Ann Arbor News

The Ann Arbor Jaycees Summer Carnival is back this weekend. The carnival will return to the parking lot at Pioneer High School, starting on Thursday at 4 p.m. It is open each day until 11 p.m. except Sunday, when it closes at 6 p.m. The carnival has a long history, dating to the 1950s.

An Ann Arbor man was sentenced to federal prison Thursday for possessing and trading child pornography through a now-defunct feature of Google.com. Peter Christian Lukasavitz, 31, was ordered to serve 15 years in prison during a brief sentencing hearing in Detroit federal court Thursday, the U.S. Attorney's office press release indicated.

Raphaela Moeller of Ann Arbor helps her son, Adrian Moeller, 7, prepare to reel in a fish at a dock at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor Tuesday.

SALEM TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The Washtenaw County sheriff's department wants to know who made off with more than 200 tons of road salt.

It's not the Ann Arbor City Council that is standing between the long-mentioned idea of turning the surface parking lot at First and William streets into a park.

Ann Arbor SPARK , the region's leading regional economic development organization, hopes to convince President Barack Obama that Ann Arbor is a prime example of what Michigan can become.

Abdi Gure isn't an American citizen, but his wife and children are. And he loves this country.

Erin Zindle is the lead singer of Ann Arbor-based folk rock group The Ragbirds. Listen to the podcast below to hear Zindle discus the source of the the band's unique "world music" approach to traditional folk/rock music, and how the group's political views plays a part in their personal lives and music.

The cost of parking in downtown Ann Arbor goes up Wednesday. On-street meter rates - which have been $1 an hour - go up 20 cents.

The public is invited to a Party in the Park celebration Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Hillside Terrace Retirement Residence , 1939 Jackson Ave., Ann Arbor.

A Michigan man convicted of raping and murdering his neighbor is headed to prison for the rest of his life.

The United States Postal Service office on West Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor is undergoing a $230,000 renovation.

After weeks of traveling Michigan on a "listening tour'' as a potential candidate for governor, Rick Snyder was ready to do some talking.

The Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce president and chief executive officer Jesse Bernstein is resigning, it was announced Wednesday morning.

Edward Brothers trimmers Mike Scott and Steve Harris. The economic crisis and cutbacks in textbook spending at school districts throughout the country are levying a harsh impact on one of Ann Arbor's oldest companies.

Authorities say a drunken, naked Michigan man jumped into a stranger's car and later laid down in the middle of a road before being taken into custody by sheriff's deputies.

Bank surveillance photo of robbery suspect. Ann Arbor police this morning released surveillance photos of the man who robbed the TCF Bank branch at Briarwood Mall Wednesday.

Ann Arbor police and firefighters are on the scene of an injury accident on Packard Street near Jewett Avenue on the city's east side, officials said.

When the Ann Arbor News ceases printing in July , Ann Arbor will become the first US city with no daily newspaper.

Mark Dillon, prop master, and James Gardner, director of photography, look over the set during the shooting of a Pure Michigan tourism commercial at Kerrytown in Ann Arbor on Tuesday.