After being named Miss Michigan World communications senior Cristi Fisher is aiming to become the next Miss World America. According to the website the competition features: Delegates consisting of representatives from the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, Hawaii, the District of Columbia and the U.S.
The northbound US-127 exit to Trowbridge Road is reopened after officials closed it because of an accident involving a semi-truck, according to an Ingham County advisory.
Ingham County Sheriff Deputies are investigating a fatal single-car crash which occurred around 6:05 a.m.
On Sunday, June 28, more than 50 residents of the Lansing-East Lansing area gathered on the steps of the State Capitol Building in remembrance of the racially-motivated massacre in Charleston, S.C.
The Michigan State University Student Housing Cooperative is currently in the process of buying two new properties to create a new student housing co-op. Holly Jo Sparks, the executive director of the Student Housing Cooperative said they have signed an offer sheet and now will begin the process of getting approval of the City of East Lansing to turn the buildings into a new co-op that will house at least 17 people.
Construction on Abbot Road, between Burcham Drive and Saginaw Street, began Sunday, June 28 and is scheduled to finish mid August.
Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a historic ruling which allows same-sex couples to marry and ensured equal respect for their marriages across America. Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum issued a statement extending the office's hours today to implement marriage equality, adding that she will keep the office open until the last person is served.
Gerald Scott, a MSU alumnus who graduated in 1980, described himself as “one generation behind” as he still uses CD’s instead of downloading music.
With the Board of Trustees decision last week to institute a new tobacco-free policy at MSU, a few aspects of the policy have yet to be ironed out before it is eventually implemented August of 2016. However, MSU spokesperson Jason Cody said the policy will be geared toward education rather than be punitive in nature.
Uber has not been in East Lansing for even a full year yet, but the ride-sharing company has already left a big impression in the city.
While Palcohol’s powdered alcohol is not even out for sale yet in the United States, many states, including Michigan, are already attempting to ban commercial use of the product.
At the work session on June 23, the East Lansing City Council set a date for action on an ordinance that would prohibit the use of roofs for recreational uses.
On the night of June 17, nine people were shot and killed at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., according to NBC News.
Lansing resident and former iCab taxi driver Brandon McLittle has been sentenced to no less than 108 months and no more than 240 months in prison, the Ingham County Circuit Court ruled Wednesday morning. McLittle previously plead guilty to armed robbery on May 27 of three counts for the role he played in the Dec.
With all parties on board, it will make the process for cab drivers in the area to get registered shorter, but also eliminate issues of inconsistency such as cab drivers having licenses to operate in the city of East Lansing or Lansing, but not the other that have occurred in the past. “What you really need is one uniform set of rules for the whole region because that’s what the taxi market looks like. It’s regional not jurisdictional," said Triplett.
The driver in thefatal motorcycle accidentat Durand Street and Albert Avenue Saturday morning in East Lansing, is likely to be at fault, East Lansing police Lt. Steve Gonzalez said.
The East Lansing Detective Bureau is investigating a string of stolen mopeds, East Lansing police Lt.
East Lansing has received a $125,000 grant from The Recycling Partnership to assist with a new curbside recycling system later this year. As a result of the the grant and matching funds from the city, new 96-gallon carts will be rolled out to East Lansing residents at no cost by early to mid-October.
No criminal charges in the complaint from former softball player Alyssa McBride that she was targeted with pitches in batting practice before two separate games will be filed, according to a statement from the Isabella County Prosecutor's Office.