Operation Ghost Rider: Statewide crackdown on distracted driving across Michigan

Unmarked police vehicles will be out in force during the campaign, which seeks to curb distracted driving and using your phone while out on the road.

State police helicopter tracks down reckless driver on Detroit's west side

MSP helicopter Trooper 2 spotted a driver doing burnouts and donuts in an intersection at 12:10 a.m. Sunday, dangerously close to a crowd of onlookers gathered in the street, then speeding off.

Michigan State Police 'Lake to Lake' initiative on April 1 cracks down on distracted drivers

Enforcement will focus on high-visibility saturation patrols beginning in Indiana and continuing across Michigan to Port Huron, extending into Canada along Highway 401 from the Ambassador Bridge to Toronto.

Michigan couple charged with 1-year-old's death, neglect of 4-year-old sibling

At the scene, MSP troopers discovered squalid living conditions inside the home, as well as a 4-year-old sibling of the victim that appeared neglected.

State police helicopter Trooper 2 tracks down fleeing Garden City suspects

GCPD called state police for assistance and the MSP police helicopter helped guide responding cruisers on the ground to finding the two suspects.

Runaway donkey: State police track down lost farm escapee in Holly

The hope was that Dolly would be intercepted in the area of I-75 and Holly Road before she could make it to the freeway.

Michigan houses of worship beef up security amid surging threats

In the wake of the Grand Blanc mass shooting, other faith groups both in Michigan and abroad are preparing for the possibility they could be next.

Man shot by police after fleeing traffic stop in Northern Michigan

Several area police departments were involved in a chase that led to a suspect being shot in Alpena County early Thanksgiving morning. 

Man killed by Trenton police had shot security guard at Inkster gentleman's club hours earlier

Before Trenton police shot and killed the 37-year-old suspect, he had allegedly shot a security guard at a gentleman's club hours earlier before fleeing - leading to a manhunt that ended in southern Wayne County.

State police rescue injured red-tailed hawk in northern Michigan

On Oct. 15, troopers from the Houghton Lake Post were dispatched to a Grayling parking lot on a report of the injured bird.