Alert: News Spotlight: MDOC searching for prisoner Johnny Rodgers released from Oakland County Jail August 24

 

The Michigan Department of Corrections is searching for prisoner Johnny Rodgers after he was mistakenly released  from the Oakland County Jail at 6:03 p.m. August 24.

Rodgers, 25, is 6 feet tall and about 187 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He has tattoos on his arms, face, neck and chest.

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August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month

 

Mishael Freeman, 2-years-old and 7 months; Clara Freeman, 11-years-old; Daro Freeman, 8-years-old; Iris Freeman 17 months and their mother, Claretta Duckett-Freeman and Vickie Freeman, 9-years-old on the Capitol .  All of the children have been breastfed. 

Courtesy photo

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How incivility spreads in the workplace

 EAST LANSING, MI –Condescending comments, put-downs and sarcasm have become commonplace in the politically charged workplace, and a new study co-authored by a Michigan State University business scholar shows how this incivility may be spreading.

 

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The Keyzer Chronicles!: I’m Going On An Adventure!

 By Aleshia Keyzer

 
I’ve recently been on a documentary kick on Netflix. I’ve always found them boring before, and I’ve often wondered who in their right mind would choose a documentary over the thousands of other options available (my brother would). 

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PET WORLD: Huskies, wolves, dog food and fish

 

By Marc Morrone
Tribune Content Agency
 
   Q: My son loves wolves and he wants to get a Siberian husky but I heard that since they look like wolves they act like them too, and that they can turn on you, and be unpredictable. 

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Travel: Heart in Havana

 

 

By Angela Fossi

TNCP Community Writer
 
For as long as I can remember, Cuba was so close to my heart, but so far way. 

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Cuban Band Orquesta Ritmo Set to Play at the Great Lakes Folk Festival

 Great Lakes Folk Festival Schedule

Friday, August 12,  6:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, August 13, noon – 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 14, noon – 6:00 p.m.
 
Orquesta  Ritmo Schedule
Saturday – 9:30 p.m.
Sunday – 4:30 p.m.

www.greatlakesfolkfest.net

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The Keyzer Chronicles!: For the Love of Old Things

 

By Aleshia Keyzer

 
Throughout the past few years, I have acquired a collection of junk. Old, eclectic, useless, beautiful things. I have no room to store the trillions of old vinyl records I’ve collected. 

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Adolescent exposure to drugs, alcohol fuels use in adulthood

 

EAST LANSING, MI — Teenagers who have easy access to drugs and alcohol in the home are more likely to drink and do drugs in their early and late 20s. That’s according to the one of the first studies to look at how adolescent exposure to illegal substances affects patterns of abuse in adulthood.

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