-- Age: 37 -- Residence: Summit Township -- Position and workplace: Co-owner (with wife Kim) of DeVaughn's Old-Fashioned, a gourmet popcorn and peanuts store in the Jackson Crossing -- Length of employment: Opened retail outlet Nov. 17, 2009 -- Family:... Full Story »
Royal Tees Golf, LLC, a golf accessory manufacturer in Jackson, recently participated in a golf tee performance test conducted by Golf Test USA, a Green Valley, Ariz., company specializing in testing golf equipment and golf accessories for the golf industry.... Full Story »
An ambitious recreation plan that would include a skateboard park, water and boating facilities and miles of multi-use trails appears to be gaining momentum in the southeastern corner of Jackson County.The Napoleon Township Board recently approved changes in the 2007... Full Story »
Katie Rausch | Jackson Citizen PatriotFrances Peckham, 92, left, and Georgia Nash, center, 98, joke with their sister Ellen Zaski during Zaski’s 90th birthday party Sunday at her home in Jackson. The three siblings all live independently. They were joined... Full Story »
Local students are invited to create posters for a contest highlighting the need to be prepared for Michigan's severe weather.The Severe Weather Awareness Poster contest is open to all fourth- and fifth-graders. Posters must illustrate what people should do to... Full Story »
Ten months of the year, Nick and Randolph take life at a leisurely pace. Full Story »
ST. JOHNS - Come to the St. Johns High School Orchestra Winter Concert Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the St. Johns High School Auditorium. Full Story »
If you see an empty Toys for Tots collection box throughout the county, consider putting in a new unwrapped gift for a child in need. Full Story »
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to announce that school districts will avoid a $127-per-pupil cut this month. The state now has more money than expected from commercial property taxes, so the cut can be delayed. Full Story »
TRAVERSE CITY After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater. "It's like introducing piranhas to the Great Lakes," Chrysler said from South Bass Island in Lake Erie. Full Story »
DNR, foundation offer tree planting grants Full Story »
Governor Granholm puts some school cuts on hold, Superintendents aren't holding their breadth. Full Story »
Food manufacturers not giving enough information to the FDA. Full Story »
Changes to charter schools and teacher certification could help win $400 million in Race to the Top competition. Full Story »
The drama surrounding Island City Area EMS continues Full Story »
Gearing up for the announcement of the LSJ's picks for the 2009 Football Dream Team, prep sports editor Geoff Kimmerly serves up commentary on video highlights from four of the best high school football games of the season, plus highlights of the area's most exciting player to watch - Ovid-Elsie running back Chris Robinson. Full Story »
LANSING — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to announce that school districts will avoid a $127-per-pupil cut this month. A decision on whether the cut is needed will be made after state economists give their outlook at the revenue estimating conference in early January. Full Story »
UPDATED 1:43 PM — LANSING — A long-delayed smoking ban passed the Michigan Senate today, allowing exceptions for three Detroit casinos that have to compete with tribal casinos not affected by the ban. Full Story »
ST. JOHNS – Michigan State redshirt freshman receiver Myles White was suspended indefinitely and at least through the team's Jan. 2 Alamo Bowl game. Full Story »
UPDATED 3:48 P.M. - LANSING — The Michigan Senate passed a smoking ban Thursday that applies to all bars, restaurants and work places, except for the Detroit casinos, cigar bars, tobacco specialty stores, home offices and motor vehicles. Full Story »
Michigan State's Chris Allen and Oakland's Will Hudson fight for a rebound during Thursday's game at Breslin Center. Allen finished with eight points and three bounds and the Spartans won, 88-57. Full Story »
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Annual Jazz Brunch. Kellogg Center, East Lansing. December 5, 2009. (l to r) Michele Oliver of Lansing, and Renonda Mullen of Holt at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Annual Jazz Brunch. Full Story »
LANSING - Snow and strong winds will likely continue today, according to the National Weather Service, with 1 to 3 inches of snow expected to accumulate in the Lansing area. Full Story »
Gearing up for the announcement of the LSJ's picks for the 2009 Football Dream Team, prep sports editor Geoff Kimmerly serves up commentary on video highlights from four of the best high school football games of the season, plus highlights of the area's most exciting player to watch - Ovid-Elsie running back Chris Robinson. Full Story »
LANSING — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to announce that school districts will avoid a $127-per-pupil cut this month. A decision on whether the cut is needed will be made after state economists give their outlook at the revenue estimating conference in early January. Full Story »
