CRIME UPDATE: Suspect still at-large in this morning’s Butler Boulevard beating

by Wes Thorp June 24, 2011

What was originally reported as a suspected shooting on the 300 block of Butler Blvd. was actually a beating of a 65-year-old man around 9:30 this morning, according to the Lansing State Journal. Reported at first as a shooting, it was discovered that the attack originated as a result of disagreement between several parties. Video [...]

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BULLETIN: Lansing police have manhut for shooting suspect in 300 N. Butler Boulevard neighborhood

by Wes Thorp June 24, 2011

10:30 a.m., Friday morning: The Lansing State Journal reports that the Lansing Police Department has a manhunt in progress for a shooting suspect in the 300 N. Butler Boulevard neighborhood between Ionia and Shiawassee Streets.  Check here for details at they develop.

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Lansing’s City Planning Board fails to recommend medical marijuana ordinance

by Wes Thorp June 24, 2011

The sale of medical marijuana in Lansing remains a hot-button item as the city Planning Board failed to recommend passage of a proposed medical marijuana ordinance, according to WILX-TV 10 news. The challenge faced by the City Council is regulating the 48 marijuana stores already in business in the city and the issue on whether [...]

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CRIME REPORT: Newspaper delivery person shot early this morning on Lansing’s south side

by Wes Thorp June 24, 2011

WILX.com WILX.com–News 10–reports that a newspaper delivery person was shot in the arm early this morning as an attempt was made to highjack his car on the 1400 block of Ada Street on Lansing’s southside.  The carjackers were not found and the victim had a non-life-threatening injury.

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CRIME REPORT: Wounded 23-year-old man found crawling on East Michigan Ave.

by Wes Thorp June 24, 2011

Check this Lansing State Journal story on its website for a short report about a 23-year-old man found crawling on East Michigan Avenue near Hosmer Street early this morning.  He had been shot in the left calf.  No additional details were given.

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Here’s the Lansing City Council info packet for June 20 meeting

by Wes Thorp June 20, 2011

Lansing (MI) City Council info packet for June 20 meeting(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();

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CRIME REPORT: Shots fired at Waverly and Jolly Road on early Sunday morning

by Wes Thorp May 16, 2011

Shots were reported to have been fired early Sunday morning from the Eaton County side of the intersection of South Waverly and Jolly Roads, according to local media.  Details are sketchy and it was unknown if anybody was injured.  More information is expected to be released by Eaton sheriff deputies this morning.  Here’s links to [...]

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City Council President A’Lynne Robinson gives her take on Lansing budget

by Wes Thorp May 15, 2011

A NOTE OF EXPLANATION: This is beginning of my blog post about yesterday’s “Second Saturday” meeting where City Council President A’Lynne Robinson meets with her constituents about the city’s very stressed budget proposal for 2011-12. This an attempt at one person citizen journalism where I was armed with a computer and a small Flip video [...]

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Here’s downloadabe Lansing City Council info packet for May 16 meeting

by Wes Thorp May 14, 2011

Lansing (MI) City Council info packet for May 16 meeting(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();

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More details about Kaynorth Road homicide

by Wes Thorp May 14, 2011

The neighbor to the 40-year-old man who was murdered Thursday night on Kaynorth Road speaks out about what he heard from the victim’s house in this video story from WLNS.com. The southside homicide is the third in the city this year, according to the story.

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