Washtenaw County News

Michigan's hate crime law would expand to include intimidation of gays and lesbians and people with disabilities, and would make hanging a noose or burning a cross on someone else's property specific crimes, ...

The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department said a preliminary investigation into an Ypsilanti couple's death shows it was possibly a murder-suicide. Friends of 57-year-old Douglas Gorham and his wife, ...

A man was beaten with a metal pipe and robbed near an intersection in Superior Township on Monday morning, police reports said.

Authorities have ruled the deaths of an Ypsilanti Township couple as a murder-suicide and released their names Tuesday.

The first time convicted rapist Marvin Taylor was released from prison, he sexually assaulted a woman just eight days later, state officials say.

The Ann Arbor News The idea was certainly ambitious: Create a 35-mile paved pathway for cyclists, joggers and pedestrians that runs all the way across Washtenaw County, largely near the Huron River.

Lyle Andress says his sprawling backyard train layout keeps him out of trouble. "This keeps me off the streets," he said with a smile, standing beside his lavish train set and village that winds through his ...

Authorities are investigating the deaths of an Ypsilanti Township couple found in their home Saturday as an apparent murder-suicide. Washtenaw County Sheriff's Cmdr.

During 50 years living in a log cabin on Half Moon Lake, Harold Baker's appreciation for the woods around him has only grown.

Sunday, July 20, 2008 BY LIZ COBBS Principal Laura Lisiscki and her staff at Kaiser Elementary School in the Willow Run school district were out recruiting students door-to-door again the other day.

By nearly all accounts, it's a critical time for the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department.

The federal law that prompted a would-be candidate for Washtenaw County sheriff to quit the race earlier this year has led a candidate for a different office to quit his job instead.

Washtenaw County Probate Judge Nancy Francis is nearing the end of her 6-year term.

County Commissioner Mark Ouimet, District 1, received a surprise honor earlier this month - the support of prominent county Democrat Jean King.

With just one name on the Aug. 5 ballot for Washtenaw County prosecutor, Brian Mackie doesn't have much to worry about.

The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in two Freedom of Information Act disputes affecting state universities and when personal information can become public.

Barring a successful write-in campaign, the race for Washtenaw County drain commissioner will be decided during the Aug.

Scio Township Fire Department shift commander Brian Koch radios into the station that he's heading back Tuesday after securing a potentially contaminated site along Liberty Road ahead of the arrival of the ...

The Jewish Federation of Washtenaw County has changed its name to the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor.

A jury deliberated about seven hours before finding a man guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his live-in girlfriend in their Ypsilanti home.