Ingham County Prosecutor John Dewane is committed to reducing gun violence following the tragedy at MSU. Since taking office, he has implemented various policies aimed at doing so.
ELPD Sgt. Jayson Young said the crash involved two cars and that the intersection would be closed down for a "few hours.”
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a series of bills Wednesday morning repealing Michigan’s 1931 ban on abortions, finishing the process started by the passage of Proposal 3 by voters in November.
The East Lansing City Council convened on April 4 to vote on a resolution to recognize ‘No Mow May,' during which residents are encouraged to hold off on mowing their lawns until June to conserve energy, reduce carbon emissions and produce less waste from lawn clippings. The council also voted to approve an application for $625,000 to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources through the Spark Grant program.
The final student who was critically injured during the Feb. 13 shooting on Michigan State University’s campus has been released from Sparrow Hospital on Tuesday, April 4, according to MSU Police and Public Safety.
Experts of gun violence and child psychology say that modeled violence, sensitivity to rejection, and unhealthy externalization of social frustrations during childhood are factors that can to lead men being the most common perpetrators of gun violence.Davido Dupree, an assistant professor of psychology at the Community College of Philadelphia, said that children and adolescents learn their coping mechanisms from behaviors they observe.“We can learn new behaviors because we see it and store it,” Dupree said.
Michigan State University has many buildings that are jointly run with Sparrow, including the Sparrow MSU Family Medicine and Sparrow Laboratory and MSU Clinical Center. Dover said he “would find it doubtful” any buildings on campus would be renamed to include the University of Michigan brand name.
Transgender Day of Visibility, an international holiday, provided a backdrop for the event, and speakers emphasized the importance of protecting transgender youth in the face of several anti-trans bills currently in question in multiple states across the U.S..
The suspect is claimed to have physically assaulted and attempted to kidnap a female victim who was walking home from her dorm, grabbing her from behind.
In a Facebook post, the East Lansing Police Department announced it is is searching for the person whose likeness was captured from surveillance footage. The suspect is a Black male wearing a purple sweatshirt with white lettering on the back and front, black pants and white shoes pointing a handgun at the camera.
Workers at the Stoddard Starbucks said they are frustrated because their hours have been cut. It has led to tight staffing and many workers looking elsewhere for work.
A panel of researchers and community leaders from Duke University, University of Michigan and Black Lives Matter spoke before the East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission about the use of force by police officers Wednesday night, urging modifications to the way officers approach interactions with community members. While the hearing was open to the public, no officers from the East Lansing Police Department were present at the event apart from ELPD Chief Chad Pride.
When Maria Valayil was hired by the Michigan State University Department of Police and Public Safety as their police social worker in the fall of 2022, she said she had a good picture of what the job would ask of her on a day-to-day basis.Having graduated two times from MSU and working as a victim advocate in the prosecutor’s office, Valayil said she knew what her role would look like and where she would fit in the community. Despite this, however, Valayil said that no one could have expected a mass shooting would take place on the campus on a fateful February night and the impact it would have.
State House Representatives Samantha Steckloff (D-Farmington Hills) and Noah Arbit (D-West Bloomfield), introduced a resolution on March 23 in the Michigan House to condemn the comparisons made between the common sense gun reform that has been introduced in Michigan and violence that occurred in the Holocaust.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has allocated $10 million to the conservation of wetlands in Michigan, working to fight for the important ecosystem and wildlife benefits that wetlands provide to the state.
The Michigan State Police is seeking information about an attempted kidnapping case that occurred last month in front of McDonel Hall.
A man who police said was seen with a knife near Michigan State University's campus after an altercation at a downtown business Wednesday has been hospitalized and not yet charged with a crime, East Lansing Police Captain Chad Pride confirmed Thursday.
The Arts Council Greater Lansing, working with the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, or MACC, announced over $9,000 in grants to be given to local artists and art and culture organizations.
The person is described by witnesses as "a tall light skinned Native American male, in his 30's, wearing a grayish colored hoodie, with a black mask, black pants and beige coat," an MSU alert said.
