Allen News

Michigan State Police allege a Horton man charged with embezzlement stole more than $300,000 worth of goods from individuals and four of his former employers to sell them on eBay.

He was known as the "cigar man" in his Allen Park neighborhood -- the man who strolled the streets, puffing on cigars and sometimes stopping on the sidewalk to gaze in windows.

If you see a big, yellow, rather large duck jogging around Branch County, you can bet it's Fluffy the Duck in training again for the 16th Annual Great Hospice Duck Race.

Bostwick, Danyell N., of Jackson, a son, Daireon Allen, 5 pounds, 10 ounces, born May 15 at Allegiance Health.

Conway, Angela M. and James M., of Jackson, a daughter, Kade Angela, born May 11, 8 pounds, 4 ounces, at Allegiance Health.

A New York federal judge Monday dismissed liability claims against a company that modified a tour boat 16 years before it capsized on Lake George in October 2005, killing 20 passengers - including Stephanie "Chris" Przybylski, of Hamburg Township, and Green Oak Township resident Ruth Renkiewicz.

LANSING - Mary Nurenberg was shocked by a recent phone call in which she learned she was going to receive the fourth annual Life Saver Award from the Shared Pregnancy Women's Center in Lansing.

"Eighty percent of success is showing up." -- Woody Allen, movie actor, comedian and director School union leaders are sounding off on a proposal sponsored by state Rep.

April brings in National Poetry Month, and Albion College is celebrating by hosting its 10th annual Poetry Fest.

It was a daunting task that Elaine Showalter set herself in 'A Jury of Her Peers' -- to put together a history of more than 250 American female writers from 1650 to 2000.

A Fenton man is facing charges after injuring a Grand Blanc woman and her 3-year-old daughter in an alleged drunken driving crash, police said.

A Howell man pleaded guilty today in Hillsdale County Circuit Court to having about a pound of marijuana.