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Three females that were shot during a pre-prom party shooting that also killed a 17-year-old Saginaw High School student are "recovering at the hospital," according to the Saginaw Police Department.
A bus crashed with an SUV, two Saginaw houses and a tree about 11 a.m. Friday, May 24, north of the intersection on Sheridan and Gallagher and injured several people.
Grief counselors are available at Saginaw High School following a shooting that killed a 17-year-old Saginaw High School student and injured three others women during an unofficial pre-prom gathering in Saginaw.
A pre-prom gathering interrupted by gunfire that killed a 17-year-old girl and wounded three other females marked the city of Saginaw's 12th homicide of 2013.
A 36-year-old Saginaw woman was killed in a Bridgeport Township crash along with a 73-year-old Illinois woman, a passenger in the other vehicle involved, police said.
The driver of an SUV involved in a crash in front of the Saginaw Fire Station No. 4 said a crew cutting down trees blocked her view of the road before she turned onto Gratiot, crashing with another car.
Police have responded to several reports of shots fired causing property damage and minor injuries from shattered glass on the city's East Side in the days and hours before a fatal drive-by shooting that happened on the city's West Side.
Saginaw police are investigating two separate reports of shots fired that damaged two homes on Glenwood between Rust and Webber.
A woman who was the passenger of a northbound car on Interstate 675 said she watched as a burgundy SUV crash into the median and rollover multiple times this morning, Wednesday, May 22, about 7:50 a.m.
A man who was shot by the grandson of a 98-year-old Buena Vista resident has been charged with first degree home invasion, according to police.
Police have identified the 32-year-old man killed in a shooting on Saginaw's West Side on Wednesday, May 22.
Police and emergency personnel are responding to a rollover crash on northbound Interstate 675 near the McCarty exit in Saginaw Township.
A Saginaw resident who has lived near the intersection of S. Woodbridge and Hayes for the past six months said hearing gunshots outside her house is not uncommon, but this morning, Wednesday, May 22, was the first time she was around when someone was killed.
One person is dead following an early-morning shooting in Saginaw, police said.
Police are investigating a reported domestic assault in which a woman was beaten inside her Saginaw apartment following an argument with her boyfriend, according to the Saginaw Police Department.
Detectives are working to identify two young men suspected of taking money from a donation jar at the Saginaw County Animal Control Center, according to director Kevin Wilken.
Nearly 10,000 Consumers Energy customers are without power in northern Michigan and crews are working to repair damage caused by high winds and fallen trees overnight an in the early morning of Tuesday, May 21.
When asked if they feel safer with a gun in their house, MLive readers answered with a resounding "yes."
A man was shot in the leg and hospitalized in Saginaw on May 20 and police are looking for a suspect in the case.
Police are investigating a fight in which a man pulled a gun and sent his pit bull to attack another man before he and another subject joined in the attack, causing severe injuries and hospitalization to another man, according to the Saginaw Police Department.
Latoria Thompson killed her boyfriend, Damian West, on June 27, 2006. Thompson was released after she told police that West was strangling her before she fatally shot him in the chest.
A house and RV burned and one person was hospitalized after a fire at 581 Meadowlawn in Carrollton Township on May 11, 2012 after 6 p.m.
Residents marched around Saginaw High School on April 13, 2012, to demand positive changes in the community to reduce crime, violence and death.
About 70 U.S. Postal Service employees and other residents upset about proposed changes in Senate Bill 1789 gathered April 12, 2012, in front of U.S. Sen. Carl Levin’s downtown Saginaw office to make their voices heard.
County commissioners and officials donned shiny shovels and hard hats to scoop dirt and signify the start of the jail expansion project on Nov. 2, 2011.
The driver of a tractor-semitrailer was seriously injured and he and his grandson had to be extricated from the truck’s cab following a crash Wednesday afternoon on M-89 west of Otsego.
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A parachuter drifts the cliffs above Five Springs campground, outside of Lovell, WY.
A bill pending in the state Legislature would have Van Buren County restore a circuit judge position that was eliminated and wait for a district court judgeship to be vacated down the road. A district judge position would be eliminated in Kalamazoo County.
"I believe the bus service benefits the community," said Beatrice Ritchie of Texas Township. "People in these outside areas depend on the city of Kalamazoo. It's a valuable service."
Sheriff Richard Fuller presented a plan Tuesday that would require inmates to pay a fee for each day they spend in jail.
Here's a look at some of the stories on MLive.com/Kalamazoo today.
A 34-year-old Kalamazoo man was arrested after police found him with a loaded gun and suspected meth, according to a news release.
