Lansing MI

Reporting like this only happens with your financial support. Donate to WKAR today!. Housing advocates are warning that it could become more difficult to connect unhoused community members who were living in an encampment in Old Town Lansing with resources after a recent court ruling ordering the city to dismantle...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX/Gray News) - A Michigan mother says she is doing everything she can to get her son back in school after he was expelled for doing something she believes was heroic. “I’m frustrated. I’m at my wits’ end. I don’t know what to do,” Savitra McClurkin said....

Meet former K-9 Maple. She made a big career switch earlier this year—from a human remains detection dog to a beekeeper at Michigan State University’s Pollinator Performance Center. The friendly brown-and-white dog, with a long tongue that hangs out of her mouth, dons her own beekeeping suit and...

RIVES TWP., MI – A Rives Township man is in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound during a fight with his father Wednesday morning. Police were called at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, to a home in the 1800 block of Baseline Road on the border of Jackson and Ingham Counties for a report of a domestic...

Smokey Bones closes Utica and Grand Rapids locations, leaving only Lansing. The chain is converting many spots into Twin Peaks, a sports bar often compared to Hooters.

MT PLEASANT, Mich. — Michigan State Police are asking for help finding a missing teen who could be in the Flint or Lansing area. 17-year-old Abigale Marie Herritt was last seen at her residence in the Mt. Pleasant area on Sept. 15 around 5 p.m. Herritt is described as...

A 30-year-old man is in custody in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred July 20 in the 3800 block of Wilson Avenue, according to the Lansing Police Department.

CHARLOTTE - The county's Board of Commissioners adopted a $40.6 million general fund budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year on Wednesday evening, making $8.4 million worth of staff reductions and cuts to services. The new budget eliminates the Sheriff's Office road patrol for non-contracted areas like Delta Township and...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Located inside Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center on the campus of Michigan State University, the State Room Restaurant is the perfect blend of casual and upscale dining. Studio 10 went behind the menu with the dinner chef to learn how he captures fan favorite dishes...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - THE UNTOLD TRUE STORY OF A BROOKLYN KID WHO BECAME A CHART-BUSTING, SHOW-STOPPING, AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN ICON. Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE is the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chart-busting, show-stopping American rock...