LANSING — 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 »
DETROIT — Stripper Tamara Greene has found more notoriety in death than she ever did dancing under the name "Strawberry" in dimly lit topless clubs and private parties around Detroit. Full Story »
UPDATED: Dear readers: Due to press production problems delivery of today's Lansing State Journal has been delayed. All papers have been printed and are currently being delivered. Full Story »
CHARLOTTE - Northbound Interstate 69 at Lansing Street in Eaton County is closed this morning as emergency crews respond to a semi truck crash. 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 »
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 »
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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 »
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 »
BIRMINGHAM — 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 is returning home tonight to perform some standup comedy before previewing his directorial debut. Full Story »
"Irving Berlin's White Christmas" opened at the Wharton Center on Tuesday, and it's a big, flamboyant, familiar musical overflowing with warmth, nostalgia and great Irving Berlin songs. 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. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Detroit’s three automakers complained to U.S. trade officials today that Japan’s version of a Cash for Clunkers program to boost new-vehicle sales unfairly excluded American-built models. Full Story »
OSLO — President Barack Obama says lasting peace requires human rights and economic opportunity for individuals, and sanctions against regimes that violate international rules. Full Story »
MUSKEGON — Michigan Secretary of State officials have yanked a personalized license plate after receiving a complaint that it represented a racial slur. Full Story »
DETROIT - Former Detroit Deputy Mayor Kandia Milton is expected to plead guilty to a federal bribery conspiracy charge this afternoon, according to a spokeswoman from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Full Story »
DETROIT - A new 9 Mile Road overpass above Interstate 75 is expected to reopen this weekend, replacing the one destroyed in a fiery tanker crash last summer, the Michigan Department of Transportation said today. Full Story »
Dispatch reports indicate the Mason Fire Department is responding to a fire at a two-story, six-unit apartment building fire in the 600 block of Peachtree Place on the west side of the city. Full Story »
“RE: Six small children without heat.” It came Tuesday afternoon from a social worker named Molly A. Minnick, who works for Gratiot County Community Mental Health. Full Story »
Rogers, Noran L., 93, of Dimondale, formerly of Portland, retired St. Patrick Catholic Church (Portland) housekeeper, died Dec. 4. There will be no services. Full Story »
LANSING - A pregnant woman was rescued from a car that flipped shortly after noon today on westbound Interstate 96, between Cedar Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Full Story »
DETROIT — General Motors Co. has replaced its Chevrolet brand manager after just five months and its Buick brand chief is leaving after only a few days on the job. Full Story »
LANSING — The Senate might finally take up a statewide smoking ban that has stalled for years in the Legislature. Full Story »
ST. JOHNS – Michigan State redshirt freshman receiver Myles White was charged this morning in St. Johns District Court 65A with urinating in public, a 90-day misdemeanor, and with minor in possession of alcohol, which carries a penalty of $100 plus court costs because it is his first such offense. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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