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Maya Washington Brings MSU Football Segregation Film to Campus

By Al Martin • 6 hours ago

Gene and Maya Washington — Maya Washington

Maya Washington, the daughter of MSU football legend Gene Washington, will bring a special screening of her film Through the Banks of the Red Cedar to Wells Hall on Wednesday. Gene is one of MSU's greatest football heroes and was recruited by coach Duffy Daugherty out of the deep south in the 1960s.

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Michigan Governor Critical Of Attacks On Kavanaugh Accuser

By Associated Press • 8 hours ago

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says attacks on a woman accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct could deter people with similar stories to contact authorities.

Current Sports | September 24, 2018

By Jack Kirwan • 9 hours ago

Michigan State Spartans; Indiana Hoosiers; Mark Dantonio; Maya Washington; Detroit Lions; New England Patriots; Matt Patricia

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Tri-County Metro Statistical Area Population Grows With Addition of Shiawassee

By Scott Pohl • 10 hours ago

Bob Trezise portrait — David Trumpie / Lansing Economic Area Partnership

Shiawassee County has been added to the Metropolitan Statistical Area of Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. The addition of 70,000 people sends the region past the half-million population mark.

MSU Receives Gift For Jewish Studies Program

By Associated Press • Sep 23, 2018

Michigan State University has received a multimillion-dollar gift for the East Lansing school’s Jewish Studies program.

MSU To Study Communication After Hurricane Maria

By Associated Press • Sep 23, 2018

Puerto Rico — Sergio Martinez Beltran / WKAR-MSU

Michigan State University researchers have received a federal grant to study communication after Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico.

No. 24 Michigan St. Holds Off Indiana 35-21

By Associated Press • Sep 22, 2018

Brian Lewerke threw two touchdown passes, had his first career catch and made the perfect pitch to kicker Matt Coghlin for a 6-yard scoring run in No. 24 Michigan State’s 35-21 victory over Indiana on Saturday night.

Okemos Reveals New Turf Field

By Alec Reo & Connor Matthes • Sep 22, 2018

Prior to the Grand Ledge at Okemos high school football game on Friday night, the school held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil a new turf field for Okemos Athletics.

Sexual Assault Survivors Urge You To Beware of "Nice Guy" Offenders

By McKenna Ross • Sep 22, 2018

sexual abuse MSU union — Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU

Many people envision a child sex offender to be a scary man snatching someone off the sidewalk. But a panel of experts on the issue said about 90 percent of child victimization is committed by people they know and trust.

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Visonary Ingham County Land Protection Program Up for Renewal on November Ballot

By Kirk Heinze • Sep 21, 2018

Natural and farmlands are under increasing pressure from commercial, industrial, and residential development, but some Michigan municipalities have implemented wise, long-term land protection strategies, which are good for the environment, for agriculture, and for quality of life. Ingham County is one of those municipalities, having a decade ago passed an open space and farmland preservation millage that has protected over 5,000 acres and counting.

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Kirk Heinze talks with Stacy Byers.

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