St. Joseph County 3B District Court Chief Judge Jeffrey Middleton announced Thursday morning in a video posted on YouTube that beginning on Monday, his courtroom hearings will once again run on a livestream on the video service. more

Officials at the Ingham County Health Department are leaning on census data to identify and drive outreach to areas of the county that are lagging behind on COVID-19 vaccination rates.  more

The MSU Broad (rhymes with “Road”) Art Museum has the car packed and gassed up with a big summer exhibit, “Interstates of Mind” — a tangled web of stories, concepts and images as sprawling and far-reaching as the interstate highway system itself. more

State officials eased up on pandemic-related restrictions over the weekend, no longer requiring fully vaccinated people to wear a face mask or socially distance in most settings. And while the updated orders allow for individual retailers and restaurants to continue enacting their own restrictions, many have followed suit and reeled back requirements that all customers mask up.  more

All sectors of employment in Michigan can return to in-person work under an updated set of state regulations that take effect on Monday. But employees still working remotely at many of Greater Lansing’s largest employers might not want to pack up their home offices quite yet. more

It’s been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic pushed Jehovah’s Witnesses to stop knocking on doors. more

The director of Lansing’s Department of Human Resources issued a warning on Facebook this week about the “second coming of Christ." more

Voters across America are accustomed to going to the polls twice during election years, once in August and again in November. It’s a time-honored democratic tradition that most voters presume to be the best way — if not the only way — to choose their elected officials, from president of the United States to our representatives in the U.S. Congress, to local offices like mayor, clerk, council member and county commissioner. more

Proposed property deed restrictions discriminating against transgender people, among others, could derail early plans for a local nonprofit to purchase and renovate the shuttered St. Casimir Catholic Church and Parish in Lansing. more

The last week brought good and bad news for Michigan residents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The good news: The pandemic appears to be nearing a conclusion as vaccinations continue. And for some, the bad news: It may also be time to abandon that cozy home office.  more

Jesus Mora has spent more than half of his life in prison.  more

A proposal headed to the August ballot aims to maintain tax revenues for the Lansing Police and Fire departments and fund local road and sidewalk maintenance. more

Hundreds of businesses will soon be eligible to apply for $11 million in grants. more

“Nothing is softer and more yielding than water, yet nothing is better in attacking the solid and forceful,” teaches Chinese sage Laozi in the Dao de Ching. more

Lansing residents could soon have the option to fundamentally shift how they elect their mayors, clerks and members of the City Council through a method that would consider second-choice preferences, eliminate primary elections and shift a wider candidate pool to the general election. more

A Windsor Township resident and attorney who sued former Township Clerk and current At-Large Lansing City Council candidate Linda Keefe has a warning for local voters: Don't trust Keefe. more

“We never, ever, approached Rina for sex. Ever. … I’ve got issues with my ex-wife. She’s my ex-wife, for God’s sake. But I can say with certainty that she’s not a sexual predator.” Sam Dunbar more

TUESDAY, May 4 — A voice that resembled that of Michael Lynn Jr., the co-leader of the Lansing chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement, spoke up at the public comment portion of last … more

Research suggests that social media doesn’t provide the same benefits of real-life interactions. more

Church attendance is down, and more houses of worship are predicted to close at an accelerated rate, a national report finds.  more