Daniel Shular

Act Like You Know music festival raises money for Oklahomans for Equality

Hardcore punk is experiencing a mainstream renaissance, and that trend was represented last weekend in downtown Tulsa. The Act Like You Know punk and hardcore music festival was held to raise money for Oklahomans for Equality. The sellout crowd…

Riders show off ink at Muskegon’s biker rallies

MUSKEGON, MI — Tens of thousands of people and their motorcycles lined Western Avenue in downtown Muskegon for the annual Bike Time and Rebel Road motorcycle rallies this weekend. The only thing that may have outnumbered the bikes were the tattoos…

Grand Rapids residents attend neighborhood summit centered around ‘resident voice and racial equity’

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- “Racism actually, literally, makes us sick,” Marijata C. Daniel-Echols, the keynote speaker for the annual Grand Rapids Neighborhood Summit said Saturday at Grand Valley State University. Daniel-Echols, a program officer for the…

Adaptive bowling league offers active, fun outlet for individuals with special needs

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Bowlers with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries were among those showing off their skills Wednesday at an adapted bowling summer league event hosted by the Kentwood Parks and Recreation Department. “We have…

Pen pal project connects elementary students with seniors at Grand Rapids retirement community

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- For the past two years, elementary students from The Potter’s House School have been exchanging handwritten letters with seniors at a Grand Rapids retirement community about the past and future. In this era of tweets and texts,…

Activists march alongside Patrick Lyoya’s family 5 days after man was killed in Grand Rapids police traffic stop

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Local activists held a march on Saturday afternoon, April 9, in response to the death of Patrick Lyoya, 26, who was killed during a traffic stop by a Grand Rapids police officer five days earlier. Hundreds of supporters, starting…

‘I just want it to stop’: Ukrainian church-goers in Grand Rapids pray for Russian invasion to end

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Prayers for peace and and end to the Russian invasion are the focus of members of a Ukrainian church in Grand Rapids. MLive interviewed multiple people at a recent prayer service at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church.…

Grand Rapids advocates use ‘tenacity’ to get streets named for civil rights leaders, icon’s nephew says

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The city of Grand Rapids held a ceremony to rename Grandville Avenue and Franklin Street to honor the civil rights leaders César E. Chávez and Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Paul Chávez, son of Cesar E. Chávez, and…

Snow skiing clinic opens fun of the sport to kids, adults with disabilities

KENT COUNTY, MI - Children and adults with disabilities such as spinal cord and brain injuries got to experience the thrill of downhill skiing Saturday at Cannonsburg Ski Area in Belmont. The Cannonsburg Challenge Ski Association (CCSA), Mary Free…

Mom says son’s smile after Make-A-Wish ice rink gift is a ‘reward for what he’s been through’

WYOMING, MI - Make-A-Wish Michigan recently threw a party at 7-year-old Keegan Williams home to unveil an ice skating rink that put a smile on his face. Keegan, a hockey lover who is battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia, wished for a rink in his…

Photos: Ted Simmons statue unveiled before induction into Hall of Fame

The Cardinals held a ceremony to unveil a statue to Hall of Fame inductee Ted Simmons on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at Busch Stadium on the corner Clark and Eighth Street. Simmons unraveled the state in front of friends, family and hundreds of fans who…

Feats of strength and spirituality

Messenger Church held revival services this past week with the help of several other churches in the St. Louis region at a lot on the corner of Cass Avenue and 13th Street near Downtown. "This is a collaboration of people from 15 to 20 churches…

PHOTO GALLERY: Protesters in St. Louis call for Sen. Josh Hawley's resignation

Hundreds of protesters calling for Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley to resign gathered in front of the Old Courthouse in Downtown St. Louis on Saturday. The protest was in response to Sen. Hawley's objection to President-elect Joe Biden's…

Amy McGrath, Mitch McConnell's Senate opponent, demands that Kentucky's AG release the full grand jury report that led to no charges for Breonna Taylor's killing

People flocked to a Louisville memorial honoring Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot and killed after officers entered her home on a no-knock warrant. On Wednesday, three officers involved in the incident were not indicted in relation to…

Louisville protesters faced off with an extremist militia on the 2nd day of unrest following no charges for the police involved in Breonna Taylor's killing

Protests against a Lousiville grand jury's decision Wednesday to decline charges against the officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor continued through Thursday night. Photos show protesters were met with counter-protesters, including an…

'We're not all racists, we're not all homophobes': Trump supporters line up for Tulsa rally

Hundreds lined up Friday outside BOK Center in Tulsa in anticipation of President Donald Trump's rally on Saturday."There are people who support will support Donald Trump and we're not all racists, we're not all homophobes," Hayden Hyman, a college…

'We're healthy and strong and young': Trump rally attendees say they're not worried about COVID-19

Health officials say Saturday's Trump rally could become a coronavirus superspreader event.But attendees have told Insider they're not worried about the virus. "The sun kills the virus, the sun kills the flu," one woman said."We're healthy and strong…

'He divides us': Tulsa residents are wary of Trump's rally — and the national spotlight

Tulsa residents are ambivalent about all the attention — and visitors —President Donald Trump's rally is bringing to their city."There's a lot of anxiety and anticipation. We're hoping it's going to be very peaceful," Mary Johnson…

PHOTO GALLERY: Protesters stop interstate traffic in St. Louis on Monday

Around a thousand protesters gathered in front of the St. Louis City Justice Center on Monday, marching to the Gateway Arch and eventually onto I-64, where they shut down traffic. The organized event ended when the march stopped at the City Hall, but…

Local community center empowers people living with disabilities through music therapy

Maggie Carchrie thought she wanted to study musical theater when she was a teenager, but that changed after her mother showed her a segment on the benefits of music on CBS News Sunday Morning. “She yelled at me, ‘Come in you gotta see this,’ and I…