Choose your location
WLNS
Lansing City Hall sale gets green light
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – The sale of Lansing’s iconic City Hall passed the city council during a meeting Monday. This clears another hurdle before out-of-state developers can convert the building into a 183-room hotel in the heart of the capital city. “I am thrilled that we can now move forward with a proposal that is […]
Yet another truck loses to Penn Bridge; gets stuck
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Another truck got stuck under the bridge on Pennsylvania Avenue near Potter Park Zoo in Lansing Monday evening. No one was injured. Lansing police responded at around 7:07 p.m. and closed the northbound lanes for about two hours while crews worked to remove the truck from beneath the bridge, known lovingly […]
Racist rally stirs up community
HOWELL, Mich. (WLNS) – A “White Lives Matter” rally in Howell on Saturday has people defending their city, saying that’s not what they stand for. The city said a group of a dozen people with their faces covered, holding white supremacist signs, chanting “Heil Hitler”, walked down Grand River Avenue. 6 News spoke with people […]
Meridian Township to pre-process absentee ballots
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Meridian Township will pre-process absentee voter ballots on Monday, Aug. 5, the day before Election Day, the township clerk’s office announced Monday. State law allows the board of election commissioners of a city or township with a population of at least 5,000 to authorize the processing of absentee ballots between 7:00 […]
‘I’m not going anywhere:’ Michigan Gov. Whitmer says about possible Vice Presidential pick
During an event at the state capitol in Lansing Monday morning, 6 News asked Whitmer if she was prepared to take the Vice Presidency if it was offered. "No, I'm not going anywhere," Whitmer told 6 News.
Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says ‘we failed’
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle plans to tell lawmakers Monday that the agency “failed” in its mission to protect the president after former President Donald Trump was wounded earlier this month during a campaign rally.
CASA for Kids to hold book drive
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – CASA for Kids of Barry, Eaton and Ingham Counties will hold a book drive Friday, July 26. The book drive, in partnership with Fifth Third Bank, also includes special guest readers Rep. Kara Hope at 11 a.m. and Rep. Emily Dievendorf at 2 p.m. The event, which aims to help raise […]
Tim Skubick’s take on the presidential race and how Michigan might play a role
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — If candidate Joe Biden had asked Governor Whitmer to be his running mate in 2020, she confirmed she would have said yes. But what now if someone asks about that second spot on the ticket? With President Joe Biden now bowing out and embracing his Vice President Harris for the job, […]
How do Michigan voters feel about Project 2025?
The document outlines plans to greatly expand the control that a president has over federal agencies, by giving the president authority to fire as many as 50,000 civil service employees and appoint replacements who are loyal to the administration's agenda.
WLNS
24K+
Posts
144M+
Views
6 News is here for you with news, weather, and sports online at wlns.com
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.