Lansing MI

LANSING — The internal affairs investigation stemming from a former Lansing police lieutenant's embezzlement case remains ongoing a year after he was charged and nearly 10 months after he was sentenced to probation . In March 2025, two weeks after he faced a felony charge, Ryan Wilcox bought 14 months of service time...

One of Lansing’s largest vacant apartment buildings could be coming back to life. The 927 Washington St. building was once one of City Pulse’s Eyesores of the Week (probably more than once) and could be revived as senior housing by the end of summer 2027. The Lansing Housing...

One man’s music walks the earth. The other man’s music floats above it. One plucks rhythm and soul from strings and wood. The other makes machines cry. Jazz bassist Rodney Whitaker and techno pioneer Carl Craig inhabit different musical worlds, but they found plenty of common ground Thursday (Feb. 19) at the MSU...

DeWitt, Mich. (WILX) - A new dedicated space for the farmer’s market is coming to DeWitt. Thanks to a grant, the city will build a structure to house smaller vendors at the DeWitt Farmer’s Market. For the past 20+ years, the market has been held in the streets.

The grand opening of Torch 180’s new retail training center at 102 E. Grand River Ave. in Fowlerville is set for 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, with the ribbon cutting ceremony taking place promptly at 5 p.m. The new retail training center will serve as both a functioning retail...

A couple says they were seriously injured after a set of antlers crashed down on them as they ate at a Longhorn Steakhouse. According to a lawsuit reviewed and shared by The Independent, the bizarre incident occurred when Dennis and Patricia Swartz were eating in the Nashville suburb of Madison in February 2025.

State of Michigan Probate Court, Ingham County, Notice to Creditors, Decedent’s Estate, Case 25-835-DE. Estate of Gregory Paul Spencer – Date of Birth: March 24, 1948. Notice to Creditors: The decedent, Gregory Paul Spencer, died December 27, 2024. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the...

A Valentine’s Day fire at a local bar is not stopping the owners from serving the community of Mason. It is being reported a fire broke out at The Tipsy Nickel Bar & Grille, 117 S Cedar Street, on Feb. 14. This caused significant damage to the side of the building, and no one was injured. A reopening date has not yet...

LANSING — An Ingham County jury found a 57-year-old Lansing man guilty of second-degree murder in the 2021 death of Andrew Watson, a case local prosecutors won despite the fact that Watson’s body has never been recovered. The verdict against Willie James Jr. was delivered in the courtroom...

When Dave Crawford first told Stacy VanElls, a close friend and home baker, that he wanted to open a bakery with her, she didn’t think it was possible. “I first brought it up to her about a year ago, and she didn’t believe me,” Crawford said. “But here we are today.”