Updated: 2:45 PM Just a week before her open murder trial was set to begin, 32-year-old Linda Marquardt plead guilty to second degree murder charges Monday.

Updated: 7:59 AM The Jackson School Board voted unanimously to save $857,504 by cutting nearly 15 workers. Educators voiced their disgust, and school officials say state funding and declining enrollment is to blame.

Updated: 5:38 PM The state is working on bringing in sales tax money from out of state purchases. Michigan lawmakers and retailers say it’s a measure that would help level the playing field.

Updated: 5:36 PM The sudden drop in temperatures has many bundled up outside, but kids don't have the same ability to handle the cold that adults do. Some helpful tips from Health Reporter Rachel Calderon

Updated: 8:01 AM It's Thanksgiving everyday at Cornwell's Turkeyville, USA. Owners and patrons say it's the best turkey around.

Updated: 6:03 PM A tentative agreement between UAW Local 602 and General Motors has been reached on Friday. Union leaders are calling the contract a positive deal for the membership.

Updated: 4:47 PM Clinton County Sheriff's investigators are still investigating the cause of a collision between a school bus and pickup truck, but they say it appears the school bus driver may have failed to stop for a stop sign.

Updated: 4:44 PM Green onions linked to Hepatitis A in Pennsylvania.

Updated: 4:09 PM Lansing’s Bingham School is one of several elementary schools in the district, but what makes the school unique is its relationship with the community.

Updated: 7:01 PM An Okemos-based company will not hire anyone who smokes, and if current employees don't quit by 2005, their employment will be terminated.

Updated: 4:00 PM Eight people were taken to area hospitals Thursday afternoon after a school bus rolled over after colliding with a pickup truck in rural Clinton County.

Updated: 5:14 PM The Capital Area United Way announces better than expected totals for its fundraising campaign so far this year.

Updated: 4:52 PM A man who escaped from a state prison in Jackson 20 years ago in back behind bars in Kansas.

Updated: 4:35 PM Police in Jackson County found a baby crocodile during a crack cocaine raid.

Updated: 6:32 PM Health experts at Sparrow Hospital say it's an illness they treat year-round, but they are seeing more cases of strep throat.

Updated: 10:05 PM Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business received a $500,000 gift from IBM. The University now has a new On-Demand Supply Chain Laboratory.

Updated: 6:10 PM A strain of the flu is making those who got the flu vaccine sick.

Updated: 6:08 PM Identity theft is not solely a high tech crime committed on the Internet. It can be as simple as someone stealing your mail or discarded credit card receipt.

Updated: 8:54 AM If you feel like there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done, there are ways to achieve balance in your life.

Updated: 8:53 AM A letter addressed to church members says $148,500 was allegedly embezzled from East Lansing’s Ascension Lutheran Church.

Updated: 8:55 PM Lansing's Capitol Loop project, scheduled to start next year, has been delayed. However, the city is hoping to start a scaled down version of the project sometime next year.

Updated: 6:14 PM The Massachusetts' Supreme Court decided Tuesday 4-3 that the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.

Updated: 4:00 PM Gov. Granholm wants to cut higher education by six-percent, a move that could trigger another round of tuition increases.

Updated: 3:38 PM A Michigan man died in Iraq this week when the vehicle he was riding in hit a landmine.

Updated: 3:36 PM The man accused of murdering his mother in their Okemos home last week is asking for an evaluation of his sanity.