Allen News

I'm so tired of news articles and pundits telling us "times are tough in Michigan." Seriously, does anyone think we need to be told? We all know talented people who, through no fault of their own, are out of work.

Richard Lucas III and Julie Curtis of Williamston announce the birth of their son Cohen Allen.

The Hamburg Township Board of Trustees didn't wait long after the recall of township Clerk Matt Skiba to name an interim replacement at the post.

Livingston County sheriff's deputies are investigating whether speed and drugs contributed to a single-car crash that hospitalized a 24-year-old Howell woman and her 6-year-old daughter.

The Jackson Community College Faculty Association has filed a lawsuit against the college and its board of trustees, alleging the college breached its contract with the union by failing to remedy a finding that it assigned too many class hours to part-time instructors.

Michigan tourism industry officials called for quick passage today of legislation to impose a $2.50 a day surcharge on rental cars and earmarking a portion of the state sales tax as a way to save the $30 million Pure Michigan advertising campaign.

The nine defendants snared in an undercover sting targeting men who wanted sex with a minor were in court Monday morning.

The nine defendants snared in an undercover sting targeting men who wanted sex with a minor were in court Monday morning.

Eight in 10 people in the tri-county area are satisfied overall with Jackson Community College as a two-year college and job-training center, according to a May survey.

Final plans are in place for what is slated to be the largest antiques, collectibles and garage sale in Michigan on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday August 7, 8 and 9, 2009.

Final plans are in place for what is slated to be the largest antiques, collectibles and garage sale in Michigan on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday August 7, 8 and 9, 2009.

Richard and Jennifer Hitchcock of Webberville announce the birth of their daughter Grace Elizabeth.

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.