Burton News

MLive-Flint Journal is planning to photograph as many Genesee County high school graduations this year as we possibly can.

LIHI is one of 10 organizations in the running to win $250,000; the other organizations eligible and competing against LIHI for the $25,000 are Volunteers of America Greater Ohio in Columbus, OH; Stiggy's Dogs in Howell, MI; and AMVETS Post 44 in Struthers, OH; Michigan Veterans Foundation in Detroit, MI, VFW Post 2777 in Burton, MI; The 313 ... (more)

After Queen Elizabeth II said no to a dying boy's wish to visit Buckingham Palace, Helen Mirren, who's currently playing Her Majesty onstage, stepped in and made his dream come true .

The First Tee golf program for children 5 to 16 years old is returning in June for its third year at IMA Brookwood Golf Club in Burton.

Students from Grand Blanc's alternative high school, Center for Student Success, volunteered this spring with Habitat for Humanity of Genesee County.

A Saturday, May 25, car and truck show at ELGA Credit Union in Burton will benefit the Pack The Truck campaign.

A Flint man was sentenced to prison following a string of armed robberies with a fake gun.

A look at the back end of the 1968 Plymouth GTX, complete with license plate 34YRDRM, that Ortonville residents Joe and Donna Hosner repaired with help from sons Brian and David Hosner.

Drivers in the Burton area have been urged to seek alternate routes of travel beginning Monday, May 19, as a portion of Center Road between Davison Road and Court Street will close for railroad track repairs.

Burton firefighters survey damage Sunday, May 19, to a Jolson Avenue home following a fire and explosion inside the residence.

Participants in American Heart Association's Heart Walk make their way through UM-Flint's campus on Saturday, May 18, in downtown Flint.

In this 2012 photo, ELGA Credit Union team members pose for a photo. From left: State.

Flint emergency manager Ed Kurtz and other city officials are keeping any potential changes in city services or increases in fees close to their vests as they prepare to present the city budget May 20 to Michigan Department of Treasury officials.

The Genesee County hazardous materials team and the Burton fire department investigate a suspected ammonia leak at Ice Mountain in Burton Wednesday, Jan.

Davison officials have begun a discussion on a potential backyard chicken ordinance after 9-year-old Chloe Hinkley brought up the idea to her father Chris Hinkley, a member of the city's planning commission.

Sixth through eighth grade students will return to Bentley Middle School by fall 2013 for classes.

Genesee Township and Burton fire departments responded to the scene at Chip's Supper Club on Richfield Road just before 6 p.m. Genesee Township Fire Chief Ray Sowa told NBC25 that an outdoor propane grill behind the restaurant caught fire and flames spread to a nearby fence and then to an unused walk-in freezer.

Local students have been names to the dean's and president's lists for the fall semester at Northwood University.

Voters in Burton will have four familiar names on the Nov. 5 ballot running for three, four-year Burton City Council seats.

Barb Burnett, 46, hula hoops outside HealthPlus. HealthPlus observes National Employee Health and Wellness Day by hosting recess in their back lot Wed., May 15.