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Gloria Flint Public Library and FIM address food insecurity with summer meal program
FLINT, Mich.— The Gloria Flint Public Library, in partnership with the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan and the FIM, has launched a summer meal program aimed at addressing food insecurity among children. The initiative offers free lunches and snacks to children under 18 throughout the summer months, addressing a...
Protestors halt MSU Board of Trustees meeting, demand discussion on divestment
FLINT, Mich. (WILX) - The Michigan State University Board of Trustees may have taken its monthly meeting all the way to the city of Flint on Friday, but it could not escape another confrontation with supporters of Palestine. Protesters started their chants just as Board Trustee Sandy Pierce began delivering...
Flint native Willie Mack III misses cut for Rocket Mortgage Classic
DETROIT, Mich. - Willie Mack III's return to the Rocket Mortgage Classic is over. The Flint native has missed the cut after shooting a one-over-par 73 in the second round on Friday at the Detroit Country Club. Mack got off to a great start with birdies on two of his first three holes. But a six-hole stretch on the front nine saw his bogey four holes.
North shut outs South in all-star baseball tilt
MIDLAND — The top Great Lakes Bay Region senior baseball players congregated here Thursday for the ninth annual North vs. South High School All-Star Game. The game takes place at Dow Diamond – home of the Great Lakes Loons, the Class A Affiliate team of the Los Angeles Dodgers – and is a nine-inning contest, featuring top baseball players from the Bay City and Saginaw area against top players from the Flint and Lapeer areas.
Flint’s household hazardous waste collections are so popular there’s a drawing to pick participants
GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- The county’s household hazardous waste collection days have become so popular that officials are planning a drawing to pick who gets to participate in the next event. The Genesee County Planning Commission announced the drawing in a news release, saying the new system will provide...
Police investigating Flint’s third homicide this week
FLINT, MI – Police are investigating a homicide that took place at a residence in the 1300 block of W. Pierson Road in Flint, Michigan State Police announced. A large police presence was seen in the 1300 block of West Pierson Road early this morning, Friday, June 28. The incident was reported around 5:15 a.m. Officers from the Flint Police Department, Michigan State Police and Genesee County Sheriff’s Department responded.
Meet 15 Flint-area athletes who had outstanding spring sports seasons
FLINT – We already presented the baseball and softball Dream Teams. Now it’s time to recognize 15 Flint-area athletes in other sports who enjoyed outstanding spring seasons. Here they are presented in alphabetical order. Carli Banazak, Grand Blanc tennis. Banazak became the first Bobcats player to win a...
MCC holds graduation ceremony for 41 incarcerated students
(FLINT, Mich., June 25, 2024) – Mott Community College (MCC) celebrated a second commencement ceremony June 18 in the Thumb Correctional Facility in Lapeer. A total of 41 students graduated, during a ceremony that family and friends could attend. It was the fourth Thumb Correctional Facility graduation. The commencement...
Totem Books hosting free concert series in Flint this summer
FLINT, MI - Looking to attend a free concert in Flint this summer?. Totem Books is the place to be. The bookstore, located at 620 W Court St., is hosting a concert series every Tuesday until Aug. 13, featuring musicians from around the world. “These are not musicians you can...
Travis Thomas of Live Yes And speaks on growth mindset and leadership at 2nd Street Learning in Flint
Travis Thomas is one of a handful of speakers that talked during the summer program at 2nd Street Learning, in Flint. Egypt Otis owner of Comma Bookstore will speak July 10 and Hope Street, a career exploration App for students, will be there July 17. Renowned speaker and coach, Travis...
10 most expensive homes sold in the the Flint area, June 17-23
A house in Fenton that sold for $1.2 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in the Flint area in the past week. In total, 55 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $320,541. The average price per square foot ended up at $188.
Teen who allegedly shot 16-year-old sister bound over for trial
FLINT, MI – The criminal case against a teenager who was accused of shooting his 16-year-old sister in the face in May was bound over to circuit court last week. Jakai Braxton Williams, 18, faces the following nine charges: four charges of assault with intent to murder, four felony firearm charges and one charge of carrying a concealed weapon.
Divestment protest causes evacuation of MSU board meeting
Michigan State University trustees temporarily evacuated their meeting in Flint after a protest calling for the university to divest funds erupted.Students with the Hurriya Coalition started chanting as trustee Sandy Pierce, who chairs the finance committee, began discussion of the committee's highly-anticipated review of the university's financial portfolio."The board is satisfied with the portfolio and it aligns with our policies," Pierce said. After beginning to read a prewritten statement addressing concerns over investments activists say is funding the Israel-Hamas war, a dozen attendees stood up."The Board of Trustees is out of line with their own policies," shouted student organizer Jesse...
Child hit on bicycle and badly injured in Flint
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - A juvenile boy suffered major injuries when an SUV hit him while he was riding a bicycle on Chevrolet Avenue in Flint on Thursday evening. The Flint Police Department says the boy, who was not identified, was on a black bicycle riding north on Chevrolet Avenue near Woodbridge Street around 9:15 p.m. when a white Ford Edge also traveling north hit him from behind.
Intense feelings and thought-provoking questions remain ahead of 3-year-old King Messiah Anthony Davis’ funeral
Featured photo Richert Manor is the 12 story building which King Messiah Anthony Davis fell from the 9th floor of before his tragic death. The funeral for King Messiah Anthony Davis is being held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, with a 10:30 a.m. family hour at No Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church, 778 E. Holbrook Ave., Flint, MI 48505. At this time, emotions are still high and many questions yet unanswered.
What’s that? Flint state park project work begins with construction of river riffles
FLINT, MI – Construction of the first state park in Flint has started, and the initial focus is knee-deep in the Flint River. Workers this week started construction of the first of six riffles between downtown and North Grand Traverse Street, in-water work designed to improve fish habitat and create shallower, faster-moving sections of the river.
Flint’s schools are burning and officials can’t agree on how to stop it
FLINT, MI – A yellow violation notice stapled to the front door of the old Zimmerman Middle School on Flint’s west side tells the shorthand version of what happened to this structure abandoned more than a decade ago. What the condemnation notice doesn’t say is there’s more going...
Five candidates confirmed for Flint’s 3rd Ward recall election
Flint, MI— The Flint City Clerk’s Office has confirmed the five candidates who will run for the 3rd Ward City Council seat following a recall effort against incumbent councilmember Quincy Murphy. The names, revealed on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, include Beverly Biggs-Leavy, A.C. Dumas, LaShawn Johnson, Richard Jones,...
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