News Briefs 8-8
BBB Warns Against Swine Flu Scams: Scammers are creating their own epidemic of spam e-mails
Featured Stories
Project Green Community Cookout and May Day Event Mix Fun, Friends and Family
Connie Nickson (right), Principal of Willow School, enjoys the Project Green event as she takes a break to help feed attendees.
How to: Get your home cleaner and greener
FRESNO, Calif. _ Anyone who has ever cleaned a glass shower door with a store-bought cleaner promising to remove dreaded soap scum will attest to trying to do the job as quickly as possible to avoid the smell.
Michigan hospitals, health care providers brace for governor’s Medicaid cuts
Michigan Health and Hospitals Association official: ‘We are troubled because this action doesn’t seem to fit with the idea of good public and fiscal policy.’
Special Update: Alleged Shooter of Arcadia Street Victim On the Run
Chantwan Devontay Watkin
Lansing Male
15 years old
Lansing Male
15 years old
Should be considered armed and dangerous
Special: Lansing Loses Discount Dave’s Buy Rite Furniture Store In Fire
A fire raged through Discount Dave’s Buy Rite Furniture store located at 1121 S. Washington Avenue on Sunday, May 3, 2009.
Dino’s Barber Studio Joins Health Outreach Effort
Health and Haircuts: A Perfect Match- Simir Kur and Jennifer Elizondo talk to Dino Horton, owner of Dino’s Barber Studio and Johnny Colon about health issues. TNCP Photo
LANSING, MI — The African-American barbershop has long been a place where men could gather without fear of retribution since before the Civil Rights era. It has always served as a place where men could comfortably talk about politics, life, education and their issues – including health.
An Unlikely Love Affair
Deon Joseph has gone from being overwhelmed by the conditions in the Skid Row district to thoroughly engaged with the community as senior lead officer in LAPD’s Central Area.