DETROIT — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday vetoed legislation that would include information on an absentee ballot application informing a potential voter it is a felony to vote more than once in the same election. Whitmer said in her veto letter that t…
‘I was just … involved in a shooting’: Records detail moments after Patrick Lyoya killed
DETROIT — Grand Rapids police personnel preserved the clothing and equipment of Officer Christopher Schurr and questioned him after he shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, according to police reports released Friday, but his version of events was shielded fr…
Grand Rapids police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya commended for foot chases
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Christopher Schurr has earned multiple commendations during his seven-year career as a Grand Rapids police officer, including being lauded several times for successful foot chases. Grand Rapids officials on Friday released portion…
Ford curtails production at some North American plants due to parts shortages
Ford Motor Co. continues to see production impacts tied to the global semiconductor shortage and other supply-chain constraints. The Dearborn, Michigan automaker confirmed its Flat Rock (Michigan) Assembly Plant, which builds Mustangs, will be down thr…
Henry Payne: Doin’ donuts in The D in the Mustang Mach-E GT
PONTIAC, Michigan — I like Skittle-colored Mustangs. Red, blue, orange, yellow. Especially yellow. The bright color turns heads on Woodward Avenue, accentuates the muscular hips, stands out against the snow. Snow? What kind of Mustangs like to be drive…
Feds charge Michigan man with leaving nooses, notes targeting Black Lives Matter supporters
DETROIT — A Michigan man has been charged with hate crimes for trying to intimidate residents supporting Black Lives Matter in 2020, federal officials announced Wednesday. Kenneth Pilon, 61, a former Michigan optometrist, was charged in an information …
Michigan Democrats challenging petitions of 3 GOP candidates for governor
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Democratic Party is challenging the petition signatures of three top Republican candidates for governor with one lawyer alleging “massive criminal forgery” took place within one campaign. Attorneys working on behalf of the…
Wrongfully convicted Detroit man freed after nearly two decades in prison
A Detroit man imprisoned for nearly 20 years for the rape and kidnapping of one teen girl and the attempted kidnapping of another was exonerated Wednesday by a Wayne County Circuit Court judge. The exoneration for Terance Calhoun on Wednesday afternoon…
Family of Paul Whelan has questions after he is left out of prisoner swap: ‘Hope dims’
WASHINGTON — The family of Michigan’s Paul Whelan expressed happiness Wednesday at Russia’s release of another former Marine, Trevor Reed, while appearing frustrated that the U.S. left their brother and son out of the prisoner swap. The development is …
‘Top Gun 2’ and 50 more summer 2022 movies you need to know about
On the calendar summer is still a ways away, but at the movies summertime is ready to roll. Next weekend’s release of “Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” marks the kickoff of the summer box office season, the first true summer movie season in th…