Paris Strickland, 20, pleaded guilty to two felony counts Wednesday morning for her role in the assault against an MSU student, Ryah Kelly, in the Spartan Village parking lot in March 2015.
In a unanimous 5-0 vote on Tuesday night, East Lansing City Council approved an ordinence which effectively placed limitations on the number of bedrooms in multiple-family developments. so East Lansing’s continuing redevelopment, has sprouted multiple off campus living complexes. But the rise of so many complexes has the potential to stunt growth in other types of living complexes, such as family apartments, and senior housing, the council said.
East Lansing, MSU community specifically selected for new vapor shop
The Capital Area Housing Project cleared its final hurdle early this month when it was awarded low-income housing tax credit by the state, clearing the way for renovations to the Bailey Community Center to become a primarily a senior living center. Now as the CAHP plans to begin building soon, some Bailey neighborhood residents still resent the loss of a one time pillar of the community. SO
Christopher John Foley, 18, pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit murder and was sentenced to three to 15 years Thursday in the murder case of MSU student Dustyn Frolka.
Recent state, local and national elections have seen pitiful attendance from millennial, specifically student, voters. Studies have shown a steadily declining number of student voters since the tumult of the 2008 election.
On cold winter mornings, afternoons, evenings, whichever pleased the local East Lansing kids that day, a hodge podge of kids could be found on flooded and frozen fields in local parks. The local gathering holes, the multiple ice skating rinks found in East Lansing, provided a way to make friends, memories and teach lessons. Some speculate East Lansing city officials were responsible for creating the fun while others speculate it was the East Lansing Fire Department. Nonetheless, whoever spawned the slick rinks ultimately halted it too. But now after a long hiatus, an East Lansing ice rink is back, in a new form and coming to Valley Court Park.
He is a family man with two families. The one he goes home to every night and the ones in uniform. For 29 years Jeff Murphy has called the East Lansing Police Department home, and after 29 years of effort and a multitude of jobs within the department he now leads that second family.
A year ago, former MSU student Matthew Mullen posted a threat to the anonymous app, Yik Yak. Two hours later, MSU police was knocking on his door in East Akers Hall to arrest him on charges of terrorism.ch Law enforcement's role in regulating new, anonymous sites and services on college campuses have come into question. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — the dominant leaders of social media — have opened up new waves of receiving information in today's world. Internet users' interests in going online with a mask have birthed new, anonymous apps from Whisper to Yik Yak. While usually innocent in nature, these underground apps have in recent years become the vehicle of threats to groups large and small.
An elevated lead level reaching 30 parts per billion, twice the federal acceptable level of 15 parts per billion, was found in the water of one faucet in Glencarin Elementary School in East Lansing.
Humans Uniting for an Equal Society, or HUES, Lansing Association for Human Rights, or LAHR, and the Alliance of Queer and Ally Students at Michigan State is hosting “The Come Out” tomorrow at The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E Michigan Ave., in Lansing beginning at 7 p.m. on Jan. 22.
Free crack fries and an all day party is how HopCat in East Lansing plans to spend the eighth anniversary of the first HopCat. The brewpub, famous for its multitude of beers and fries, turns eight years old Jan. 23 and is welcoming beer lovers and people everywhere to come join in the celebration at its seven locations throughout Michigan.
East Lansing might be one of the next cities to be swept up by an escape game craze as City Council approved a special use permit for the construction of the game room in the basement of 301 M.A.C.
The future of the Bailey Community Center is no longer in limbo as the Capital Area Housing Partnership, or CAHP, received a Low Income Housing Tax Credit funding reservation from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, or MSHDA, on Jan. 20.
Gov. Rick Snyder delivered his State of the State address last night and, not surprisingly, he began on the nationally recognized issue of the Flint Water Crisis. Amidst protests on the capitol steps, Gov. Snyder expressed his deepest sympathies as well as his sincerest apologies for the events transpiring in Flint and promised the state is doing everything in its power to assure healing.
During Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address, activists protested his administration's handling of the water situation in Flint Tuesday.
Under heavy scrutiny for the events that have unfolded regarding the Flint water crisis, Gov. Rick Snyder took the stage in front of state representatives and his constituents for his annual State of the State address. Contrary to what some predicted, Snyder did not mention anything about higher education, especially the relationship between declining state support and increasing tuition rates. Here is a brief recap of what Snyder said.
Groups of protesters huddled together on the Capitol steps, trying to keep warm against the cold evening but more concerned with amplifying their irate chants against the state government and Gov. Rick Snyder in particular. Shouts of "Drink the water Snyder!" and "Flint! Flint! Flint!" could be heard among the hundreds of demonstrators around the Capitol grounds, a reference to the ongoing Flint water crisis. As the governor began his State of the State Address, the protesters moved to the side of the steps, facing towards the upper level of the building where the legislative chamber is located.
Recent concerns that East Lansing Police Department is interested in obtaining an armored vehicle have been denied, according to an ELPD statement. "We are cognizant of recent concerns from the public about the militarization of local police," ELPD Lt. Scott Wriggelswoth said in the statement.
Gov. Rick Snyder will deliver his annual State of the State address to representatives of the state legislature as well as many Michiganders at home. This year highly volatile issues will supplement the usual pressing concerns of state politics. Here are five issues Gov. Snyder may address.