About 45 East Lansing residents convened Monday to discuss a single question — “What do you most want representatives of the city to think about as they plan for the future of the Bailey Community Center?”
After the jury failed to reach a verdict in his original trial, Meng Long Li declined a plea deal Tuesday at Veterans Memorial Court Building at the Ingham County Courthouse.
Even when off-duty, MSU police sergeant Maureen Kennedy is devoted to protecting and serving the community. On Sunday April 26, at around 9 p.m., Kennedy was driving along I96 east of Okemos Road when she spotted a driver she suspected of being impaired.
Members of Psi Upsilon weren’t sure what to make of the Jason Voorhees-masked man spotted prowling the fraternity’s premises in the early morning hours numerous times over the course of several weeks.
A video has surfaced of a McDonald's worker punching an MSU student — the force of the blow knocking him to the ground — after an altercation the student had with employees at the McDonald's on Grand River Avenue. The incident happened around 3 a.m. Thursday and the student suffered non-life threatening injuries, East Lansing police Lt. Steve Gonzalez said.
State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, recently re-introduced two bills that would remedy the pay inequity gap between women and men and would prohibit wage discrimination based on gender.
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Montrell Darshawn Morgan was arraigned today in East Lansing 54B District Court for the murder of Adrian House in 2010.
Under the recommended budget, the total appropriation for Michigan State University would be about $269.6 million — which means an increase of about $5.15 million.
The Michigan House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved an amendment to the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act on Tuesday that will protect landlords who prohibit the use of marijuana on their property, including medicinal marijuana.
East Lansing City Council held three pubic hearings regarding a site plan and special use permits, the largest of which focused on the former Taco Bell building at 565 E. Grand River Ave.
For frantic MSU students with finals week looming on their mind, it’s easy to forget that libraries are more than just places to spend a caffeine-fueled night of cramming. But following an anonymous gift, the East Lansing Public Library is looking to expand and become a community staple.
1,264 students voted in this year’s ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government’s general assembly election, which is over 1,000 less voters than in 2013, when the State News reported a 9.2 percent voter turnout. Members of ASMSU’s general assembly hold an important task of electing the new office of the president this week, which consists of six vice presidents and 1 president.
“It’s crazy to do all of this by hand,”kc said Jon Howardkc, the manager of Flat Black and Circular, as he looked at a stack of over 500 unboxed records. “But it’s fun and people enjoy shopping for this kind of stuff. It’s a happy place to work.” am
The top five stories from the past week summarized in about one minute.
The city has discussed allowing MSU’s Department of Art, Art History, and Design to take control of administration and programming of the gallery, in order to save the city $14,500 annually on leasing the building.
The week, which was held during the end of March and beginning of April, was meant to raise awareness and spark discussion regarding mental health. A mural was set to be painted during this time, but because of inclement weather and not having complete permission from all parties involved, it was postponed.
The city of East Lansing is hosting two community input sessions regarding the future use of Bailey Community Center.
Some student bar-goers on campus have noticed an increase in police presence in bars downtown recently, but ELPD retains it’s nothing out of the ordinary. “Basically, two cops walked in at Rick’s and spoke to the manager for a couple minutes, and on their way out, they asked two girls for their IDs, and ended up charging them,” finance sophomore Matt Luberto said about his experience last weekend.
Michigan’s keg registration law took effect in 2011 and was meant to decrease underage drinking by holding buyers accountable for their kegged beer. A state-issued tag is to be placed on the keg detailing where the buyer lives, their ID number and date of birth. Since the law took effect, there have been noticeable changes in the drinking climate on campus, including an increase in hard liquor consumption and sales, said KC Perlberg, ASMSU’s vice president for governmental affairs.