http://www.yourstreet.com/news/grand-rapids-mi YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A western Michigan man has been convicted a second time of fatally strangling a pregnant woman in Grand Rapids.   A Kent County Circuit Court jury on Monday found Edwin Lario-Munoz of Grand Rapids guilty of charges... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748662/man-convicted-in-pregnant-woman-s-death Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:25:08 -0700 Convoys hauling press sections for General Motors from Grand Rapids, Mich., to Marion will disrupt traffic near Fort Wayne this week. The Indiana Department of Transportation and Indiana State Police will escort the oversize loads from the Michigan border to Exit 64... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6735533/i-69-convoys-to-slow-traffic-this-week Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:02:08 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A 25-year-old woman was abducted and assaulted by her ex-boyfriend on Sunday afternoon. The woman told police she had lunch with the 21-year-old suspect. After lunch, he was supposed to drive her home, http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6720025/woman-abducted-and-assaulted-by-ex-boyfriend Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:29:08 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A little boy is in critical condition after getting hit by a car.   Grand Rapids police say eight-year-old Malik Libbett darted out into traffic on Kalamazoo Avenue Wednesday night near Hancock Street. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6707068/little-boy-hit-by-car Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:59:08 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - We're learning new information about a deadly Grand Rapids train accident.   Police have identified the victim as 14-year-old Dareon Edwards.   He was walking along the tracks on Eastern Avenue http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6707069/victim-identified-in-fatal-train-accident Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:59:08 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - ArtPrize is just a couple of weeks away.   We're getting a better idea of what to expect when the contest goes live.   One entry comes all the way from Africa.   Grand Valley State student http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6697869/artprize-to-include-entry-from-rwanda Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:47:09 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A man found unconscious, later dies in the hospital.   The Grand Rapids Police Department says the 45-year-old male victim was found around 10:30a.m. Saturday in the basement of a home on the 1600 block http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6687508/suspicious-death-investigation Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:47:47 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A Kent County judge has ruled that a shopping center developer should have tried harder to buy a home in Grand Rapids owned by a man who was a vocal opponent of the project.   Circuit Judge Mark Trusock on Friday http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6687510/judge-rules-for-opponent-of-sw-mich-development Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:35:39 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A suspected drunk driver hits and kills and motorcyclist.   The Grand Rapids Police Department says the accident happened around 2a.m. Saturday on South Division Avenue at LaBelle Street.   http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6679658/suspected-drunk-driver-kills-motorcyclist Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:36:41 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Police in Grand Rapids say they have arrested a suspect in a bank robbery that took place Friday afternoon.   Police say that at 4:00 pm Friday they responded to a report of a bank robbery at the http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6679670/bank-robbery-in-grand-rapids Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:19:32 -0700 The top-selling Bible in North America will undergo its first revision in 25 years, modernizing the language in some sections and promising to reopen a contentious debate about changing gender terms in the sacred text. The New International Version, the Bible of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6656358/new-international-version-bible-to-undergo-revision Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:35:08 -0700 Providence - The beat-up 1989 Dodge van carries a sign with a question: “How has the recession affected you?” Along the side, a request: “Tell me your story.” Scrawled in marker across the orange paint are hard-luck tales: “My grandma... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6661871/-apos-man-in-a-van-apos-in-rhode-island-collecting-stories-of-recession Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:14:28 -0700 KENT COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A former Grand Rapids school employee was back in front of a judge Monday.   Kenneth Hoskins Jr. was a student mentor. Now he's charged with criminal sexual conduct for allegedly having sexual http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6655481/headed-to-trial-for-an-alleged-relationship-with-a-young-student Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:20:53 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - An underage driver is in serious condition after crashing a stolen vehicle.   The Grand Rapids Police Department says it happened around 1a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6639901/underage-driver-crashes-stolen-vehicle Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:26:20 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Police in Grand Rapids are investigating a deadly shooting.   Police say the victim of that shooting has died. They describe him a 20-year-old man.   Police say it happened around 1:20 Friday http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6633566/20-year-old-man-killed-in-home Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:48:16 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A federal lawsuit seeks to prevent part of a southwestern Michigan city park from becoming part of a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course.   Legal arguments are to be made Friday morning in the Grand Rapids courtroom http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6633573/benton-harbor-development-lawsuit-to-be-argued Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:40:52 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A little piece of Hollywood is coming to Grand Rapids Wednesday.   It's the first ever Grand Rapids Film Festival.   This festival is a little different than most. It focuses on films that are http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6614043/grand-rapids-film-festival-begins Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:45:22 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – 26-year-old Daniel Griswold will spend six months in jail for molesting two residents at a Grand Rapids nursing home.   Griswold was sentenced Tuesday. He admitted to touching two women when he http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6614044/6-months-for-molesting-2-at-nursing-home Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:43:50 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge in Grand Rapids has sentenced a Kalamazoo man to 13 months in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $650,000 in restitution to Apple Inc. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6615214/michigan-man-sent-to-prison-for-defrauding-apple-out-of-more-than-9,000-ipo Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:58:08 -0700 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A former worker at a west Michigan nursing home has been sentenced to six months in jail for molesting two residents.   Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Griswold also was sentenced Tuesday in Kent County Circuit Court to http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6605699/mich-man-jailed-for-touching-2-at-nursing-home Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:12:21 -0700