The housing assistance fund has provided help to 354 adults and 285 children in the past four years, according to the Michigan Organizing Project. Advocates asked the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners to bring a ballot question to voters for a millage to replenish the fund, which is nearly empty.
Here's a look at some of the stories on MLive.com/Kalamazoo today.
The suspect is described as a white male, 5'7" or 5'8" tall, approximately 150 to 160 pounds, wearing a black and white scarf over his lower face and a dark shirt with a dark hooded sweatshirt over his head. The man was wearing blue jeans and white tennis shoes.
"Government has grown way beyond its intent and it pretty much tells us how to live our lives," Jack Hoogendyk told supporters in Kalamazoo today, as he announced his intention to run for Congress.
The victim of a hit-and-run accident in Otsego Township was transported to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo with leg and hip injuries that did not appear to be life threatening, police said.
A 38-year-old man was arrested and lodged at the Calhoun County Correctional Facility with charges pending for second degree and fourth degree criminal sexual assault, police said.
Here's a look at some of the stories on MLive.com/Kalamazoo today.
Here's a look at some of the stories on MLive.com/Kalamazoo from over the weekend.
The 17-year-old, whose name and gender were not immediately available, was struck on the 3000 block of Cameron Street in the city's Milwood neighborhood shortly at around 9:40 p.m.
Crews were working to fix an equipment failure involving a power line as of 8 p.m. Sunday, according to a company spokesman.
Dean's Ice Cream owner Gerald Bentley said he responded to the building’s alarm system Saturday night to find a vehicle had penetrated the brick wall of the building.
The man wasn't at the home when Van Buren County deputies arrived, but he was located and arrested after a police K9 tracked him through the nearby woods, police said.
Huntertown residents Justin Reed, 41, and Brian Widenhoefer, 36, were eastbound when Reed failed to see and negotiate a downhill embankment, vaulting the snowmobile and ejecting both occupants, police said.
Several crashes happened between Paw Paw and Lawrence on westbound I-94 tonight and there were partial lane closures as of 7:45 p.m.
Amberly and Lake Center elementary students said goodbye to teachers as they boarded flights back to China.
After Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a repeal of the state's motorcycle helmet law in April, Saginaw County shops started seeing a drop in helmet sales. But Chris Friske, co-owner of Timberwolf Cycles in Saginaw Township, has a different story.
Six months of crash data shows that fears of a rise in fatal motorcycle crashes since riders have had the choice to go without helmets have so far not borne out.
So far, predictions of a rise in fatal motorcycle crashes since the repeal of the state's helmet law have not come true.
Paul Moore, 67, went missing from the 2600 block of Frandor around 2:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 23. He is still missing on Monday and police are seeking help from residents to locate the man.
An unknown caller threatened to blow up Walmart in Midland over the weekend, according to the Midland Police Department.
Here are some of the top Saginaw News headlines from the past few days that you may have missed.
Here are some of the top Bay City Times headlines from the past few days that you may have missed.
The Bridgeport woman was who killed Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash involving a deer has been identified through Facebook as 35-year-old Amanda Gibbs.
One person was killed and three people were injured in a two-car crash Wednesday morning on M-13 near Curtis, according to authorities.
A Bridgeport Township woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving a deer, Michigan State Police are reporting.
A two-vehicle crash caused police to close down M-13 between Curtis and Townline early Wednesday morning.
Saginaw police identified the city's most recent homicide victim as 16-year-old Walter Edward Riley Jr.
There were no injuries when a dead-wire fell on a school bus on Tuesday morning.
Besides some Monday morning fog, the weather leading up to Thanksgiving day will be mild and warm.
A family-owned auto business was destroyed in a fire Saturday night, the Midland Daily News reports.
Here are some of the top Bay City Times headlines from the past few days that you may have missed.
Here are some of the top Saginaw News headlines from the past few days that you may have missed
Five hundred and fifty one readers voted in a poll that asked if pit bulls, presa canario, bull mastiffs, Rottweilers and German shepherds are more dangerous than other breeds of dog.
Do you think that Saginaw's dangerous dog ordinance has made residents safer?
Do you feel that pit bulls, presa canario, bull mastiffs, Rottweilers and German shepherds are more dangerous than other breeds of dog?
Fire crews responded to reports of a fire at La Placita restaurant about 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13.
The ordinance requires owners of designated breeds - pit bulls, presa canarios, bull mastiffs, Rottweilers and German shepherds - to register their pets at the City Clerk's office.
