On a cloudy Saturday in October, along one of the main drags in southwest Lansing, motorists spied a man walking across a muddy residential yard with a shovel in his hand and a picket fence of pearly white teeth.  more

A father of two children at Dewitt Public Schools is suing the district over its policy on face masks. more

The Lansing Police Department tracked two more homicides for a total of at least 24 reported so far this year — already surpassing last year’s decade’s long record high of 21 homicides. more

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor has agreed to join a “racial healing circle” next year that is designed to hold them accountable for their past missteps, repair a racial divide in the city and curb gun violence. more

An east side resident and a group of 30 volunteers are looking to trigger a recall election for Lansing City Councilman Brandon Betz. more

Michigan’s high school graduation rate is projected to drop 15% between 2019 and 2037, one of the largest declines in the nation. more

With less than one week left before the general election in Lansing, recent campaign finance reports show that Lansing Mayor Andy Schor has maintained a heavy financial advantage over his challenger, Councilwoman Kathie Dunbar. more

A special assessment set for a second public hearing on Tuesday proposes an extra charge to winter taxes on all non-exempt property in the township to help cover the salaries and benefits of its police officers and firefighters, as well to purchase new equipment for its first responders. more

A labor union that represents about 2,200 employees at Sparrow Health System in Lansing has organized a picket for next month. more

Women across Greater Lansing are invited to have their hair and makeup done for free by professional artists. more

Despite a firestorm of recent criticism on social media over the highly controversial decision to cancel Halloween and Valentine’s Day celebrations at four elementary schools in East Lansing, district officials said they plan to stick to their guns and call off the annual festivities indefinitely.   more

After a several-month investigation, Central Michigan University concluded there was no evidence to support employee participation in a potential pipeline between the university and Lansing-based Vanguard Public Affairs, the site of numerous sexual harassment claims. more

We spotted a shopping cart next to a battered garage in the backyard. The gravel driveway has been almost entirely swallowed by overgrown grass. The doors and windows are boarded up. more

City officials late last month plastered pink tags on the doors of every building at Rivershell Apartments on Bayview Drive. more

A gun violence prevention program that was planned to begin tomorrow in Lansing won’t be up and running until at least 2022. more

A special televised event hosted by the Lansing NAACP will feature CNN commentator Bakari Sellers and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist. The 55th annual Freedom Fund Celebration airs Saturday at 8 p.m. on WLNS-TV 6. more

You’ve faithfully submitted your nominations, and now we’ve taken them and guillotined all but the Top Five. Hopefully, the forlorn spirit of those that did not make the cut don’t linger about town like the specter of the Headless Horseman. Or, even more foreboding, the ghost of the Meijer giraffe. So long as it remains perched atop its resting place on the gas station roof, we are all safe from the worst 40,000-year curse imaginable. more

Halloween will no longer be celebrated at six elementary schools in East Lansing following concerns from local families who don’t feel comfortable with the holiday. more

A settlement agreement has been reached in a sexual harassment lawsuit that was filed in June against former Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero by a former city staffer. more

In late July, Tyrun Williams, 35, of Grand Ledge, was arrested in Lansing Township.  He was stopped for speeding, but the investigation led to the seizure of about a dozen guns and about 200 grams of cocaine.  more