Posted: 7:59 AM Officials say bomb sweeps, bag searches and an increased police presence are planned for the Fifth Third River Bank Run in West Michigan following the Boston Marathon bombings.

Posted: 7:34 AM A Benton Harbor teen, accused in a string of sexual assaults and other crimes, has pleaded guilty to rape.

Posted: 7:19 AM Niles Haunted House organizers announced the theme for their main attraction this fall is Hobbits.

Updated: 7:15 AM An Ohio man, who used a hunting knife to rob a gas station in St. Joseph Township, could spend the next decade behind bars.

Posted: 10:53 PM A West Michigan police chief has released a sketch of a man sought for questioning in the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman from her job as a gas station night clerk.

Posted: 10:33 PM A court hearing to determine the sentence for a Detroit-area couple convicted of stealing General Motors hybrid technology has been extended to Wednesday.

Updated: 7:06 PM The devastation of the winter’s warm weather and spring’s freeze was just sinking in for Michiana fruit farmers at around this time last year.

Posted: 3:29 PM Michigan officials say they will privatize prisoner food services, a reversal from a decision nearly two months ago.

Updated: 4:04 PM The search continues in Norton Shores, Mich. for a gas station clerk who has not been seen since Friday.

Posted: 3:27 PM Michigan drivers may no longer be let off the hook if child passengers aren't in a safety seat.

Posted: 3:24 PM A Michigan Senate panel is seeking answers from the state's licensing department over the handling of complaints against a Muskegon doctor who performed abortions.

Posted: 8:21 AM State officials say trails and forest roads in parts of Michigan's Lower Peninsula have been left impassable by recent heavy rain, wind and snow in places.

Updated: 2:53 PM The city of St. Joseph has named an interim city manager to take the place of Frank Walsh when he leaves next week.

Updated: 11:51 PM In just a few days Benton Harbor will have a special millage election to handle an issue that has been going on since last year.

Posted: 4:39 PM Ex-U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick of Detroit and six other former Congress members are presiding over hearings on the existence of extraterrestrials.

Posted: 4:35 PM Union leaders, workers and lawmakers are calling for better protections to prevent workplace injuries and deaths in Michigan.

Updated: 5:14 PM Last week a Michiana robotics team fought their way into the elite-8 at the First Tech Challenge, world championship.

Posted: 8:21 AM A bill recently introduced in the Michigan House would lessen penalties for residents caught with small amounts of marijuana.

Posted: 4:28 PM Authorities in southeastern Michigan are asking for public help in identifying a man who robbed a bank in St. Clair County and is suspected in a string of robberies across the Lower Peninsula.

Posted: 4:26 PM Western Michigan authorities say they believe a 25-year-old clerk was abducted as she prepared to close the gas station where she worked.

Posted: 10:51 AM Taste of Michiana returns to South Bend this week.

Updated: 10:48 PM A Marathon Petroleum spokesman says no injuries have been reported after a fire at a refinery in Detroit.

Updated: 7:02 PM The State Highway Patrol says a Michigan man was killed and a second injured when the small plane they were flying crashed at a northwest Ohio airport after veering to avoid another aircraft.

Posted: 4:24 PM A western Upper Peninsula man is jailed after authorities found several explosive devices in a Menominee apartment building.

Updated: 11:44 AM Saturday marks the Michiana Family YMCA's Healthy Kids Day.