Williamston News

MASON - The traits Scouts strive to epitomize are etched on the signs lining the drive into the Chief Okemos Council's Camp Kiwanis, just east of Mason.

Susan Vela GANNETT NEWS SERVICE Karla Johnson, 22, of Pinckney, died in a Saturday, June 27 rollover accident along eastbound Interstate 96 near the Williamston exit, according to deputies with the Ingham County Sheriff's Office.

Alexander Schultink of Williamston has been awarded the prestigious Lauren D. Weinstein Award.

The Williamston Senior Center announces its calendar for July: * July 2: Fourth of July Party, Ice Cream and Soda * July 7: 12:30 p.m., Shannon Poynter, "Organizing Your Life" * July 9: Birthday Bash * July 15: 12:30 p.m., Shannon Poynter, "Organizing Your Life" * July 16: Sing-a-long with Linda Marsh * July 23: Shannon Poynter, "Organizing Your ...

WILLIAMSTON - Karla Johnson, 22, of Pinckney, died in a Saturday night rollover accident along eastbound Interstate 96 near the Williamston exit, according to deputies with the Ingham County Sheriff's Office.

WILLIAMSTON - The Williamston Theatre will continue its Entertainment Stimulus Package by offering reduced priced tickets for its next production, 'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare ,' which will run Thursday, July 2-Sunday, Aug.

The Lansing Concert Band Big Band performance at the Red Cedar Jubilee at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, marks its eighth appearance at the Jubilees.

WILLIAMSTON - Williamston Community Schools will offer full-day developmental kindergarten classes for 4-year-old children for the 2009-10 school year.

The Williamston Theatre continues its Summer Staged Reading Series with a unique reading, or rather singing, of the haunting musical "The Last Five Years" by Jason Robert Brown, a star in the musical theater genre.

As police continue to search for East Lansing resident Robert Wayne Smith - who has been missing since he jumped into the East Grand Traverse Bay to rescue his granddaughter Saturday - his friends say his heroic actions come as no surprise.

Five years have passed since three families purchased the small local bookstore, Cornerstone Books; renamed it, and moved it to its current location on West Grand River.

On any given sunny day in Williamston you may find families with their young children enjoying the nice weather at McCormick Park.

WILLIAMSTON - The Williamston Theatre will offer classes this summer for both adults and teens.

Many things have changed in the small town of Williamston in a very short time. The community is greatly advancing and developing for a better tomorrow.

WEBBERVILLE - Fran Thirlby has dealt with the ravages of cancer two times over - and 30 years later, she's committed to doing her part to help others overcome the disease.

Wearing his medical bracelet, Lynn Allen of Williamston, Mich., displays a Paradise Durga Mata marijuana plant.

With land just a bit bare, but good things are promised. Farmers and growers got a slow start to their growing seasons this spring because of heavy rain and few dry days.

WILLIAMSTON - In the long and storied history of Williamston Boy Scout Troop 63, the ranks of Eagle Scouts has now surpassed 100 -- the highest rank in Scouting.

CHARLOTTE -- A 79-year-old Eaton County man has been reported missing. Melvin George Stofer, who police said is an Alzheimer's patient, was last seen leaving a doctor's office in Mason at 2:40 p.m. Monday.

The Lansing Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation is sponsoring the Kappa Golf Classic on June 19 at the Wheatfield Valley Golf Course, 1600 Linn Road, Williamston.