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One dead, two injured in overnight shooting
MUSKEGON, Mich. – One man, 62, is dead and two others injured after an overnight shooting at a home in the one thousand eight hundred block of Terrace Street early Wednesday morning. According to police, they arrived on scene to find a 32-year-old man and a 51-year-old man both with non-life menacing injuries. Another man was found, unresponsive and officials pronounced him dead at the scene. Another man was discovered unresponsive with numerous gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. It is […]
Wyoming police searching home in connection to missing woman
WYOMING, Mich. – Police are searching the home of a man with ties to a missing woman from Wyoming. Ana Marie Carrillo, 35, has been missing since Sunday morning. Police say the father of her children consented to a search of his home in the three thousand seven hundred block of Colby St to help their investigation. Wyoming Lieutenant Mark Easterly says they don’t have any suspects in the case right now and are searching the house to ensure there aren’t any liberate […]
Kentwood police shut down intersection, looking for person
UPDATE: Police called off their search around ten p.m. after deeming the person wasn’t dangerous to the public. KENTWOOD, Mich. – An intersection is closed Tuesday in Kentwood after somebody ran away from police. It happened at 44th Street and Kalamazoo Avenue around 9:15 p.m. Kent County Sheriff’s Department dispatchers say they shut down the area as police look for a person who ran away from them. Dispatchers say there was no indication given that the person was a danger […]
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Trump vows to revisit DACA if Congress stumbles
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump now says he will “revisit” a program protecting youthfull immigrants brought into the country illegally as children if Congress doesn’t act. Trump announced Tuesday that he was phasing out President Obama’s Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, but said he’d give Congress six months to come up with an alternative before ending it downright. Now he’s tweeting that, “Congress now has six months to legalize DACA (something the Obama Administration was incapable […]
Pres. Trump announces emergencies in Florida, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — President Donald Trump has proclaimed emergencies in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands as Hurricane Irma prepares for landfall. The declarations authorize the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster ease efforts in those places. The dangerous Category five storm is wielding the most powerful winds ever recorded for a storm in the Atlantic Ocean. It is on a path that could take it toward Florida […]
Analysis confirms grass carp eggs in Lake Erie tributary
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Scientists say they’ve confirmed the discovery of grass carp eggs in a tributary of Lake Erie. Grass carp are among four species of Asian carp that pose a threat to the Good Lakes. The most feared are silver and bighead carp, which eat plankton and could destabilize food chains. But grass carp are also a problem because they eat hefty amounts of valuable plants. The Good Lakes Fishery Commission says state, federal and university scientists […]
Police: Grand Rapids woman found safe
Update (7:45 p.m. Sept. Five, 2017): Grand Rapids Police say Jasmin Cheyenne Brickey was found safe Tuesday evening and reunited with her family. Original story: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A 20-year-old Grand Rapids’ woman is believed to be in danger after she sent a series of messages to family and friends before stopping communication on Sunday. According to police, Jasmin Cheyenne Brickey was last seen around eleven p.m. in the area of Division Avenue and Withey Street in Grand Rapids. Brickey […]
Police ID all five Kalamazoo teenagers killed in crash
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities have identified all five of the teenagers killed in a flamy weekend crash. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office previously identified two of the victims: 15-year-old Marshawn Williams and 17-year-old Deztanee Cobb. On Tuesday they identified the other three teenagers killed in the crash as 16-year-old Cortavian Murphy, 15-year-old Jaquar-Ius Hegler and 16-year-old Elexus Hillsman. All of the teenagers were from Kalamazoo, according to the sheriff’s office. The crash happened early Saturday morning at East Main […]