The body of a pregnant woman found in Lake Michigan has been identified as 19-year-old Yarianna Wheeler, who lived in Chicago. The Lake County Sheriff’s office said a fisherman found the woman’s body in the water on Aug. 15 after floating for seven to 12 days, but she wasn’t identified until …

U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney ruled this week that a wester Michigan couple must pay $30,441 to their son for tossing out his pornography collection. The ruling came eight months after David Werking, 43, filed a lawsuit against his own parents. WSVN reported. Werking felt his parents had no right …

The Michigan man who admitted he was part of an extremist group plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to more than six years in prison. Apparently, NBC News reported that Ty Garbin, 25, and the extremist group were upset over the governor’s COVID restrictions and wanted to retaliate. …

A Black realtor was showing a Black father and his 15-year-old son a Michigan home when they saw police outside the property with their guns drawn. “I knew once they surrounded the home, they were preparing for a standoff,” the father, Roy Thorne, told CNN’s Don Lemon Friday. “And so …

COVID-19 and music festivals do not mix, and now, health officials are warning that concerts are helping to fuel the spread of the virus. The Faster Horses Festival, which took place in Brooklyn, Michigan, from July 16th to 18th, has been linked to at least 96 coronavirus cases, with at …

A scammer in Michigan used Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner’s names to get thousands of dollars in fraudulent unemployment benefits. Though the real individual behind the elaborate scam has not been named, an audit unveiled that “Kimberly Kardashian” and “Kylie Jenner” collected thousands of dollars in Michigan unemployment compensation last …

A man from Michigan is facing charges for allegedly attempting to kill his live-in girlfriend. He poured gas on her and set her on fire, according to local news reports. The incident occurred on July 12th. The perpetrator, James Lewis Carlock, 34, from Harper Woods, Michigan, began arguing with his …

The results of a third-party investigation determined that there was no racial bias at play when a Michigan school when a staff member cut a biracial girl’s hair. According to CNN, the incident happened in March when 7-year-old Jurnee Hoffmeyer had her hair cut by a school librarian. Christina Laster, …

A Michigan police officer successfully carried out a daring rescue to pull a man out of a car following a fiery rollover crash, and the whole thing was caught on camera. Body camera footage shows Harper Woods Police Officer Luke Pauley, 30, run toward the fiery vehicle and open the front …

A 19-year-old woman was fatally shot by a Michigan police officer Saturday after exchanging gunfire near a Juneteenth parade. The unidentified woman was taken to a hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. CNN reports that the officer was not injured during the incident.  “Preliminary investigation indicates the officer, who was working …

During his first court appearance in Detroit on murder and other charges, a former Michigan State University basketball player was ordered to stay in jail. Andrew Abood, the defense counsel, requested a bond, claiming that Keith Appling had always appeared in court in previous cases. However, due to the first-degree …

Michigan health officials have confirmed the state’s first human case of Sin Nombre hantavirus, a disease spread by rodents (particularly, their urine, saliva, or feces), but not by humans. A woman was admitted to the hospital for a significant lung condition caused by a hantavirus, according to the Michigan Department …

A Black Michigan woman who was fined $385 for talking too loud believes that the fine was racially motivated. On Thursday, May 2th, Diamond Robinson walked back and forth on her block in her Eastpointe neighborhood in Detroit while talking on her phone. A white female resident approached Robinson and …

God is good all the time, and all the time, God is good! A Michigan man who lost everything in a flood won $2 million on a lottery scratch-off. According to CNN, a 29-year-old who wants to remain anonymous purchased the winning ticket at a grocery store. “Last year, I lost …

A father took his biracial child out of school after a student, and a school staff worker cut his daughter’s hair. On March 24, 7-year-old Jurnee came home from school with one side of her hair cut shorter, her father, Jimmy Hoffmeyer, told USA Today. He’d learned that a student …

After mistaking a tube of nail glue for her eye drops, a Michigan woman is fortunate to still be able to see. According to, Yacedrah Williams glued her eye shut last Thursday when she used adhesive designed to patch torn fingernails instead of lubricating eye drops for her contact lens. …

A postal worker in Flint, Michigan, was brutally beaten by two women in an attack that was captured on video. According to the New York Post, an onlooker claimed the women were trying to jump the mail carrier in an attempt to steal stimulus checks from her postal van. But …

A Michigan state task force convened to discuss new rules that would ban the use of restraints on children living in group homes. Officials expect the new regulations to go into effect after a required May public hearing. Following the death of 16-year-old Cornelius Frederick, Michigan officials say his death …

A Michigan hospital system is investigating after photos surfaced on Instagram of doctors posing with fibroid tissue and an organ removed during a surgical procedure. According to local outlet Wood-TV, one picture showed a doctor posing with the fibrous tissue while the patient was still lying on the operating table.  “Longest one …

A Michigan prosecutor cannot pursue charges after a Ku Klux Klan flag was hung next to a Black family’s home. According to NBC, a prosecutor could not press charges against a suburban Detroit man who placed a Ku Klux Klan flag in his window next to a Black family that …