With only two days remaining before the Michigan Legislature adjourns for six weeks, three bills promoting reform of mandatory minimum drug sentencing are hovering over a deadline.The Legislature will meet again after the Nov.
Lansing - Hundreds of local businesses flaunted their wares at the 15th annual 2002 Lansing Business Expo on Tuesday.The event took place at the Lansing Center, 333 E.
A second dead snowy owl at Potter Park Zoo was infected with the West Nile virus, veterinarians from Cornell University confirmed Tuesday. Gerald Brady, director of Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S.
Okemos - MSU alumna Julie Rose stood in front of a table of young children and their parents, waiting for the right moment to begin the day’s lesson. “OK,” she said as the group of children finally settled into their seats, “today we’re going to talk about people and art.” Rose teaches Preschool Picassos, a nature art class for 3- to 6-year-olds at Harris Nature Center in Okemos.
Michiganians looking to vote a straight-party ticket could be in for a surprise when they enter the voting booth next year.A proposal on November’s ballot asks voters to decide whether to continue the 110-year-old tradition of allowing people to choose all candidates of a single party with one swift ballot punch.
The Michigan Department of Community Health announced Monday that the state has seen 268 probable and confirmed cases of the West Nile virus disease in humans.
Alcohol is likely to blame for the death of Allegan resident Timothy Walters this weekend at an East Lansing hotel, police said.On Sunday, another hotel guest found Walters, 25, face down in the hot tub of Hampton Inn, 2500 Coolidge Road.
Rep. Michael Murphy is plotting his path to become chief of the state’s House Democrats by the end of the year. The Lansing lawmaker said Monday that he plans to run for a leadership position in his party’s caucus after the November elections.
Lansing - Six-year-old Carla Jones furrowed her brow as she concentrated on the gumdrop-and-toothpick molecule in her hands. “I like these stick things,” she said, holding up a mangled oxygen molecule. But her favorite activity at the Impression 5 Science Center’s Super Saturday was making giant bubbles. “I made big ol’ circles,” she said, stretching her arms as wide as she could.
Lansing - Don Kill groaned and pulled the straitjacket over his sweaty shoulders as dozens of onlookers broke into cheers and applause. “I’ve had that straitjacket for 15 years,” the Mason resident told the audience with a laugh.
An MSU student was arraigned Friday for possession of GBL, a derivative of GHB, known as the “date rape” drug, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said. Finance sophomore William Barrett Brown, 19, was arrested by Lansing police Thursday after a search conducted by the Tri-County Metro Narcotics Squad and other agencies allegedly found a standard-sized wine bottle amount of GBL, or gamma-butyrolactone, in Brown’s Lansing home, Dunnings said. One dose of GHB, or gamma-hydroxybutyrate, is the size of a pop bottle cap. The student’s residence was searched after police agencies were informed that a package containing GBL was sent to Brown through an Internet transaction, officials said. Distribution of GBL is a felony and those convicted face a maximum of seven years in prison.
A 25-year-old Allegan man was found dead at an East Lansing hotel on Sunday morning. The man, whose name has not been released, was found face down in a hot tub at the Hampton Inn, 2500 Coolidge Road.
Continuing the celebration of the Detroit Red Wings’ Stanley Cup victory, a public viewing of the trophy will take place tomorrow on the ground floor of the state Capitol.
Move over American flags and floral arrangements, Kirby the Puppy and Samantha the Kitten will appear on stamps today.
The East Lansing community is invited to watch a movie on top of the Division Street Parking Ramp tonight for free.The Parking Ramp Picture Show kicks off at 9 p.m.
With less than two months remaining until Michigan voters choose a new governor for the first time in a dozen years, the candidates are hitting the airwaves.Lt.
The smell of refried beans and hot sauce filled the air as the 11 hungry contestants prepared to challenge the capacity of their stomachs at Qdoba Mexican Grill on Thursday night.Hosting their first burrito-eating contest, the restaurant opened the competition to the public with a formal start.“We have done other things like, ‘make your own burrito,’ but this is the first competition event that we have had so far,” said coordinator Meghan Holefka.Despite the fact that Qdoba, 1127 E.
Although Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Granholm still leads Republican candidate Dick Posthumus in approval ratings, the gap between the two is narrowing, a recent poll suggests.The poll, released Wednesday by Lansing-based EPIC/MRA, showed more people finding themselves undecided when it comes to their vote between Attorney General Granholm and Lt.
A trio of police squads are investigating the disappearance of pig-vaccine research materials that were allegedly stolen from a secured lab in the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building last week. The research materials included notebooks, computer disks and laboratory samples.
Tae kwon do master Pil Chung takes the MSU women’s basketball team beyond its limits every Friday.