Michigan Truck Driving Championship was the final competition of the playoffs.
Lansing - The State House brought Michigan one step closer to resolving the current fiscal year's $250 million deficit and balancing next year's budget by concurring Wednesday with a Senate version of a bill to raise the cigarette tax. State representatives approved the measure 55-52, but sent it back to the Senate with an amendment calling for half of the $3 million designated for smoking prevention to be applied toward programs aimed at helping smokers quit. "We have the potential to help 323,000 people quit in Michigan.
After returning Tuesday from a three-day trip to Iraq, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, said Iraqis' attitudes are changing for the better and they don't want Americans to leave yet. Rogers, a former FBI agent and Army officer, traveled around the country with three other congressmen to review the progress toward Iraqi independence and developing greater security.