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'Show up armed' to protect GOP election observers, Michigan candidate suggests

LANSING, Mich. — Republican Mike Detmer, a candidate for the Michigan state Senate, told a crowd Saturday that people should "show up armed" to protect Republican election observers' access to monitor the counting of ballots.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2022

Big second half powers No. 10 Michigan State past rival Michigan

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State couldn't avoid another slow start, but by the second half, the early miscues mattered little.

Tribune News Service · Jan 29, 2022

Why Ethan Crumbley's insanity defense could become 'battle of experts'

PONTIAC, Mich. — Teenager Ethan Crumbley plans to pursue an insanity defense for his alleged role in the Oxford High School mass shooting that killed four students and wounded seven others.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022

Oxford High students return to school for the first time since November shooting

OXFORD, Mich. — Students returned Monday morning to the newly renovated Oxford High School for the first time since a school shooting on Nov. 30 left four students dead and injured six others and a teacher.

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2022

Oxford High is about to reopen. Parents, students say they have mixed feelings

OXFORD, Mich. — Increased security, new paint in "calming colors" and hand-written messages of support on hearts and snowflakes will greet students returning to Oxford High School on Monday for the first day of school since a mass shooting on Nov. 30.

Tribune News Service · Jan 22, 2022

Michigan GOP co-chair said Trump campaign asked for GOP elector push, CNN reports

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Republican Party Co-Chairwoman Meshawn Maddock said former President Donald Trump's campaign had encouraged the effort to challenge the 2020 results by a group of 16 Republican electors, according to an audio recording obtained by CNN.

Tribune News Service · Jan 21, 2022

Oxford shooting exposes limits, mental health needs for schools

OXFORD, Mich. — Experts say a drawing that a teacher found ahead of a deadly shooting at Oxford High School suggested accused shooter Ethan Crumbley was suicidal, not a danger to others, and it's likely why school counselors chose not to involve the police before four students were killed.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2022

Final Michigan school shooting survivor returns home to continue recovery

OXFORD, Mich. — Kylie Ossege, the longest-hospitalized victim in the Nov. 30 Oxford High School shooting, has been back home for the past week, her family said.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2022

Michigan Attorney General Nessel: 'Absolutely' enough evidence to charge GOP electors

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she believes there's "absolutely" enough evidence to bring criminal charges against 16 Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming to be the state's presidential electors in December 2020.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2022

What Oxford High School shooting suspect is allowed to do in jail

PONTIAC, Mich. — During his incarceration, Oxford High School shooting defendant Ethan Crumbley is allowed visitors and provided health care and services available to all other inmates, according to jail officials.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2022