LANSING (AP) - State government and a private foundation are offering financial support for tree planting activities in Michigan. The Department of Natural Resources and the DTE Energy Foundation are taking applications for matching grants of up to $3,000. Full Story »
DEXTER, Mich. (AP) - Questions about whether dams should stay on the Huron River are expected to be discussed at a gathering in Dexter. Friday's Huron River Dams Seminar is aimed at dam owners, operators, local government officials and regulators. Full Story »
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - Justice delayed is justice denied unless, as a Bay County Jail inmate claimed, he couldn't appear in court because warm coleslaw had made him sick. Full Story »
DETROIT (AP) - The former chief executive of the Detroit Public Schools is to testify at the district's investigative hearings into questionable real estate transactions. Full Story »
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) - Comedian and actor Tim Allen is adding a new title to his resume: director. The 56-year-old who spent his formative years in Michigan returned home Thursday night to perform some standup comedy before previewing his directorial debut. Full Story »
Crews from Mauldon Construction of Mason, Mich. recently began work on the overhaul of Waldron village’s water system. Full Story »
The city will be switching banks to save money on service fees and deal with local people. Full Story »
Kari Marko places a ribbon on top of a Christmas tree in the Hillsdale Community Library while Anna Bertalon puts an ornament on the tree Monday. Both are members of the Hillsdale Federated Garden Club who were decorating the library along with other club members. Full Story »
Congressman Mark Schauer is asking the Treasury Department to apply repaid bank bailout money to pay down the deficit. Full Story »
This year, more people will qualify for free income tax preparation and volunteers are needed to assist them. Full Story »
Every month, more than 7,000 requests for food come into the United Way for Southeastern Michigan. And increasingly, they're coming from the suburbs. Requests for food to its 211 telephone help line have more than doubled from 3,000 a month last year, putting a new face on hunger and further straining an already frayed network of relief agencies. Full Story »
Detroit may be one step closer to a light rail system after the U.S. House passed a provision in a bill Thursday clearing a key funding hurdle for the city. Full Story »
After years of watching their home values drop and their neighborhoods suffer under the stigma of having environmental issues, more than 130 St. Clair Shores residents came looking for answers at a public hearing Thursday night. Full Story »
A developer suing the city to reclaim 138 acres of Eliza Howell Park that his family donated to Detroit said he testified last week in front of a federal grand jury investigating City Hall corruption. Full Story »
Kandia Milton, a top aide to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, pleaded guilty to a bribery charge Thursday, becoming the highest-ranking former city official to acknowledge he is cooperating with an ongoing FBI corruption investigation of City Hall. Full Story »
Michigan Attorney General Michael Cox talked with editors and reporters at the Detroit Free Press in Detroit, Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Full Story »
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox is set to be deposed this morning in U.S. District Court in the lawsuit brought by family members of slain stripper Tamara Greene. Full Story »
LANSING -- The scheduled $127-per-pupil cut in state aid to Michigan public schools won a stay of execution Thursday -- at least for December. Gov. Jennifer Granholm rescinded the aid cut she ordered last month, saying the School Aid Fund has at least $150 million more than was expected. Full Story »
Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans renewed a plea for gun safety on Thursday, after a 3-year-old girl was killed with a 9mm handgun kept in her grandmother's bedroom nightstand. He might emphasize the point by pursuing charges against Alexia Bostick's 42-year-old grandmother, who was watching the toddler at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday when the girl died in her east-side home. Full Story »
For years, Catherine C. Blackwell lugged huge bags of African relics across the city to give Detroit Public Schools students a peek into their past. As the district's African and African-American specialist, she would wrap the children in African garb while telling stories and oral histories. Full Story »
Anti-smoking advocates' huge victory on Thursday pleased many northern Michigan residents and angered others. Everyone seemed to have an opinion. Full Story »
A winter storm that dumped nearly a foot of snow on northern Michigan caused several traffic accidents. Harsh driving conditions even bested some local salt trucks. Full Story »
Authorities charged a man with murder in the April beating death of a Frankfort woman. Full Story »
A jury found a Wexford County math teacher not guilty of inappropriately touching a student. Full Story »
A $1.23 million Michigan trust fund grant will help Garfield Township preserve more than 1.5 miles of frontage along the Boardman River's eastern bank. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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