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  • Wednesday, February 22 2012 6:25 PM EST2012-02-22 23:25:27 GMT
    Cell phones are everywhere these days, and that means cameras and video cameras are also everywhere, because many cell phones have those features.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 6:43 PM EST2012-02-21 23:43:48 GMT
    Home audits have been around for years, but they've never been this high tech.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 6:40 PM EST2012-02-21 23:40:52 GMT
    ABC12 is learning more about the death of an Elderly Flint man Monday. The 86-year-old was found dead in his truck that was parked in his driveway.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 6:38 PM EST2012-02-21 23:38:57 GMT
    With just one week to go before the Republican Presidential Primary, Mitt Romney is back stumping for votes in his home state. 

    He also took some time to speak exclusively to ABC12's Ted Fioraliso.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 6:37 PM EST2012-02-21 23:37:26 GMT
    Tuesday, an emotional morning in court brought an unexpected outcome for the family of a 6 year-old Flint boy shot and killed in 2010. DaVontrae Benton, accused of killing Jonaries Holden, was scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to manslaughter but the hearing took a different turn.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 6:35 PM EST2012-02-21 23:35:29 GMT
    More typical winter weather returned to Mid-Michigan earlier Tuesday. But the morning snow quickly disappeared, much like the dollars many local contractors and businesses are losing this year.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 6:24 PM EST2012-02-21 23:24:58 GMT
    Tuesday afternoon Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation that could drastically change the way county road commissions operate.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 5:53 PM EST2012-02-21 22:53:31 GMT
    Senator Debbie Stabenow is looking for ways to advance a new emerging manufacturing industry in the state.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 5:24 PM EST2012-02-21 22:24:11 GMT
    Hurley Medical Center received a $100,000 boost Tuesday for its new Paul F. Reinhart Emergency Trauma Center.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 4:40 PM EST2012-02-21 21:40:08 GMT
    A Mid-Michigan United Way campaign got a big boost Tuesday. Not only did local workers dig deep, but an international foundation wrote a big check.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 4:36 PM EST2012-02-21 21:36:34 GMT
    They're stuffed with prune filling, jelly, custard, and whole lot of sugar and fat, never mind those calories.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 12:19 PM EST2012-02-21 17:19:17 GMT
    Monday's sunny skies were replaced with a little snow Tuesday morning.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 11:27 AM EST2012-02-21 16:27:05 GMT
    Mitt Romney's campaign is calling on a big name to help get out the vote here in Michigan.  Donald Trump called in to a local radio station Monday to reiterate his support for the former Massachusetts governor, but not everyone thinks it was such a good idea.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 11:24 AM EST2012-02-21 16:24:07 GMT
    Saginaw police are investigating the city's latest homicide.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 11:23 AM EST2012-02-21 16:23:06 GMT
    Gov. Rick Snyder wants to put more State Police Troopers on the road. It's part of an effort to help out crime stricken cities like Flint and Saginaw. MSP looks to veterans first.
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  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 11:20 AM EST2012-02-21 16:20:56 GMT
    An autopsy, scheduled for Tuesday, will ultimately determine what caused the death of 86-year-old John Morgan.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 11:18 AM EST2012-02-21 16:18:07 GMT
    Some young, but determined athletes hit the mats in Grand Blanc Township Monday night to roll and tumble in support of charity.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 11:16 AM EST2012-02-21 16:16:20 GMT
    Feb. 21 is Fat Tuesday and that means it's time to make the doughnuts, or better yet, the paczkis.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 11:13 AM EST2012-02-21 16:13:26 GMT
    The former site of a solar manufacturing plant in Saginaw could be closer to having a new tenant.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 8:18 PM EST2012-02-21 01:18:28 GMT
    It was a special welcome home for Flint boxing sensation Claressa Shields as the 16-year-old moves one step closer to realizing her Olympic dreams.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 6:40 PM EST2012-02-20 23:40:47 GMT
    An 86-year-old Flint man was found dead in his truck, parked in his driveway.

    Police say he may have been trying to find warmth, after the power was shut off at his home.

