State News

Telephone land line service may soon be a thing of the past in Michigan.

Update: The Michigan State Police announced Tuesday night that the body of Trafford was found in a store parking lot in Saginaw Township. The Michigan State Police and the Toronto Police Department are asking for the public's help in the disappearance of 20-year-old Terrance Hugh Trafford...

Motorists will find the average gas price has fallen just under a cent the past week according to AAA Michigan. The current statewide average is just over $3.68 per gallon. Gas prices in and around the Flint area are slightly higher than the state average however with prices hovering around $3...

Detroit Lions Owner William Clay Ford has died at age 88. The Detroit Free Press reports that Ford died this morning at his home from complications with pneumonia. Ford was the last surviving grandchild of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford...

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Monday that convicted I-96 shooter Raulie Casteel has been sentenced to 18-40 years in prison by a Livingston County Circuit Court judge. Casteel's sentence wasa result of charges filed by Schuette including charges of terrorism, assault with a dangerous weapon, firing a weapon from a vehicle, carrying a weapon with unlawful intent and three additi

State motorists will find the average gas price has jumped almost ten cents this week according to AAA Michigan. The current statewide average is just under $3.69 per gallon. Gas prices in and around Flint are right on par with the state average at around $3...

State legislators took a plunge on Thursday to help Special Olympics. The Special Olympics Michigan's 2014 Legislative Polar Plunge was held at the state Capitol in Lansing and Michigan Lt. Governor Brian Calley (pictured) was among the participants who braved the frigid temps and jumped into a pool of freezing water constructed on the lawn...

The Michigan State Police say auto thefts in Michigan are continuing to decline. In a news release from the MSP, they point to the Michigan Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA) annual report that shows a decrease of .03 percent from 2011 to 2012...

Governor Rick Snyder has signed legislation that will update Michigan's school safety drill requirements to help ensure students are better prepared in times of emergency. House Bill 4713, sponsored by state Rep. Joe Graves, updates the types of drills schools must conduct and requires school districts to post documentation of completed safety drills on their websites within 30 days of completion,

A jury has convicted a man in the September 2013 shooting death of a Michigan State Police trooper. According to WNEM, 20-year-old Eric Knysz was found guilty of first-degree murder in just two hours by a Ludington jury. Knysz had been on trial for the shooting death of 43-year-old Trooper Paul Butterfield...