Brittany Flowers

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two men accused of conspiring to murder a third man in Grand Rapids in 2023 have been ordered to stand trial. After the fourth day of a preliminary hearing, a judge on Friday decided there was enough evidence to send Tyriq Bettison and Dominike Sterling’s case to trial, an attorney told News 8. The co-defendants are charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Darryl Yarber, who was shot to death Nov. 6, 2023.

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ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Most people experiencing pain that only surgery can fix want to get it done as soon as possible. Unfortunately, a shortage of anesthesiologists nationwide and a contract dispute between Corewell Health and its anesthesiologist provider is threatening speedy health care. “Everything is hard… Everything. And I’m not used to that,” Cheryl DeBella told News 8 Thursday as she stood on the back deck of her home near Ada.

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WALKER, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s hard to predict exactly what to expect when you open a new business. For a new bookstore in Walker, calling the grand opening successful would be an understatement. “We opened on Saturday, June 21, and the turnout was wild. We did not expect that at all,” Sarah Gramza-Howard said, standing next to her business partner Jess Hodges. The two stocked more than 1,000 books in preparation for the grand opening of their new bookstore Pages & Peonies on Alpine Avenue near I-96.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Aaminah Shakur was 13 years old when she stumbled upon Grand Rapids’ inaugural Pride celebration. “My brother’s response to seeing it was, ‘Oh, there’s other people here like you,’ so I knew at a very young age,” Shakur recalled. It was June 19, 1988. The event took place at the Monroe Center Amphitheatre, now the site of the Rosa Parks Circle.

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GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — An 18-year-old is facing a weapons charge after court documents allege he fired a weapon outside an apartment complex in Alpine Township Sunday morning. Santiago Barajas was charged Tuesday with a count of carrying a concealed weapon. He is being held on $100,000 bond cash or surety. During arraignment, the judge decided against a personal recognizance bond because the weapon may have been used in a homicide.