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Oswald Scott Wilder trial begins Tuesday

Oswald Scott Wilder, charged with four sexual assaults in East Lansing last year, will appear for his jury trial on Tuesday in Ingham County Circuit Court. Wilder allegedly committed four sexual assaults in East Lansing from late March to early May of 2013.

MSU

Ticket transfer policy will be enforced with consequences

This fall, students might find it more difficult to enter Spartan Stadium’s student section with other students’ MSU IDs. Gate personnel will be cracking down on students entering football games without a proper ticket assigned to their name, according to the MSU Athletic Department.

MSU

Wiz Khalifa's planned Breslin Center concert canceled

First Spartan Spectacular, now Wiz Khalifa. It's been a day of disrupted plans for MSU students of all interests.MSU's Residence Halls Association announced the cancelation late Tuesday evening on the organization's Facebook page."Due to Michigan State University’s review of recent events and assessment of campus concerns, MSU has decided to cancel the event," the statement said.It is unclear whether the statement was referring to a shooting at a Wiz Khalifa concert in Irvine, Calif.

MICHIGAN

Alleged Rite Aid and Coolidge Road shooter will see court Friday

The man charged with the shooting deaths of two people in early May at a Lansing Rite-Aid and at the 1800 block of Coolidge road will continue to a preliminary examination on Friday.Ricard Taylor, 34, appeared in court today via teleconference before East Lansing 54B District Court Judge Richard Ball, who said Taylor would be brought to court on Friday, the first time he will physically appear in court.Taylor, a former employee at MSU and East Lansing street musician, was found competent to stand trial earlier this month and is facing a total of seven felony charges, including two counts of open murder.

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