If there's a teen or 20-something in your life, chances are that you've seen plenty of LOL and BFF in your texting conversations. It seems like text abbreviations are becoming an increasingly prevalent part of written correspondence. Are they making...
Michigan Radio's sports commentator John U. Bacon and Stateside Host Cynthia Canty break down last weekend's Big Ten Football action. Ann Arbor and East Lansing were the scenes of some BIG butt-kickings over the weekend: Michigan State served up a 55...
Even in these days of email, Skype and FaceTime, we all know the purpose of a Post Office: to sort and deliver snail mail. But Lucy Blair wanted to dig deeper. She and her wife Lina wanted to know what story the post office building tells about the c...
A federal lawsuit accuses Michigan State University of mishandling sexual assault complaints. The lawsuit is being brought by four women, all seniors at MSU, who claim the university dragged out investigations into their sexual assault complaints. Th...
Over the past few days, thousands of federal inmates were released from prison due to a change in the way the federal government sentences drug criminals. It adds up to the largest one-time release of federal prisoners. Brandon Sample is the executiv...
As part of our MI Curious project, Philip Zoutendam asked this question: What's the story of the Mormon kingdom that was on Beaver Island in the 1800s, and how does it affect the island today? Sarah Hulett boarded a ferry in Charlevoix and headed ove...
If ever there was a case of love at first sight, it happened on January 17, 1942 at a dance in Asheville, North Carolina. On that night, 21-year-old Billee Gray met 28-year-old Private Charles Kiley, and after just a couple of weekend dates, they kne...
Millennials are the largest generation in America, making up an entire third of the population. They're also the least likely to vote. A report from Tufts University says that less than 20% of people age 18 to 29 voted in the 2014 election. Andrew Ko...
The Coast Guard is investigating a leak from a 78-year-old tank barge in western Lake Erie that's believed to be the Argo. It sank in a storm in 1937. Records show it was carrying about 100,000 gallons of crude oil when it sank. No one knows yet what...
The Lions have won only one game this year, and in their most recent game, Matt Stafford suffered 13 hits, seven sacks, and the Lions went from a 17-6 lead over Minnesota to a 28-19 loss. Bacon says to the Ford family's credit, they've stayed out of...