(Washington, DC) -- Communities across the country are marking the nation's 250th birthday with major events in Philadelphia, Boston, New York and Washington, DC. New York Harbor is hosting one of the key celebrations as dozens of tall ships from around the world take part in a massive International Parade of Sail foll...

Wright Twp., MI (WGHN) - A 22-year-old Coopersville man suffered life-threatening injuries Friday morning after his motorcycle collided with a bus in Wright Township. According to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office, the crash happened around 10:21 a.m. at the intersection of 8th Avenue and Roosevelt Street. Investigato...

(Dearborn, MI) - Two people are dead and one is injured after a shooting at a Michigan mall. It happened today at Fairlane Town Center mall in Dearborn.

(Grand Rapids, MI) - U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Keon Talik, who died in June amid an influenza outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas was from Grand Rapids. The 25-year-old's death was due to the flu according to Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro, but the Air Force's notice of his death did not mention infl...

Lansing, MI (WGHN) - State Rep. Greg VanWoerkom's plan to help working families afford childcare while strengthening Michigan's workforce has passed the Senate, taking the next step to permanently establish the state's successful MI Tri-Share Child Care Program. "Michigan parents should not be forced to make a dec...

(Ypsilanti, MI) - A fourth inmate at Michigan's Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Washtenaw County has died in less than two months. Sixty-two-year-old Dalephenia Jones was serving a life sentence and died yesterday from cardiac arrest at Trinity Health Hospital. Jones had been hospitalized since June 19th ...

(Lansing, MI) - The Secretary of State's office says over 34-thousand drivers have chosen the red, white, and blue semi-quincentennial license plate for their vehicles. The plate is a slight update to the 1976 bicentennial plate that earned the state its first "Plate of the Year" award from the Automobile Lic...