What Does A Purple Porch Light Mean in Grand Rapids?
We do at our house. For one thing so we or visitors can see. For another thing, for security. 👇 BELOW: SEE HOW AMERICAN HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE 9/11! 👇. National Night Out, always the first Tuesday in August, is a community policing awareness campaign. Grand Rapids and communities around West Michigan always...
Empty Grand Rapids city bus hits 7 vehicles
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Six vehicles, including a city bus, had to be towed following a crash on Kalamazoo Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Around 2:45 p.m., The Rapid's Route 2 bus was traveling southbound on Kalamazoo Avenue when it rear-ended seven vehicles at Kalamazoo Avenue and M-6, an official from The Rapid told 13 ON...
State rep. calls new Grand Rapids Police Department docuseries ‘disgusting’
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A state representative criticized the release of a new docuseries about the Grand Rapids Police Department as the murder trial approaches for one of its ex-officers charged with second-degree murder. State Rep. Kristian Grant, D-Grand Rapids, questioned the timing of Investigation Discovery’s new...
Police identify cause of fatal motorcycle crash
KENT COUNTY, MI – A motorcyclist who was killed on Sunday, April 13, was passing another vehicle as the other driver attempted a left turn, Kent County sheriff’s deputies said. The victim was a 26-year-old Allendale man. His name has not been released. The crash happened around 5:20...
Judge bars Taser demonstration at Grand Rapids police officer’s murder trial
Jury selection begins next week for former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr's murder trial for the on-duty killing of Patrick Lyoya.
‘Enough to kill over 1 million people’ | 4 Michigan men sentenced to federal...
KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Three men from Kalamazoo County and one man from Kent County have been sentenced to federal prison on drug trafficking charges. Each of the four men's cases were separate, but all related to possessing and intending to distribute large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine and/or other...
Large Hail, Isolated Tornadoes Possible in Lower Michigan Friday
There's increasing confidence among weather forecasters that much of Lower Michigan - including Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Flint and Kalamazoo - could be at risk for severe weather this Friday. The potential for large hail and isolated tornadoes appear to be the main threats at this time, according to the...
Could an Auto Tunnel Replace the Mackinac Bridge Between Michigan’s Peninsulas?
The Mackinac Bridge is almost certainly the best known symbol for the state of Michigan. The bridge effortlessly moves traffic across the State of Michigan between the Lower and Upper Peninsulas, a replacement for an inefficient ferry system that once caused hours of traffic backups. There are those who get...
Thousands of pills, pounds of meth: Four W MI men sentenced for drugs this...
Four men were sentenced to years in prison for having and planning to distribute nearly 20,000 disguised pills containing fentanyl, 340 grams of cocaine and pounds of methamphetamine, among other drugs, according to federal attorneys.
8th-grader found dead after getting off Bay City school bus
BAY CITY, Mich. (WJRT) - Bay City Public Schools is mourning the loss of an eighth-grade student who was found dead shortly after he got off a school bus Tuesday afternoon. District spokesman Ben Tierney said the male student, who attended Handy Middle School, exited a bus at this regular stop near McGregor...