By DREYMA BERONJA Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Local law enforcement agencies are weighing in the cell phone ban legislation recently signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The governor signed three bills last week. The laws, which will be enacted officially on June 30, are expected ...

EAST LANSING (AP) — Two students who were among eight killed or wounded in a winter shooting at Michigan State University are taking steps toward suing the school. Attorneys for Nate Statly and Troy Forbush, who survived the shooting, have filed notices of injury and allegations of building ...

By Journal Staff LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Tuesday announced that Vincent Delorenzo, 84, formerly of Flint, was sentenced to 365 days in jail and five years’ probation on one count of attempted criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, to which he pled guilty ...

DETROIT (AP) — In a boom, a low rumble and a vibrating crash, the looming smokestack of a shuttered trash incinerator whose stench sickened and angered Detroit residents for decades came down in a controlled implosion Sunday morning. Reducing the smokestack to rubble is almost the final ...

By Journal Staff LANSING — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is seeking proposals for food safety education and training as part of the annual Food Safety Education Fund grant program. The grant cycle for 2023-2024 runs from Oct. 1, through Sept. 30, ...

By Journal Staff DETROIT— Sunday, at the Motor City Pride parade, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order establishing Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Commission. The commission will address issues facing Michigan’s LGTBQ+ community, according to a release. Among the issues that the ...