GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — A young mother is charged with murder following the death of her one-year-old daughter. The little girl’s twin brother is in critical condition. Brooklynne Davis is charged with first-degree murder and child abuse. The 24-year-old is accused of abusing and neglecting her one-year-old twins to the point that their lives were […]
KENT COUNTY, Michigan — On a muggy Thursday night, as Kent County high school football teams took the field for the first time this season, sirens blared in the air. Temperatures dropped. Rain poured down. The howling wind grew in strength. One year ago today, an EF-1 tornado with wind speeds of 110 mph (177 […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan – The man who admitted to kidnapping and killing his ex-girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison for the second time for those crimes. Rashad Trice was convicted in federal court on Friday for the kidnapping of Wynter Cole-Smith in July 2023. The judge sentenced Trice to life in […]
I understand having disagreements with your parents, all kids go through that, but when a teenager hatches a plan to have her mother killed, that’s a whole different story. Parents and their children will have different opinions Growing up, my parents and I often disagreed on certain things, and it made me angry. I remember […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — There was a real struggle, but the fight is over — mostly. The chronic shortage of referees and officials for high school sports in Michigan is finally moving in the right direction, just in time for the upcoming 2024-25 school year. REVERSING THE REFEREE SHORTAGE: Numbers look ‘pretty good’ ahead of […]
BYRON CENTER, Michigan – At 107, Beryl Vanderleest is still active. Beryl has loved and lost – she has seen life and death – and she has written her own memoirs reflecting on what life was like in the good old days. Beryl was born on July 31, 1917. Beryl had four siblings and is […]
