Grand Rapids MI

Portage- Rodrigo Gonzalez-Velazquez, 35, of Wyoming, Michigan, is facing two felony child-solicitation charges after investigators say he drove more than two hours to Portage to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl. The affidavit states that NWI Predator Catchers reported a suspected child-solicitation...

Since 2021, Urban League of West Michigan has been running a program aimed at preventing violence in Grand Rapids through its Cure Violence initiative. This is an evidence-based program using strategies similar to battling a pandemic to fight violence, treating violence as a health issue and investing in communities...

Fans can finally taste Adobo Boy again! The family-owned Filipino restaurant reopened in Grand Rapids with soft-opening days Dec. 1–2, offering classics like adobo, lumpia, and rotating specials.

More than a dozen families in southeastern Grand Rapids are continue to look for solutions from the city after a water main break last year flooded their homes.

A woman in Cedar Springs, Michigan, admitted to Kent County Sheriff's deputies that she killed her 2-year-old daughter, then later fessed up to also killing her 2-month old son.

Grand Rapids staff presented a proposed amendment to the noise ordinance Tuesday after neighbors complained about protesters who routinely use a megaphone outside Planned Parenthood.

A Kent County judge says federal firefighting rules preempt state cleanup claims tied to Ford Airport’s historic foam use.

Ottawa County has recognized Road Patrol Deputy Catalina Garza for exemplary customer service, according to a community announcement. Garza was nominated for the recognition after assisting an elderly resident in a motorized wheelchair who appeared lost and was attempting to cross a busy street. After making...

(Cedar Springs, MI) – A Kent County mother is facing murder charges after admitting to killing her two-year-old daughter. Irene Whitehead was in Kent County court yesterday related to the death of Ryleigh Whitehead. When deputies responded to the Whitehead’s Cedar Springs home on September 3rd, Irene Whitehead said...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The man who allegedly killed his girlfriend in her Grand Rapids home before stealing her car and fleeing to New Mexico has been found competent to stand trial. Court records show Randy Buckner, 47, was found competent in November. He was charged with open murder...