Muskegon Heights News

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority is beginning the first round of Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants worth more than $7.5 million to 15 cities.

The murder victim's family's statements ranged from angry to forgiving. The convicted defendant insisted he was innocent.

For parent Marisol Strong, getting her four schools-of-choice children on time to four different schools in the Orchard View district is a chore in itself.

Police are looking for evidence and information in the Saturday morning slaying of a 19-year-old Muskegon woman.

Neither a Moon Elementary School kindergarten teacher who died recently nor a critically ill student in her classroom had H1N1 "swine flu," according to local health officials.

A teacher is dead and one of her students is seriously ill, but Muskegon Public Schools officials say they have no reason to believe the two tragedies are connected.

Kim Bishop prepares pizzas inside Lakeshore Middle School in Grand Haven. Bishop works as part of the school's food staff.

The Muskegon Heights Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own.

Officers in Muskegon Heights are mourning the loss of their police chief. Chief Clifton Johnson died Sunday.

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority is beginning the first round of Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants worth more than $7.5 million to 15 cities.

On July 10, 2008, Robert Lee Shine was paroled from prison. Robert L. Shine He had served exactly three years, the bare minimum of two concurrent sentences: three to 30 years for receiving and concealing stolen property, three to five years for attempted breaking and entering a building.

Jose "Big Joe" Loera wants young people to know there's nothing glamorous about incarceration.

Another school district faced with dropping enrollment and declining revenues has to make painful budget cuts.

The murder trial for a 20-year-old Muskegon Heights man - so far peppered with unexpected events - is set to resume Tuesday.

Muskegon Heights fire investigators have determined that one recent fire was arson, and a second was the result of a child playing with fire.

A Muskegon Heights family is asking for help in solving a 7-year-old murder case.

The cause of a Friday night fire that damaged a home at 3212 Eighth has yet to be determined, but fire officials said they believe it began in the kitchen area.

The pain of a community with 16 percent unemployment came spilling out when Michigan Gov.

Seven years. That's how much time has passed since 23-year-old Georgette Latrice Diggs was murdered in her apartment while her three young children slept.

The city of Muskegon Heights is aiming the wrecking ball at 22 dilapidated houses and buildings in an ongoing effort to fight blight.