Charles Thomas was unwell but he had no time for rest. He was on the cusp of a management promotion and a move to Florida to begin a new chapter that would alter his family’s financial future and break the cycle of generational poverty. Yet, as his family’s prospects improved, concerns about his health grew.
Charles Thomas was unwell but he had no time for rest. He was on the cusp of a management promotion and a move to Florida to begin a new chapter that would alter his family’s financial future and break the cycle of generational poverty. Yet, as his family’s prospects improved, concerns about his health grew.
Clear and quiet, with light winds out of the east-southeast and lows in the upper 50s.
Hundreds of people gathered at the newly renamed Lamoreaux Brothers Veterans Memorial Park in Sparta on Memorial Day to rededicate the town’s “Shorty’s Monument” honoring local soldiers killed in World War I. (May 29, 2023)
In Pullman, the fallen were not the only ones saluted for their service, as the matriarch of one military family was honored for her role decades after her sons served overseas. (May 29, 2023)
The NAACP marched in the Greater Muskegon Memorial Day Parade Monday after months of controversy surrounding a short-lived ban on political groups. (May 29, 2023)
Storm Team 8 forecast on News 8 Daybreak on Monday, May 29, 2023.
Authorities say a pedestrian was struck by a semi-truck on southbound US-131 in Grand Rapids early Monday morning. (May 29, 2023)
Memorial Day will bring temperatures in the mid-70s up to the 80s in the afternoon. Water temperatures are still in the 40s. (May 28, 2023)
Grand Haven has been packed during a beautiful holiday weekend along the lakeshore, and the surge in travelers has restaurant owners feeling confident for the summer after a difficult last few years for the industry. (May 28, 2023)
