Updated: 6:25 PM A ten-year-old girl is dead after a loaded .50-caliber muzzle loader rifle goes off when she's left home alone with her brother.

Updated: 3:28 PM State officials say state revenue collections for the second quarter of the year were better than the figures for the first quarter.

Updated: 1:24 PM In East Lansing, a community forum was held to address concerns about when to take the keys away from elderly drivers who pose a threat to others and themselves.

Updated: 6:02 PM MEAP scores for fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth graders across the state are in, and administrators are beginning to digest this wealth of information.

Updated: 6:11 PM The Michigan House of Representatives could be looking at a bill this week which would make it difficult to sue fast food restaurants.

Updated: 2:43 PM Nash Dairy Farm near Ovid is experiencing high costs to produce their milk, but for the first time in two years, has the chance to turn a profit.

Updated: 6:49 PM Senator Debbie Stabenow is co-author of a bill currently being considered by the U.S. Senate. The bill would make it legal for pharmacies here in the U.S. to re-import lower-cost prescription drugs.

Updated: 6:46 PM Adam Goodrow was arrested Friday on Detroit's eastside after allegedly arranging a meeting for sex.

Updated: 6:44 PM While gas prices in many parts of Michigan are flirting with the $2 mark, they zoomed past that in the Lansing area.

Updated: 2:02 PM A $1.7 million facility that will eventually shelter abused and neglected children in Mason needs $700,000 if it is to open on schedule at the end of the year.

Updated: 1:21 PM Some wonder if Michigan State University President Peter McPherson should have waited for a better time or a better place to announce his resignation, but a number of MSU graduates say his timing couldn't have been better.

Updated: 1:26 PM Families all across America are celebrating Mother's day, and for thousands here in mid-Michigan, it's an extra special day.

Updated: 1:22 PM For the lucky ones who've landed a job, it's time to start working. Other graduating seniors will continue to search for a job in a less then perfect market, but for many it'll be back to school in the fall.

Updated: 6:21 PM Michigan State University's trustees voted Friday to move part of the College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids.

Updated: 4:15 PM MSU President M. Peter McPherson today announced his resignation from the university.

Updated: 9:34 PM Michigan State University staff is checking security and finalizing last minute details all in preparation for its highly publicized, high profile convocation speaker.

Updated: 8:51 PM $15 million dollars in property taxes is in the balance as Lansing Community College and Lansing Township continue their legal battle for the money, and now state senators are putting pressure for both to settle the dispute.

Updated: 5:11 PM It's the annual kickoff Thursday for work zone safety on the steps of the Capitol. A memorial to those who lost their lives was the centerpiece of the event.

Updated: 5:14 PM The state's schools of choice program offers parents the option to send their children to neighboring districts. But there are some changes this year in the way schools are approaching this program.

Updated: 5:21 PM A thousand Michigan school kids got some fresh air and exercise at the State Capitol Wednesday, as part of the annual "All Children Exercise Simultaneously" program.

Updated: 1:11 PM Brown's Drugstore in Lansing is closing down and downsizing. It's owner attributes the closing to the United Auto Worker/General Motors prescription drug plan that relies on filling prescriptions through mail order.

Updated: 7:14 PM Combining both police precincts and central headquarters could save the city of Lansing half a million dollars a year in rent. That is according to a council committee on rental properties.

Updated: 5:56 PM A worldwide computer virus is infecting computers at Michigan State University. And computer experts and students say it couldn't have hit at a worse time.

Updated: 4:43 PM A proposal to revamp the state's marriage and divorce laws is moving toward a vote in the Michigan House of Representatives.

Updated: 1:10 PM The President stopped in Kalamazoo to rally Republican support in the key battleground of Michigan, but was met with hundreds of protesters before his speech.