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.

POCA, W.Va. (AP) — Emergency officials say crews are responding to reports of explosions and a fire at an industrial site in West Virginia.