Former Ottawa County Administrator John Gibbs is suing the Ottawa County Board and its chairman Joe Moss in federal court.

She pointed to a scam alert from the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General. That office said imposters are posing as agents, and demanding their targets meet them in person and hand over cash or gift cards.

Reactions to the sentencing of the parents of the Oxford school shooter, allegations that two county jails banned in-person visits to increase revenue from pricey phone calls, and a new documentary film honors the winningest basketball program in Michigan.

The law is actually just a one-sentence provision in a 2014 law that allows local courts to assess fines and fees on criminal defendants that are then used to cover court costs. The need for change stems from public perception that local courts and judges use defendant fees to fund themselves, according to Tom Boyd, Michigan’s State Court Administrator.

The sentencing of the parents of the Oxford High School shooter, a survey on how comfortable students in the Grand Traverse region feel asking counselors for help, an online cannabis certificate program, and what some amendments to the US Census mean for Michigan’s Middle Eastern and North African residents.

James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the Oxford High School shooter, were convicted of involuntary manslaughter at separate trials earlier this year. Judge Cheryl Matthews sentenced them to between 10 and 15 years in prison at a sentencing hearing on April 9.

A former police officer in the Detroit suburb of Warren has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge.

"This is how you restore faith and hope. This is how keep people from being incarcerated, how you keep victims from being revictimized," said Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson.

Genesse and St. Clair County have been accused in lawsuits of ending family visitation to prisons as a part of a “quid pro quo kickback scheme.”

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that lengthy delays due to COVID-19 restrictions did not violate a defendant’s right to a speedy trial.