Posted: 7:10 AM The Connecticut school massacre and doomsday scenarios based on the Mayan calendar have prompted the closing of dozens of Michigan schools for the rest of the year.

Posted: 9:56 PM Benton Harbor’s Emergency Financial Manager, Joseph Harris, may soon be out of a job.

Updated: 11:42 PM The man accused of killing three people last month while driving drunk is now scheduled to go to trial.

Posted: 4:51 PM State officials say Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November fell 0.2 percentage points to 8.9 percent.

Posted: 7:16 AM Michigan legislation aimed at prohibiting employers from asking job applicants and employees for online passwords and other account information could become law.

Posted: 7:12 AM Authorities in southwestern Michigan say a string of fires were started by Molotov cocktails.

Posted: 9:58 PM A jury has found a 22-year-old man guilty of second-degree murder for beating and stabbing his 51-year-old mentally ill mother to death at their suburban Detroit home.

Posted: 9:53 PM An autopsy has found that a man found dead in a recycling truck in western Michigan apparently died of accidental injuries sustained inside the compactor.

Posted: 9:32 PM A Detroit man who caused a fatal crash after fleeing police has been found guilty of second-degree murder.

Posted: 10:49 AM A Catholic schools administrator in Traverse City has dropped a Hanukkah song from a Christmas concert.

Posted: 10:47 AM A Michigan school district in the Thumb has started the holiday break early after a student made a possible gun threat against an employee.

Posted: 7:39 AM Clergy from across the state are expected to rally in Lansing and call on Gov. Rick Snyder to veto legislation that could allow concealed weapons in schools and churches.

Posted: 4:17 PM A man's body was found in cardboard boxes at a West Michigan recycling facility.

Posted: 4:13 PM Authorities have identified a 37-year-old woman whose body was found in the parking lot of a northern Macomb County mobile home park.

Posted: 4:09 PM Hit the road: AAA Michigan says a tank of gas is costing less.

Posted: 10:51 AM Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says he's giving close scrutiny to gun legislation that would allow concealed weapons in churches and schools.

Posted: 9:53 AM A car traveling at high speed blew past a stop sign, struck a tree and burst into flames in southwestern Michigan, killing two men inside.

Posted: 10:25 PM Authorities in Macomb County were trying to identify a woman whose body was found in the parking lot of a mobile home park.

Updated: 10:46 PM Dowagiac police are investigating an armed robbery that happened on West Wayne St. this morning.

Updated: 1:11 AM Monday will be the last chance for the public to weigh in on the proposed special assessment in Benton Harbor.

Posted: 4:18 PM A video recorded secretly during a tea party meeting this summer in Michigan shows the finance chair for the Republican National Committee making disparaging comments about voters in Detroit.

Posted: 4:06 PM “Erin’s Law,” a Michigan law aimed at increasing education and training to help prevent the sexual abuse of children, is on its way back to Governor Snyder.

Updated: 4:13 PM The draft document includes information about MDOT's funding and a list of specific transportation projects planned in each of MDOT's seven regions.

Updated: 4:43 PM The founder of Domino's Pizza is suing the federal government over mandatory contraception coverage in the health care law.

Posted: 9:22 PM A Nativity scene has returned to public land in a Detroit suburb after a man sued to save the decades-old display.