There are 882 registered dogs in the city, and city officials have issued 37 citations since the ordinance took effect.
In the first year that Saginaw's dangerous dogs ordinance was in effect, residents registered nearly 900 dogs, and city workers issued 37 citations.
After a six month alcohol and tobacco compliance program, Saginaw County sheriff's deputies discovered 63 stores and restaurants in Saginaw County that sold to underage teenagers.
Patrice Boulware said the line was long when she went to vote at Arthur Eddy Academy, 1000 Cathay, on election day.
A funeral will be held Tuesday, Nov. 6 for Rebekah Gay, the 24-year-old Mt. Pleasant mother who police say was killed by her mother's boyfriend, 55-year-old John Douglas White.
Before the polls even opened at Hemmeter Elementary School, 1890 Hemmeter, on election day, more than a dozen voters were waiting outside to be one of the first to cast their ballot.
The Mt. Pleasant Police Department prepared for Western Weekend at Central Michigan University by planning for extra law enforcement officers to be in the area.
Temperatures will stay below 50 degrees this week in Saginaw, according to the National Weather Service.
Saginaw police and Michigan State Police detectives are continuing to investigate the homicide of Tonquinisha "NeNe" McKinley and the shooting of three others, and they believe the public can lend a hand.
Hayden G. Anderson was driving the ATV west on Prevo about 7 p.m. when it entered the intersection at Kaiser-Tower and “drove into the path” of Stacie Sturm's southbound Mercury Mariner, according to a press release from the Bay County Sheriff's Office.
Ryan E. Dunton is charged with two counts of operating a motor vehicle under the influence causing serious injury and a single count of operating a motor vehicle with an occupant under the age of 16 in connection with an Oct. 18 crash at Tuscola and Dehmel in Frankenmuth Township.
Prosecutors on April 16 dropped two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct against someone under the age of 13 against Michael T. Stromer.
Jermaine Youngblood, 39, is charged with assault with intent to murder and four firearm offenses in an April 21 incident at the Stop-N-Shop convenience store at 1227 Janes between South Fifth and South Sixth.
The Morning Sun in Mount Pleasant reported that a jury today convicted Curtis R. Leachman, 25, in connection with the Nov. 24 stabbing death of Tyrone Stanley.
John A. Harris, 32, is charged with two counts of first-degree and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct against someone under the age of 13.
Saginaw County Circuit Judge Fred L. Borchard today relied on a report from the Center for Forensic Psychiatry in Ypsilanti to rule that Stephon L. Roby, the son of Leigh "Annie" King, is mentally competent for trial and can be held criminally responsible.
Dashondrick D. Flounoy was sentenced Wednesday to eight to 25 years in prison for 10 felonies in an Oct. 23, 2011, incident at 1614 N. Bond between Irving and Cooper.
Gerald Hudson's sister was one of three witnesses to testify today that Keith K. Solomon Jr. and Gerald Hudson were speaking in the Birch Park housing community May 9 when Hudson was shot in the stomach.
Saginaw County Chief Circuit Judge Fred L. Borchard on Monday granted the college's request to dismiss Ader's five-year-old lawsuit on legal grounds.
The attorneys for Cody J. Felver and Troy J. O'Dell, the two 17-year-old Merrill High School students charged with a 20-year felony for allegedly throwing a bottle rocket into the school gym during lunch, will continue discussions with prosecutors.
Reuben R. Martinez Sr., 59, who is charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct against someone under the age of 13, will take a polygraph test.
For the second time, Todd Z. Pirich and Noah M. Pirich, charged with carjacking a woman in December, learned they will stand trial on multiple felonies.
Donterrius L. Duncan and DeMarquis D. Reed are charged in relation to the April 30 homicide of Dondre Martin, with whom police say Duncan and Reed were riding bicycles on Cherry near South 10th.
Codey J. McGrath, 20, appeared before Saginaw County Circuit Judge Robert L. Kaczmarek on Monday and pleaded guilty to three felonies.
Simone A. Howard appeared before Saginaw County Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson on Thursday and pleaded guilty to four felonies.
Nickolas J. Bright's future ultimately depends on how much of the nearly $4,000 he owes in restitution and fines he can pay before June 27, when Saginaw County Circuit Judge James T. Borchard will sentence him.
With discussion continuing with a poll showing a 3-to-1 majority against the felony charge, MLive took to The Bay City Times office to demonstrate what the students inside the gym may have witnessed May 8.
Saginaw Police Public Information Officer Reggie Williams said the teens, shot about 12:30 a.m. on Lincoln between Morris and Randolph, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident.
