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News Spotlight: Teleconference Set on Fatherhood and Domestic Violence

Rina Risper13 years ago04 mins

On Monday, January 14, 2013 at 3:00pm-4:30pm EST a webinar is set on Fatherhood and Domestic Violence. A webinar is an on-line seminar and requires access to the internet to connect.

Presenters: David Mandel, MA, with David Mandel & Associates and

Gabrielle Davis, J. D. attorney with the Battered Women’s Justice Project.

Description: Domestic violence is often defined as the perpetration of coercive control by one adult against another in an intimate relationship. n reality, domestic violence perpetrators frequently engage in a web of behaviors that also directly and indirectly involve their children.

Update News Spotlight: Murder Victim’s Cause of Death Released

Rina Risper13 years ago02 mins

Update to 12/22/2012 Homicide 1000 Block Kelsey

Job Seekers: U.S. Probation Officer – Deadline is December 31, 2012

Rina Risper13 years ago01 mins

The U.S. Probation & Pretrial Services Office for the Western District of Michigan is accepting applications for one full time United States Probation Services Officer to be assigned to the Kalamazoo or Lansing, MI branch office.

News Spotlight: Utility Company Warns About Imposters

Rina Risper13 years ago02 mins

The Board of Water & Light has been alerted by a customer that persons claiming to be a utility worker requested to gain entry to their home.

News Spotlight: Convenience Store Robbery – 700 block N Pine St

Rina Risper13 years ago03 mins

On Sunday December 23, 2012 at 12:49 a.m. officers responded to a convenience store on the 700 block of Pine St on report of an armed robbery.

News Spotlight: Body Recovered from Red Cedar River – December 8

Rina Risper13 years ago02 mins

On Saturday December 8, 2012 at 11:45 am, Lansing Police Department officers responded to the area of Crego Park/Landing (Aurelius and Mt Hope).

(The above was originally posted on December 12, 2012)

UPDATE!!! - An arrest warrant for Open Murder was issued and an ARREST has been made on a 19 year old male from Flint, MI. for the Murder of Schnee Hyon Sin.

The suspect will be arraigned in Lansing 54-A district court in the near future. Details surrounding this open investigation are not being released at this time.

News Spotlight: Chronic worriers at higher risk for PTSD

Rina Risper13 years ago03 mins

EAST LANSING, Mich. — People who worry constantly are at greater risk for post-traumatic stress disorder, according to new Michigan State University research published in the journal Psychological Medicine.

Along for the Ride: Bike Program Teaches Skills and Fitness

Rina Risper13 years ago05 mins

Kids Repair Program

Curt “Grandad” Eure

Founder and Coordinator

5815 Wise Road

Lansing, MI 48911

517-755-4174

kidsrepairprogrambikes@gmail.com

Bike repair Wednesday night at the shop. “Open Work Shop”. Starts at 6 PM, open until 9 PM, 7:30 PM is when the last person can begin a repair project for the evening. Ages 10 through adults.

Left: Curt “Grandad” Eure celebrating his 87th birthday young with his very own cake! The celebration took place after the Kids Repair Program volunteer dinner.

Courtesy photo

Astrophysicist Helps Superman Find Home Planet

Rina Risper13 years ago03 mins

Capital City Collectibles located at 2019 E. Michigan Avenue (located inside Everybody Reads Bookstore)

Left: Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a astrophysicist and the director of the Hayden Planetarium.

By The NorthStar News & Analysis

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of The Hayden Planetarium and an astrophysicist, appears in DC Action Comics #14 to help Superman locate Krypton, his home planet, so that he can see his home planet on the last day of its existence, a day before it is destroyed.

Just Thinking Out Loud:Men You Are Needed

Rina Risper13 years ago08 mins

By Marvin Cato

TNCP CAN

I am an only child and I grew up in the foster care system and bounced from place to place. When I look back on my life, I realize that I am a statistical anomaly.