    Police were called to his house in the 700 block of East Parkway around 9:30 Monday morning.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 6:36 PM EST2012-02-20 23:36:53 GMT
    An accident on US-23 in Genesee County tied up traffic Monday evening.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 6:28 PM EST2012-02-20 23:28:27 GMT
    Over the weekend, ABC12 News learned of two separate cases involving  infants.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 6:09 PM EST2012-02-20 23:09:57 GMT
    It's a bright idea, designed to help you save some money.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 5:53 PM EST2012-02-20 22:53:12 GMT
    For 60 years a mid-Michigan man has been capturing moments of his life on canvas. Now for the first time, a collection of 26 pieces of his favorite works will be on public display.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 5:36 PM EST2012-02-20 22:36:21 GMT
    Automotive pioneer Louis Chevrolet took a road trip Monday.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 4:58 PM EST2012-02-20 21:58:45 GMT
    Two men are dead following a rollover accident in Bay County Sunday morning near Knight and Russel, in Portsmouth Township.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 12:55 PM EST2012-02-20 17:55:38 GMT
    They were dressed to the nines inside the Sloan Museum Saturday.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 12:41 PM EST2012-02-20 17:41:35 GMT
    Gas prices are on the rise again.

    The cost to fill up in Mid-Michigan went up 40 cents over the weekend.

    The statewide average price now stands at about $3.46 a gallon.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 12:07 PM EST2012-02-20 17:07:39 GMT
    Flint Police are investigating what they say is a "suspicious" infant death.
  • Friday, February 17 2012 6:26 PM EST2012-02-17 23:26:43 GMT
    A 25-year-old Saginaw man will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of killing his girlfriend.
  • Thursday, February 16 2012 11:13 AM EST2012-02-16 16:13:24 GMT
    A Grand Blanc man was a quarter of a mile into the woods in rural Genesee County when he tripped and fell face first.
  • Thursday, February 16 2012 11:11 AM EST2012-02-16 16:11:22 GMT
    Former Massachusetts Governor and Michigan native Mitt Romney was in Grand Rapids on Wednesday trying to hold off a Rick Santorum Surge.
  • Friday, February 10 2012 6:43 PM EST2012-02-10 23:43:00 GMT
    The governor plans to increase funding to all levels of education.  If the governor gets his way, K-12 schools would receive a one-percent increase in funding next year.  Snyder says that breaks down to approximately $75 more per student.
  • Friday, February 10 2012 6:26 PM EST2012-02-10 23:26:20 GMT
    A 20-year-old man has been charged in Saginaw's most recent murder.
  • Friday, February 10 2012 6:08 PM EST2012-02-10 23:08:05 GMT
    A grant of just under half a million dollars will help keep bellies full in Mid-Michigan.
  • Tuesday, February 7 2012 5:24 PM EST2012-02-07 22:24:14 GMT
    The Saginaw Housing Commission is accepting applications for people who want to be on the Section 8 waiting list. That hasn't happened in five years.
  • Tuesday, February 7 2012 4:34 PM EST2012-02-07 21:34:26 GMT
    Witnesses say it started shortly after 2 p.m., when multiple shots were exchanged between the occupants of two cars on Webster Road near Joseph Street.
  • Tuesday, February 7 2012 4:15 PM EST2012-02-07 21:15:50 GMT
    The stunt driver involved in a circus accident seen around the world gave his first on-camera interview to ABC12 on Tuesday.

    Twenty-year-old Josh Headford was hurt Sunday night during the final act of the Shrine Circus at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw.

    His bike hit a wire that was in the wrong place, and he fell 25 feet.
  • Tuesday, February 7 2012 3:50 PM EST2012-02-07 20:50:37 GMT
    The American Red Cross hopes a change in policy will bring in more blood donations.
  • Tuesday, February 7 2012 12:21 PM EST2012-02-07 17:21:58 GMT
    There will be community meeting on the north side of Flint Tuesday for people who would like to get involved in cleaning up and restoring Ophelia Bonner Park.

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