Petroleum prices are on the decline, providing welcome yet minimal relief from the sinking national economy. Pumps across the state averaged $2.55 a gallon Tuesday after decreasing $1.09 from last month, according to AAA Michigan.
The religious right has been an influential group in American politics throughout the last 30 years, and increasingly so with the Bush administration.
The East Lansing City Council will receive a presentation on results of a community survey, receive a comprehensive investment report and discuss a nonmotorized transportation plan at its work session tonight. The work session is scheduled to be held at 7 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.
The four-week investigation of a Wright Township quadruple homicide involving an MSU student has turned a corner, but is far from being finished, Ottawa County sheriff’s Lt. Mark Bennett said. Troy Brake, a 31-year-old Grant man, was officially named a suspect Friday in the murder of Katherine A. Brown, 18, an agribusiness sophomore, and three others.
During the 2004 presidential election, the terms “moral,” “social,” “traditional” and “family” values were interchangeable and unavoidable. Riding high on support from religious conservatives, incumbent presidential candidate George W. Bush benefited from the political climate that gave him four more years in the White House.
An open kitchen and large seating area will greet customers of Sushi Ya, which opened Friday in a new location at 529 E. Grand River Ave., and becomes the third sushi bar to open along a one-block stretch of Grand River Avenue. The sushi restaurant serves the same kitchen food, seafood and sushi, but an expanded kitchen should contribute to kitchen food sales, said Nathan Carney, a store manager.
After completing final building inspections throughout the week, Sushi Ya, 529 E. Grand River Ave., is expected to officially open its doors Friday. The sushi restaurant will feature an open kitchen that allows for more space than was available in its previous location, 124 W. Grand River Ave., manager Nathan Carney said.
University Apartments Residence Life will host state Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, at 7 p.m. Monday in the south lounge of the Spartan Village Community Center.
Fancy shades are no longer the norm for viewing movies in a three-dimensional format as more movie companies are turning to digital 3-D technology.
Halloween came a week early for East Lansing children Thursday night, as MSU fraternities and sororities provided their own brand of tricks and treats for the community.
Voter registration has spiked by about 310,000 over the 2004 presidential election, according to statistics released Wednesday by the Michigan Secretary of State.
The chief of staff of MSU’s Residence Halls Association was charged Thursday with negligent homicide after he was involved in a fatal vehicle crash Aug. 9.
A little more than a year after a stroke incapacitated Wess Anderson, the MSU associate professor of music and local restaurant operator is nearly fully recovered and back to teaching his passion — jazz music.
Check the facts, MSU students — the candidates could be lying to you. Experts said many “facts” stated by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in political advertisements, speeches and debates are often exaggerated or spun in a questionable manner.
A construction management junior was found guilty Tuesday of disorderly conduct from hindering a police officer for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.
East Lansing city officials and MSU faculty members are invited to an open house from 5-7 p.m. tonight at the Sigma Kappa sorority house on M.A.C. Avenue.
A fight involving MSU athletes at a Center Street house sent one MSU athlete to the hospital Sunday morning.
An unprecedented number of East Lansing residents registered to vote in the Nov. 4 election, which means voting officials have their work cut out for them during the next two weeks. But in this case, East Lansing City Clerk Nicole Evans said the extra work is welcome.
A 19-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in the Ingham County Jail for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.
Officials from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a possible connection between the Wright Township homicide that killed an MSU student and three others, and a 31-year-old man who was arrested Thursday by Grand Rapids police for two incidents in Grand Rapids, said Ottawa County sheriff’s Lt. Mark Bennett.