Lansing MI

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The state announced Wednesday they will not charge an Ingham County deputy who shot and killed 27-year-old Cameron Cothern on US-127 last year, finding that he acted in self-defense and the defense of others. The incident occurred on April 6, 2025, in a stretch of northbound US-127 near Mason,...

LAINGSBURG, Mich. (WILX) - A man is in police custody after an hours-long standoff with police in Laingsburg on Wednesday. Police say the standoff began just after 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday after a man fired off multiple shots before entering a home with an “assault weapon” in the area of Church Street and Grand River...

Members of the Lansing Planning Commission on Tuesday voted to recommend the city council rezone a patch of land near the Grand River planned for a 24-megawatt data center. While the commission previously rejected the rezoning request from U.K.-based data center company Deep Green, some commissioners shifted their...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– A 74-year-old Laingsburg man died on Thursday after falling through the ice on Lake Victoria in Clinton County while ice fishing. According to the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch received a report of the man falling through the ice at around 9:50 a.m. Emergency responders from the...

Michigan schools are turning heads in the party scene, with students bringing energy to campuses from East Lansing to Ann Arbor.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — As tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate, members of Lansing’s Muslim and Iranian American communities are sharing mixed but deeply personal reactions. “I’m absolutely disheartened. Innocent lives are being lost. War is not an answer. We need to be working toward...

EAST LANSING – Malik Hall, Tyson Walker and Jaden Akins are among the nearly dozen former Michigan State teammates Jaxon Kohler watched kiss the Spartan logo at midcourt in the Breslin Center. The forward is now among those next in line to participate in the program’s senior day tradition....

Reporting like this only happens with your financial support. Donate to WKAR today!. Lansing voters could be asked to weigh in on whether to sell the Lansing Shuffle property to a Detroit-based real estate development company. The land is currently owned by the city and leased to Detroit Rising to...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– The Michigan State Police (MSP) will conduct live training for its Teaching, Educating and Mentoring (T.E.A.M.) School Liaison Program for the first time on Thursday morning. Law enforcement officers from across the state will present the program’s curriculum to students in Eaton Rapids as part...

INGHAM COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - The Department of Attorney General has completed its review of the officer-involved shooting of Cameron Cothern on April 6, 2025, concluding that no charges will be filed against the officer involved. It was determined the officer acted in self-defense and to protect others. The Michigan...