The “Spring Into Safety” event began at 1 p.m. at St. Mary's of Michigan Towne Centre, 4599 Towne Center, in Saginaw Township, and will run until 5 p.m.
About 74 percent of those who voted regarding Cody J. Felver and Troy J. O'Dell chose “Lighten up — Only a high school prank” over “Felony — Throw the book at them.”
Ryan D. Tafel, 37, is charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct against a now-14-year-old girl.
Derell D. Martin, 21, came to the Saginaw County Governmental Center on Thursday, May 16, to turn himself in on a warrant charging him with an open count of murder in the April 30 homicide of Dondre Martin.
Two 17-year-old Merrill High School students' alleged action of lighting a bottle rocket and throwing it into the school's gym "seems to fit perfectly" with the 20-year felony they now face, Saginaw County John McColgan Jr. says.
Sherenia E. Parks “did not realize the gun was in her purse” when she entered the building about 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to her attorney, James Gust.
Saginaw County sheriff's deputies arrested a 45-year-old woman at the building's entrance, where individuals are required to pass through a metal detector, after they discovered the gun in the woman's purse, said Sheriff's Lt. Randy Pfau.
David A. Scott appeared before Saginaw County Circuit Judge Robert L. Kaczmarek on Tuesday, May 14, and pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon and carrying a concealed weapon.
Desmond K. Bowen, 20, was sentenced to 21 months to 10 years in prison, with credit for 181 days, for conspiring to commit armed robbery.
Gregory J. Gilyard, one of the four men accused of entering a North Side Saginaw home in December and robbing the family of Christmas presents and marijuana, is headed to prison for nearly two decades.
A local man charged with various sexual offenses against a Pinconning teen has to wait a few more months before his case is heard by a jury.
The second of two Bay City men initially charged with a hate crime in connection with a large-scale Midland Street bar fight has been sentenced to probation.
A Pinconning man prosecutors say drunkenly crashed his car into a Beaverton man's vehicle, killing the man in the process, is no longer being held at the Bay County Jail.
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A Bay City parolee charged with choking his girlfriend had a brief outburst in a Bay County courtroom, admonishing his accuser before being chastised by the judge and his own attorney.
A Saginaw Township man who shoved a store clerk in stealing a bottle of Labatt Blue beer bottle has been given credit for time already served in the Bay County Jail.
A woman walking into a Monitor Township pawn shop spurred the Michigan State Police bomb squad into action, though the potential explosive turned out to be a dud.
A Bay City couple is continuing to recuperate days after suffering multiple injuries when their Harley-Davidson motorcycle crashed into an SUV.
Police are alleging a Saint Charles man used Facebook and email to send unwanted pornographic photos to a Delta College student.
A Mount Pleasant woman may avoid incarceration time if she manages to pay back the thousands she pilfered from a now-closed Bay City Papa John's.
A Hampton Township man charged with breaking into a home where his estranged wife was staying and attacking the homeowner — his cousin — has accepted a plea deal.
A garage fire has left its mark on three Bangor Township homes.
A Midland man police say targeted the wrong mobile home and set fire to it has had his date with a jury adjourned.
A Bay City teen seemed to have a confident swagger as he walked into a courtroom to learn his penalty for smashing a Catholic church’s windows. He shuffled out visibly dejected, learning he was heading not to jail for a few more months, but to prison.
A yellow Labrador retriever by their side, two young sisters faced the Bay City man that sexually assaulted them, detailing to him the harm they suffered at his hands.
A Bay County judge had some harsh words for a teen who shoplifted from a dollar store while serving two terms of probation.
After five years of court proceedings, a Bay City man is heading to jail for molesting a preteen girl.
A collision between a motorcycle and a SUV resulted in a Bay City husband-wife couple being airlifted to a Flint hospital.
A two-vehicle crash in Midland County's Lee Township resulted in the death of a 68-year-old man.
A Saginaw man police said groped a woman in a Bay City bar, then brandished a tire iron in a large-scale fight, has taken a plea deal.
Two brothers charged with illegally selling medical marijuana from their Bay City compassion club have to wait a while longer to see if a judge will dismiss the cases against them.
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A Bay County judge had some cautionary words for a man who wound up facing criminal charges after being involved in a large fight in Bay City's Midland Street bar district.
A Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a judge's order to have a Midland County woman pay a six-figure sum to another woman who lost her eye in a Bay City assault.
A Bay City man police say choked his ex-wife then broke into the home she fled to has had one of the two felonies he faces dismissed.