When he was 14, Adam Hussain witnessed a gun homicide in Risdale Park, along Pleasant Grove Road in south Lansing. He and his friends were on foot to a basketball court when a man arrived in a cab. The man got out of the car and began shooting at the court. One man was killed.
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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8/17/23
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THURSDAY, Aug. 10 — The state of Michigan has awarded the Lansing Housing Commission a $1.497 million tax credit toward a proposed $22.5 million mixed-use housing project in the heart of …
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TODD HEYWOOD
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8/10/23
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THURSDAY, Aug. 10 — Republican congressional candidate Tom Barrett is soliciting signatures and funds from people to stand against the “woke” mob he alleges is trying to …
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TODD HEYWOOD
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8/10/23
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Tabitha Castilla watched her two daughters roll down the sidewalks on Stafford Street in south Lansing on their hoverboards and smiled.
“I love that they can be out here and play like this …
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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8/10/23
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MONDAY, Aug. 7 — Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin was one of only two Democrats to vote for a Republican measure widely seen as targeting the potential display of gay Pride flags at military …
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8/7/23
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FRIDAY, Aug. 4 — U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin is no longer a registered voter in the 7th Congressional District, which she was elected to represent nine months ago. Slotkin, a Democrat, moved out of her Lansing rental and changed her voter registration to Holly, which is in the 9th Congressional District.
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KYLE MELINN
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8/4/23
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FRIDAY, Aug. 4 —- A local pastor entered at least a grey area last Sunday when he seemed to endorse Lansing City Council candidate Tamera Carter and solicit money for her from his …
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Todd Heywood
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8/4/23
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THURSDAY, Aug. 3 — Tamera Carter has made an issue of declining support from Lansing Mayor Andy Schor through his political action committee for her campaign for an at-large seat on the …
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Todd Heywood
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8/3/23
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The city of Lansing is preparing a suit to declare Logan Square Shopping Center a “nuisance property” in the wake of an early Sunday morning shooting incident that left five people injured.
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TODD HEYWOOD
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8/3/23
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FRIDAY, July 28 — First Ward Lansing City Council Member Ryan Kost has changed his story about being unaware for the last 13 years that he owed over $10,000 to Eaton County District Court stemming from an auto accident.
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Todd Heywood
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7/28/23
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For decades, Chuck has been using crack, meth and heroin. The 53-year-old regularly injects drugs to get high. He’s been to prison several times for crimes related to his drug use. He’s tried to stop using. But, he said, doing so results in “too much pain.”
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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7/27/23
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FRIDAY, July 21 — The Michigan Court of Appeals sided yesterday with Lansing Township in upholding a ruling that stops the city of Lansing’s efforts to annex the Groesbeck Neighborhood …
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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7/21/23
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Chicago-based developer J. Paul Beitler is still ready to buy Lansing City Hall and renovate it into a hotel.
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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7/20/23
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FRIDAY, July 14 — Clinton Mireles, who lives on South Fairview Avenue on Lansing’s east side, took a chance Thursday when the early-morning storm slowed a bit to run into his backyard to …
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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7/14/23
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The Race for the 7th congressional district is joined
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7/13/23
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WEDNESDAY, July 10 —- Lansing’s Starlight Dinner Theatre has signed controversial director Guy Sanville, former artistic director of the Purple Rose Theater in Chelsea, to direct two …
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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7/12/23
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The first of what likely will be at least two suits has been filed in federal court against Lansing Community College over a data breach that may have involved more than 750,000 students, staff and …
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Berl Schwartz
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7/12/23
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THURSDAY, July 6 — The search for Wynter Cole-Smith of Lansing was hampered when the Detroit Police Department refused a request from the Lansing Police Department to check out a location where …
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Todd Heywood
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7/6/23
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Lansing knew Ken Beachler for his work with the arts — whether for willing the Wharton Center into existence, helping rescue the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, sharing his encyclopedic knowledge …
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Todd Heywood
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6/29/23
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Dan Olsen’s phone started to blow up on the evening of Feb. 13 as a gunman was loose on the campus of Michigan State University. He rushed to the emergency operations center on campus, where he …
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Todd Heywood
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6/29/23
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