Category: Michigan

LIVE 12:30 PM ET: Michiganders Hold Sidewalk Protest Calling for FBI to Comply With House Committee

FEC United Michigan, a Constitutional rights advocate movement and supporters, hold a sidewalk protest at 12:00 p.m. ET on May 20 to “Speak Truth to Government” and call on the FBI to comply with the House Committee. …


LIVE NOW: Michiganders Hold Sidewalk Protest Calling for FBI to Comply With House Committee

FEC United Michigan, a Constitutional rights advocate movement and supporters, hold a sidewalk protest at 12:00 p.m. ET on May 20 to “Speak Truth to Government” and call on the FBI to comply with the House Committee. …


Michiganders Hold Sidewalk Protest Calling for FBI to Comply With House Committee

FEC United Michigan, a Constitutional rights advocate movement and supporters, hold a sidewalk protest at 12:00 p.m. ET on May 20 to “Speak Truth to Government” and call on the FBI to comply with the House Committee. …


Michigan Boy Who Used Slingshot to Save Sister Says He ‘Was Just Lucky’

ALPENA TOWNSHIP, Mich.—A 13-year-old Michigan boy who used a slingshot to save his 8-year-old sister from an attempted kidnapping said he was “freaking out” and simply reached for something that could stop the attack. “So I grab my slingshot and open the window and I grab two things—a marble and a gravel rock or something,”…


Michigan Boy, 14, Uses Slingshot to Prevent Sister, 8, From Being Kidnapped

A heroic Michigan teenager was able to prevent his younger sister from being kidnapped by firing off a slingshot at the would-be kidnapper, according to Michigan State Police. Police said at a May 15 press conference that the 8-year-old girl, who has not been identified, was hunting for mushrooms in her backyard in the city of Alpena on May 10…


Michigan Boy Uses a Slingshot to Save His Sister From Being Abducted From Backyard, Police Say

ALPENA, Mich.—A Michigan girl was able to escape an attempted kidnapping when her brother used a slingshot to strike the would-be attacker, authorities said this week. Mlive.com reports that the Michigan State Police arrested the accused assailant in the city of Alpena on Wednesday. The 17-year-old’s name has not been released though he has been…


Bear in a Tree Holds Michigan City in Suspense for Hours on Mother’s Day

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—A city in northern Michigan has a new Mother’s Day memory: A 350-pound bear was in a tree for hours, watched by dozens of people, before it fell asleep and dropped onto mattresses below. “It’s like the best block party ever,” Annette Andersen said. The drama in Traverse City began when wildlife experts…


Wisconsin Boy Lost for 2 Days in Michigan Park Prayed He Wouldn’t Spend ‘Rest of My Life’ in Woods

SILVER CITY, Mich.—An 8-year-old Wisconsin boy who spent two days lost in a remote, rugged northern Michigan park before being found says he prayed during his ordeal that he wouldn’t be “stuck out here for the rest of my life.” Nante Niemi said he was helping relatives gather wood at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State…


Second Michigan School District Bans Backpacks After Gun Found

Grand Rapids Public Schools banned backpacks on Wednesday after a loaded gun was found inside a student’s backpack for the fourth time, according to a press release. The gun was confiscated from a third-grade student’s backpack, and district leaders took the decision afterward. The latest confiscations involved elementary school students and in three of the…


‘Please, Man, Don’t Shoot Us’: Witness Says Man Shot 3 People, Killing 1, in Dispute Over $4

DETROIT—A man fatally shot another customer inside a Detroit gas station and wounded two more after the clerk locked the door in a dispute over a small purchase, authorities said Wednesday. Details emerged as prosecutors charged Samuel McCray, 27, with murder and attempted murder. He was denied bond during a court appearance. The shooting occurred…