The News 8 Live Desk brings you all of the top storylines in and around West Michigan with an all-new Daily 8. (Dec. 4, 2024)

Now, the 138-year-old Ladies Literary Club building in downtown Grand Rapids is reopening to the community and returning to its original use. (Aug. 1, 2025)

The Trump administration has paused a major federal student loan forgiveness program. (Aug. 1, 2025)

Wildfire smoke will hover over West Michigan today, but the weather will be otherwise very pleasant. (Aug. 1, 2025)

The clouds have left but the smoke is sticking around Thursday night. It stays around through Friday. (July 31, 2025)

Firefighters are trained for anything, even a call Grand Rapids crews received Thursday that put their training to the test. (July 31, 2025)

The mother of the man accused of stabbing 11 people at the Walmart in Traverse City said her son needs help for the mental illness that drove him to the kind of violence she didn’t think he was capable of. (July 31, 2025)

Football has finally returned. (July 31, 2025)

The 12th air quality alert this year has been extended through Saturday. (July 31, 2025)

Two sons of the 97-year-old man who fell into the water at the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival say their father's rescue was nothing short of a miracle. (July 31, 2025)

The Kent County Road Commission is on a tight timetable to finish a major project near Rockford, working to make a steep hill with a history of deadly crashes less attractive to thrill-seekers. (July 31, 2025)

Firefighters on Thursday were tasked with getting portable toilets out of Grand River on Thursday. (July 31, 2025)

The mother of the man accused of stabbing 11 people at the Walmart in Traverse City says her son needs help for the mental illness that drove him to the kind of violence that she didn't think he was capable of. (July 31, 2025)