Constantine News

Special to the Kalamazoo G... December 26, 2009, 8:47PM Between the state's grim fiscal situation, a school-funding crisis, its infamy in leading the nation in unemployment and other gloomy issues, Matt Lori knew his first year as a state representative would have its share of challenges.

Michigan State Troopers are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred in the Village of Constantine on S. Washington Street.

WHITE PIGEON, Mich. Smoke and fire consumed their home, but one West Michigan family is still counting their blessings.

Kristina Pollard was surprisingly casual about offering one of her kidneys to a total stranger, not realizing initially what the gesture would mean to the recipient.

Authorities say a 37-year-old Sturgis man suspected of retail fraud was fleeing police in west Michigan when the vehicle he was driving missed a curve and was struck by an oncoming vehicle, killing him.

Police say a 50-year-old Constantine man is facing charges in both Cass and St. Joseph counties after crashing into a residence in one county and fleeing police in the other.

Police say a Granger man was killed in a fiery Monday morning crash on U.S. 30. The accident happened around 8:40 a.m. when a van driven by 60-year-old Joseph Youngbok Jo was heading southbound on CR 800 West.

A long-awaited U.S. 131 bypass around Constantine is back in the state's near-term plans, but funding uncertainties could push it back by years.

The Michigan State Police are asking for your help as they investigate a suspicious fire in Constantine.

For two hours on Christmas Day 1943 weary Canadians came in from the war in Ortona where they ate and thought of home.

Cass County commissioners will meet earlier in 2010, but a move to return to a 2008 mix of afternoon and night sessions failed.

Some people in Saint Joseph County say similar street names in Constantine could create a dangerous situation.

Cass County commissioners usually adjust non-union salaries and wages in December.

Investigators are looking for a cause in a Constantine house fire. It started before midnight Saturday on South Washington Street.

The Constantine community is growing frustrated as police continue to search for Jodi Parrack's killer.

The cornucopia of plentiful autumn sales continues with Constantine & Pletcher's November spectacular along with strong events from The Three Rivers Auction Co., J. S. Dill and the Royal York auction houses.

Linda Allbaugh stood with her arms folded as she watched a crowd gather at South Washington Park on Sunday -- exactly two years from the day her granddaughter, Jodi Parrack, was found murdered.

The case has frustrated police and the community of Constantine, Michigan. Sunday, exactly 2 years to the day Jodi was found murdered, family, friends, and the community held a vigil to remember and honor her memory.

The next step for Colon Community Schools - on the heels of its $23.1 million plan for a new elementary school being defeated Tuesday - might be taken early next week.

A meth lab started a fire inside a Constantine home Thursday. That fire broke out around 5:00 Thursday night at a home on Water Street.