Joyce Coulier's mom first saw the crime-scene photographs early this year in the courtroom -- her daughter's badly decomposed body in a hastily dug, three-inch deep grave.

If a tornado touched down here in West Michigan, area hospitals need to be ready to treat hundreds, if not thousands of injuries. Plans are already in place to facilitate coordination with each level of government and emergency responders.

A national study shows Michigan lags behind other states when it comes to emergency preparedness requirements at child care centers, but the state assures parents that children are safe.

Authorities on Tuesday released nearly 600 photos that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others.