Saginaw County News

Jeremiah D. Olivarez , 21, of 2020 Delaware was sentenced to 18 months probation for possessing the non-narcotic controlled substance dihydrocodeinone Oct.

The Saginaw Township Police Department's six or so detectives have been working around the clock in shifts since a fatal home invasion Wednesday, and today they say they may have obtained the gun used in the killing.

The Saginaw man who fired several gunshots inside the Saginaw Township Denny's restaurant on New Year's Day again tried to change his mind about his plea from a month earlier.

After rejecting a plea agreement in March, one of the suspects charged in connection with the December smuggling of about 120 pounds of marijuana into Flint's Bishop Airport decided Tuesday to accept it.

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Revitalizing the once-thriving auto communities in Saginaw and Bay counties is the top priority on a lot of people's to do lists.

Saginaw County Chief District Judge M. Randall Jurrens concluded the May 18 preliminary hearing for Deshawn D. Christopher, 19, and Terrance J. Stinger, 20, by ruling that prosecutors showed probable cause to take them trial in Circuit Court.

A 29-year-old woman has been charged with a felony for allegedly helping her boyfriend evade capture after he shot at a man in a parking lot of Baytown Family Neighborhood.

A jury now is deliberating whether Ramon Barrera Jr. aided and abetted in an August 2009 triple shooting on Saginaw's West Side.

More than nine inches of rain was reported by some residents in western Genesee County.

Bregitte Braddock's resignation as manager of Buena Vista Township was formally accepted by board members Tuesday and an interim manager was voted in.

Investigators say she helped the main suspect, 26 year old Roger Davis Junior, escaped after a shooting in the BayTown housing complex last Wednesday.

A public meeting will be held June 6 at the MDOT Bay Region Office on East Morley in Saginaw from 4-7 p.m.

After a career that has taken her around the world, and most recently to Mount Pleasant's Water Lily Lounge at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, jazz chanteuse Zarin-taj brings it home Wednesday, June 6. "I'm coming full circle," said Zarin-taj, also known as Shirlene Z. Brown of Saginaw.

The Great Lakes Bay Region is set to become home to at least 24 retail firework businesses this year, a database listing issued certificates on the state's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs website shows.

Police say they are investigating at least a half-dozen shootings. One of the lead detectives is still going through case files to try and figure out how many cases they are dealing with.

The "Catch Me If You Can" fishing event has a long tradition of encouraging Saginaw children to go fishing and enjoy the great outdoors.

"As the holiday passes, year after year, we don't seem to see as many people paying as much respect," says Waneita Bovan, owner of June's Floral Company.

Police are investigating the murder of a 39-year-old man early Monday morning. The man was shot inside a home shortly after midnight in the 2200 block of Cumberland, near Hiland, on the city's East Side.

"It blew, it blew like there's no tomorrow," said Patrick Coleman. Sunday morning, he like other parts of Mid-Michigan was startled out of a bed by a freak thunderstorm.