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Mourning the loss of a son, a star athlete, a junkie turned warrior

After years of aiding in the fight against opioid addiction, and months of staying sober, Christopher Risner, 29, died of a suspected opioid overdose in his home on Nov. 21.

 

Bond proposal, building closures being mulled over by Lapeer schools

The plan calls for a bond between $75 and $125 million, closing Lynch, Mayfield, and Murphy elementary schools, as well as moving high school students into a new building on the site of the Center For Innovation housed in the former Lapeer West High.

 

Minorities slip behind as mortgage lending rebounds in Kent County

People of color are not equally sharing in the rebound more than a decade after the housing crisis.

 

Pregnant mother, child die in house fire, 8 hospitalized

Firefighters tried to rescue the victims but were pushed back by flames and heat.

 

Zehnder's, Bavarian Inn named to 100 most successful restaurants list

The list, compiled by trade publication Restaurant Business Magazine, ranks restaurants by annual sales.

 

Woman, 27, killed in crash with deer

The car was found in a Wayland Township ditch.

 

Oklahoma City cools off Pistons in thunderous fashion

Detroit held to season-low point total as five-game winning streak snapped.

 

Aidan Harrison of New Lothrop named Division 7-8 Player of Year

Harrison is a Missouri recruit who helped the Hornets win the Division 7 state championship.

 

Protesters call for end to shooting deer in Ann Arbor

ith Ann Arbor's fourth-annual deer cull set to take place next month, critics of the program are once again protesting.

 

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