Matt Mencarini
Reporter at Lansing State Journal
Reporter at @LSJNews. Chicago (Rogers Park) native. Eamus Catuli.
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1 week ago |
lansingstatejournal.com | Matt Mencarini
Hope Duncan, 18, is charged with making a false report or threat of terrorism, and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Her attorney said he plans to appeal a judge's recent ruling, and that the charge is unconstitutional. EAST LANSING — A Michigan State University student who faces potentially decades in prison will challenge the charge prosecutors brought against her in February by arguing that it's unconstitutional.
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2 weeks ago |
lansingstatejournal.com | Matt Mencarini
A Montcalm County, Michigan resident has contracted measles after traveling out of state. This marks at least the third confirmed case in Michigan this year, amidst a national outbreak of over 600 cases. The Mid-Michigan District Health Department urges residents to get the MMR vaccine, especially if traveling to areas with known outbreaks. MONTCALM COUNTY — Public health officials in Montcalm County have confirmed a case of measles in a resident who recently traveled out of the state.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Matt Mencarini
LANSING — Last year, about a quarter of Lansing's eight fatal shootings were the result of cyclical or retaliatory gun violence, according to a recent report. Those types of shootings, which also made up about 14% of the city's 57 nonfatal shootings, are often driven by interpersonal or group conflicts. They're the kind of shootings that Advance Peace has been focused on for more than two years.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Matt Mencarini
A Lansing area couple who had been held in a prison is Mexico appears to be headed back to the U.S.Republican Congressman Tom Barrett traveled to Cancun, Mexico on Wednesday, hoping to secure the release of the couple who had been held for a month. Christy and Paul Akeos were arrested on March 4 after getting off a plane at an airport in Cancun. Their family and attorney said the arrest related to a credit card dispute with a resort company, which had previously been resolved in their favor.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Matt Mencarini
LANSING — Former Michigan State University football coach Mel Tucker has taken steps to sue the school if it doesn't pay for his defense in a lawsuit brought by Brenda Tracy. MSU fired Tucker for cause in 2023 following Tracy's report to the school that he sexually harassed her while she was a university vendor. Tracy is a prominent national advocate for abuse survivors who filed a complaint in December 2022.
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By one estimate, about 10% of Michigan townships could be without an elected clerk next year. In Michigan, its local clerks who run the election system, which in the past few years has become more involved and faced intense scrutiny. https://t.co/wsm4TvZU3I
For close to a decade, MSU has maintained it is always revising policies and procedures to improve the way the school responds to sexual assault on campus. Last week was no different. https://t.co/2OGVP5bMmH
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