Burton News

MLive.com Veterans saluted the Flag during a playing of Taps by Davison High School trumpeters.

A hazy sunrise surrounds the U.S. flag in front of the United States Army Reserve Center in Buena Vista Township as the Memorial Day weekend begins.

John Trosko of Flint salutes during the playing of "Echo Taps" after leading with Marine Corps League Flint Detachment #155 in a rifle salute during at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly in 2011.

A photo of a scanned polaroid of Howard Rodabaugh, of Burton, in the hospital during his treatment for the flesh eating bacteria necrotizing fasciitis.

City of Burton Memorial Day FestivitiesA will be starting off with a fun filled parade for all ages at 6:00pm - parade route is just past Atherton Rd.

Applications are now being accepted for two $500 scholarships to be handed out by the Burton Chamber of Commerce.

The event to "extend the rope of hope" is scheduled for June 11 at The Jewel of Grand Blanc Golf Course, 5270 Perry Road.

Atherton teachers, board members and other staff may not have won their softball game against Burton employees Wednesday evening, but they still walked away with a prize.

A shotgun-wielding superhero accused of assaulting a man at a Burton mobile home park will be forced to answer to the charges in Genesee Circuit Court, a district court judge ruled today.

City employees have accepted a challenge from Atherton school staff to square off in a co-ed softball game to raise funds for a bullying awareness program.

The Race 2 Grace event is returning to Faithway Christian School in Burton for a second year and will include a muddy challenge for those who accept.

Carter James was born April 15, 2012, at Genesys Regional Medical Center to Stephanie and Kyle Darling of Mt.

Five homes in Burton renovated through the Genesee County Neighborhood Stabilization Program are scheduled to be part of a tour by the county's Metropolitan Planning Commission May 12.

Flint Police investigate the theft of copper from air-conditioning units on top of the Purple Moon nightclub in this April 5, 2012 file photo.

It's another jam packed weekend for the Banana Crew. Find out where you can come hang out with us after the jump.

Bendle High School student Haley Luxton is one of 10 finalists in the #mi2020 scholarship contest that could result her receiving a $10,000 prize.

Residents in Burton that sustained flood damage are being asked to turn in any flood damage reports to City Hall by 5 p.m. Friday, May 11.

Update 8:56 AM- Testimony gets under way. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton starts out by calling Alf S. Cronwell to the witness stand.

Blacknall, Joe L., 36, of Flint; 2 to 5 years Michigan Department of Corrections for probation violation of 2009 conviction of third-degree fleeing a police officer; April 23, Genesee Circuit Judge Judith A. Fullerton.

Seven alleged members of a violent Flint gang were arraigned on charges ranging from murder to drug crimes today in Flint District Court.