HAVE A STORY IDEA IN EAST GRAND RAPIDS, FOREST HILLS, OR CASCADE? EMAIL CASSANDRA! Hi West Michigan, my name is Cassandra Alonso! I am the neighborhood reporter for East Grand Rapids, Forest Hills, ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached its second release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

A welfare check ended up a crime scene in Columbiana County late Monday afternoon when a teenage boy found his mother and stepfather’s bodies in the basement of their home.