Saginaw News

A Saginaw man convicted of 14 counts of criminal sexual conduct with a female relative will have to wait until Monday to learn how long he'll spend in prison.

Barry S. Coleman Jr. told Tiffany L. Smith he would kill her if she didn't pay him the money she owed, a witness testified Wednesday.

Results from a second round of samples collected from the Midland, Saginaw and Bay City water supplies show "no dioxin or furan contamination," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say.

USC basketball coach Kevin O'Neill signed four players to fill several holes for his first recruiting class Wednesday as he tries to rebuild a program left in disarray by his predecessor, Tim Floyd.

A fire destroyed the vacant and unsecured home at 2741 E. Holland about 1 a.m. this morning, Saginaw Fire Battalion Chief Edgar Johnson said.

Make that 23 people. They've have been named to a Community Advisory Group to help advise federal and state regulators during an ongoing cleanup of dioxin contamination in the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River and Bay.

A man was killed in an overnight shooting in Saginaw. Detectives said the man was shot multiple times at the corner of Burt Street and Genesee Avenue.

A Saginaw man will wait another week for a preliminary hearing on charges in connection with what police say was an Oct.

A freighter passes through downtown Bay City in October. Continuing a five-year trend, 2009 proved commercial shipping on the Saginaw River is still on a downturn.

Michigan schools officials have selected 13 districts that could get new initiatives paid for if the state wins competitive grants from the federal stimulus program.

The Kempton Elementary School teacher accused of uttering a racial slur in front of students will resign from the Saginaw School District, under an agreement approved Wednesday by the district Board of Education.

Greg Branch officially replaced incumbent Joyce Seals as mayor of Saginaw in a 5-2 vote Monday.

Sixteen-year-old Davontral Coleman's fingerprints were on the gun used in the Sept.

The preliminary hearing for a Saginaw man charged with shooting his 11-year-old nephew was delayed again on Friday.

An ongoing neighborhood feud erupted into a rake fight over alleged cat feces. It culminated in one homeowner headed to the hospital and another being placed in the backseat of Saginaw police car about 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Road crews from Lois Kay Contracting Company of Carrollton Township are closing Atwater between Sheridan and Weadock to resurface the road beginning Tuesday until Nov.

Lake freighters have lightened loads for years to snake through the Saginaw River to drop off cargo.

An East Lansing public works crew will be performing water work at the intersection of Saginaw Street and Sabron Drive, Oct.

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm speaks with John M. Searles, superintendent of Merrill Community Schools, after a meeting with local education and community leaders at the Saginaw Intermediate School District Transitions Center, 3860 Fashion Square, where they discussed funding for local schools on Monday morning.

All-night-long Arson Watch patrols and unfavorable weather led to a quiet weekend on the arson front and contributed to a decrease in Devil's and Halloween night fires this year, says Saginaw Fire Marshal Gregory A. Barton.