Updated: 9:08 AM Michigan State Police arrest 12 men during a weekend sting operation at a local rest area.

Updated: 4:40 PM Lansing has been given a five-star rating as a place to live by a respected business magazine.

Updated: 4:32 PM Gas prices are finally starting to go down.

Updated: 4:30 PM A new discount air carrier begins service between Lansing and Washington, D.C.

Updated: 6:17 PM In a darkened room at party headquarters, Michigan Republicans watched the final farewell to President Ronald Reagan.

Updated: 1:20 PM Lansing charter school, Walter French Academy, is hoping for the best but expecting the worst as its board president believes the school will probably close down.

Updated: 2:12 PM The Michigan Supreme Court upheld a prior ruling stating that Wolverine Pipeline must receive permission by the City of Lansing in building its proposed 60 mile petroleum pipeline.

Updated: 6:01 PM Local utilities are more ready this year to handle another major power outage. The recent blast of summer heat has many residents cranking up their electricity use.

Updated: 4:45 PM The Michigan Senate and the Michigan House have passed a ban on partial birth abortion.

Updated: 2:17 PM In the City of Jackson, there was a memorial to remember the life and legacy of former President Ronald Reagan.

Updated: 6:20 PM Michigan State Police are cracking down on sex offenders who fail to update their addresses. Fifty arrests were made in two weeks during the annual operation taking place in Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties.

Updated: 5:18 PM Lawmakers are moving to prevent a $28 per pupil cut in state aid to schools.

Updated: 2:27 PM General Motors announced that it will begin selling Cadillacs to China. It's an attempt by the automaker to further its share of what some call the fastest growing auto market in the world.

Updated: 7:02 PM While crowds gather at memorials in California and Washington, here in mid-Michigan flags are flying at half staff.

Updated: 7:02 AM A Former Homer High School Teacher Was Found Dead Hours Before He Was Due In Court For Sentencing.

Updated: 5:03 PM The president of Mexico is planning a June 17 visit to Lansing. He will discuss business and cultural exchanges.

Updated: 10:14 AM Ronald Reagan, the cheerful crusader died Saturday after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease.

Updated: 9:42 PM Former President Ronald Reagan dies today at the age of 93 after a long battle against Alzheimer's disease.

Updated: 6:20 PM General Motors begins it's layoffs that were announced earlier this year. A spokesperson for the company says Monday about 400 will be jobless.

Updated: 6:04 PM East Lansing High School students say it was an end of the year joke, but school officials and police aren't laughing.

Posted: 4:32 PM With the bumper crop of mosquitoes this year backyard BBQs will have more bites than you want. Dennis Drummond reports there are some things you can do the kill the little critters.

Updated: 2:23 PM Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm says the result of the recent heavy rains is a disaster.

Updated: 9:04 AM Cheryl and Phillip Haddock of Grand Ledge have been waging a legal war with state agencies to receive federal funding for their adopted special needs son. A son who’s special needs weren’t completely revealed by the agency finalizing the adoption until many years later, according to the Haddocks.

Updated: 10:21 AM The Walter French Academy has been on probation from its authorizing charter school agent, Central Michigan University, since March. Last week, the university called it quits and pulled the contract. At a special meeting Tuesday, the academy's Board of Directors announced what it plans to do to keep the school open.

Updated: 4:00 PM Governor Jennifer Granholm says schools may lose another $28 per student in state funding if proposed tax increases for cigarettes and liquor fail.