Perry News

Mum is the official word in Shiawassee County after a case involving county prosecutor Randy Colbry was turned over to the state's attorney general.

Lucille Harper of Perry will celebrate her 95th birthday Thursday. Harper has two sons, six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She retired from Universal Electric in Owosso in 1974, after 22 years.

MSU Summer Circle wraps up its season with a production of 'Kid Purple,' about a boy born with a 'slight pigmentation abnormality' who pursues a boxing career.

Free HIV tests will be available at Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan on June 30 as part of National HIV Testing Day.

Jeffrey Slebodnick was hired last summer to work as an adjunct professor at a technical college.

Legal watchdogs hope to get professional misconduct charges reinstated today against former Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca for his handling of a rape case against then-Oak Park kindergarten teacher James Perry.

The Detroit International Jazz Festival may be many weeks off, but jazz is bustin' out all over right now.

MASON - Sunday, June 21 is Father's Day this year. Spartan Speedway is having a special show program that evening, staring at 6 p.m. The events include Stan 'The Godfather' Perry, Late Model 75, Slugfest, and Double Figure 8. That evening is also 'Mason Area Chamber of Commerce Night at the Races.' The chamber is selling advance tickets to the ...

WILLIAMSTON - With land just a bit bare, but good things are promised. Farmers and growers got a slow start to their growing seasons this spring because of heavy rain and few dry days.

Blue skies and wispy white clouds painted a perfect backdrop to the Memorial Day parade and services at Saginaw County Veterans Memorial Plaza.

Recently sentenced by Calhoun County Circuit Judge Stephen Miller: Adrian Carlton Perry, 25, of 176 Territorial Road, Battle Creek, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a vehicle causing damage; convicted of third offense habitual offender: 12 months in jail with credit for 55 days; $571 in fines, costs and fees, restitution to be determined.

A Hartland Township man admitted Monday that he molested his teenage daughters. The 42-year-old father pleaded guilty in a Livingston County courtroom to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, which means penetration, and one count each of second-degree CSC and possession of child sexually abusive material.

Fourth-grader Brandon Lindsay said he learned Wednesday that he should use "spiral" light bulbs, since they save electricity.

Two motorists were in critical condition Thursday after a vehicle struck two oncoming cars on Perry Road.

A Perry woman has been charged with a drug offense for allegedly trying to shoot up heroin while sitting behind the wheel of her car at a Howell Township gas station.

If there's a Battle of the Bands, Rose Perry is probably there. If it's serving up Coney dogs on a Thursday night at the Pinckney Memorial Post 419 of the American Legion, Perry is probably there, too.

Sandra Luce socializes with the cats inside the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus area at Cat Tail Farms.

The Livingston County Veterans Council has named the Howell area's Maurice DeLisle as its 2009 'Veteran of the Year' and the Pinckney area's Rose Perry as its 'Auxiliary of the Year.' DeLisle served two tours of duty in Vietnam as part of the Navy Seabees, who were responsible for many construction projects.

William Earl Lane, 68, of 183 Westbrook Ave., Battle Creek, pleaded guilty to probation violation: probation revoked; 4 months in jail with credit for 3 days; $1,645 in fines, costs and fees.

The Perry Village Police Department confiscated computers from the Perry Public School District on Wednesday morning after an inappropriate photo of a minor female was found on school computers.