State Senator Tonya Schuitmaker discussed a proposed change to DNA requirements for prisoners and tax reform Wednesday morning…

An effort is underway to help get food to the needy in Kalamazoo County this summer, especially children. Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes hopes the "Food is Fuel Kids Campaign" will help bridge a gap that develops during the summer.…

A former member of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots, or WASPs Dorothy Eppstein of Kalamazoo passed away on Monday, she was 92.…

Kalamazoo City Manager Ken Collard says 2010 is shaping up to be another rough year for the city, financially speaking. Collard is suggesting city commissioners begin planning for it now. …

Report is first increase in state's jobless rate in the last year…

Two preservation groups have announced plans to buy 170 acres of land near Saugatuck's Oval Beach City Park. …

What if they held a Hunger Games tournament and nobody watched? That's the question posed by Gale Hawthorne, a young man who stands a strong chance of being recruited for the annual ritual held in the futuristic republic of Panem. His friend, Katniss Everdeen, laughs at the thought of people tuning out on the Hunger Games because if you're a citizen of Panem, you're expected to be glued to your TV.…

This week's National Transportation Safety Board report on the 2010 oil spill could affect proposed projects for Canadian pipeline owner…

A federal appeals court has denied an appeal from a Southwest Michigan restaurant owner fighting deportation back to Turkey. The Department of Homeland Security has said Ibrahim Parlak did not disclose his conviction related to the Kurdish separatist movement when he was granted political asylum in the United States in 1991.…

Another Enbridge Energy oil pipeline in the Midwest has sprung a leak. Officials in Romeoville, Illinois, southwest of Chicago, discovered oil coming to the surface from the underground line Thursday, September 9. …