Grand Rapids News

Deputy Fire Chief Laura Knapp was named Wednesday as Acting Fire Chief for the Grand Rapids Fire Department.

A 1-year-old cat with severe burns was undergoing surgery at the Humane Society of Kent County this morning after someone apparently soaked the animal in accelerant and lit it on fire.

GRAND RAPIDS - Christian book publisher Zondervan has hired auto industry veteran Jason Vines to serve as vice president of public relations and communications.

For those interested in taking voice lessons in Grand Rapids, Michigan, there are a number of different options.

Police plan to ask prosecutors to review details surrounding a Monday traffic crash that killed 50-year-old Patrick Smith , a man with muscular dystrophy featured in The Press last year.

The Highlands Golf Course is located off of Leonard Street NW in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

A Grand Rapids man who installed cameras in a rental house inhabited by a couple and their two children has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and three years' probation.

A meeting to discuss entrepreneurship will be 5-7 p.m. July 22 at the Eberhard Center, 301 W. Fulton St.

States took part in Tea Party protests organized in cities large and small. The rightwing protests - Tea is an acronym for "Taxed Enough Already" - have gained prominence since the election of Democrat Barack Obama and the large anti-tax Tea Parties held on April 15.

Great sacrifice: Florida resident Joan Doolin's hands clutch the bracelet engraved with the name of Rick Medaris, who died in Vietnam in 1969.

On a recent weekday afternoon, 9-year-old Max Knecht sat in his driveway and pulled on a pair of Rollerblades, preparing for a spin around his family's East Grand Rapids neighborhood.

A state auditor general's report shows the Michigan Department of Transportation incorrectly distributed gas tax funds to 35 county road commissions in the past two budget years.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A man who killed a prostitute after having sex with her in a Wyoming, Mich., industrial park faces mandatory life in prison without parole after being convicted of first-degree murder.

Appropriately ending the night with a duet performance of Ralston Bowles' "Fragile," Wisconsin's Peter Mulvey and New York's Amy Speace put a poignant capper on an amazing afternoon and evening at Grand Rapids' One Trick Pony on Sunday.

The Grand Rapids Community Foundation approved $352,400 in grants for five Kent County nonprofits.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. A suspended Grand Rapids Press sports columnist who pleaded guilty to delivery or manufacture of marijuana is heading back to court.

Michael Maynard's morning started off pretty normal on Monday. He dropped his wife off at work, then headed out to work on a vehicle when he remembered that he'd left some of the tools he needed at home.

A five-hour standoff ended peacefully about 4:20 this morning after police shut down streets and evacuated neighbors while trying to get man with a weapon to leave his condominium.

GRAND RAPIDS - Detectives with the Grand Rapids Police Department are investigating a shooting at 1014 Tamarack St., near the intersection of Leonard and Alpine, at about 1:45 p.m. today.

A northwest Michigan man convicted of molesting young girls has been sentenced to life in prison in the case.