The bell ringers were still enthusiastic and the kettles were the same shade of red, but the Lansing-area Salvation Army kettles ended up a little emptier this holiday season.
Amid a flurry of political activity with new members moving into Congress and the state Legislature, a few political offices have yet to be filled.
By ED RONCO The State News When manufacturing engineering senior Jennifer Cody graduates in May she will be going to work for Ford Motor Co., but she doesn’t know if she would buy its product. A settlement involving both money and public disclosure of information was reached Monday in the case of Donna Bailey, a paralyzed woman seeking $100 million from Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. and Ford Motor Co. for injuries sustained in March. It would have been the first lawsuit of its kind to go to trial since Bridgestone/Firestone tires were first recalled last August. The settlement was announced by lawyers for Bailey and the two companies. Financial terms were not disclosed but according to attorneys for Bailey, the settlement calls for an acceptance of responsibility and an apology by Ford, and requires both Ford and Firestone to publicly disclose any additional information from the tire recall investigation. Ford representatives visited Bailey in her hospital room Sunday night and delivered the apology she had sought. “(The settlement) is enough to take care of her for the rest of her life,” said Mikal C.
By ED RONCO The State News A new law requiring Michigan residents to submit their Social Security numbers when they renew their driver’s licenses is being challenged in a lawsuit filed Thursday by Secretary of State Candice Miller. States are required under the federal Welfare Reform Act approved by Congress in 1997 to collect Social Security numbers from licensed drivers to help track parents who fail to pay child support. Miller said the requirement, which took effect in October, violates the privacy of Michigan’s 6.9 million licensed drivers. “I will not sit idly by while residents’ privacy is invaded by an intrusive, ineffective and unfunded mandate,” Miller said. Michigan is the only state not complying with the requirement that took effect in October, said Pam Carte,r of the U.S.
By ED RONCO The State News Mechanical engineering senior Jeff Bullock used to write home for 33 cents, but as of Sunday that became more expensive. The U.S.
State lab workers are working under stricter regulations when studying meningococcal bacteria - the organism that causes meningitis.The move comes after Department of Community Health employee Linda Reese died Christmas Day after she was infected by a meningitis bacteria sample that she had been working on.
An amendment to the MSU’s towing policy will assure that all towing practices conform with state law.The amendment, approved by the MSU Board of Trustees at its Dec.
Tracie Goldman thinks the Student Disorderly Conduct Policy demonstrates fairness between students and administration. The policy, passed at the Dec.
MERIDIAN TWP. - Mary Martin didn’t realize she was moments away from being buried beneath a flat-roofed carport, which collapsed outside of her Meridian Township apartment Friday.
The blizzard that whipped across Michigan on Dec. 11 left Jillian Williams - and many others - out in the cold during finals week.“I had an 8 a.m.
After losing his seat in the U.S. Senate, Michigan Republican Spence Abraham was appointed as President-elect George W.
The engineers at MSU’s Cyclotron building don’t get a three week vacation during the holidays; they’re always working - and thinking. Steve Bricker is no exception. Bricker graduated from MSU in 1981 and has been an engineer in the Cyclotron lab ever since.
Prosecutors began laying out their case Friday against two men charged with the December 1999 murder of an East Lansing woman.Cornelius Alden Brown, 29, and Sam Jones III, 25, sat in 54-B District Court on Friday.
Kweisi Mfume, the president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Preston Williams, an academic theologian from Harvard University, will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
WKAR-TV and Radio will help feed the hungry this holiday season by serving as a collection site for donations to the Greater Lansing Food Bank.The food drive will continue through Dec.
After 65 years, the sole of East Lansing is closing its doors.Like many of the shoes of customers looking for a new pair, Tonnie and John Temple, owners of the MSU Bootery, are worn out.The couple has decided it is time to close down the family business at 217 E.
The government’s war on drugs may have been lost on college students - especially when it comes to marijuana, according to a recently released study.Harvard University’s School of Public Health conducted the College Alcohol Study in 1993, 1997 and 1999, surveying more than 14,000 students in colleges and universities nationwide.
Each year children flock to a mall to sit on Santa Claus’ lap to tell him their hopes and dreams for Christmas morning and get their picture taken with the jolly old soul. But this year, a new tradition has been born. Meridian Township will be having its first-ever drive-thru Santa Claus in the Central Park parking lot, 5151 Marsh Road in Okemos, from Dec.
Apparently, pedestrians are not the only people who need to watch out for puddles these days. A 20-year-old MSU student may face misdemeanor reckless driving or assault and battery charges for purposely splashing a woman with his pickup truck while driving over a puddle on Oct.