"It's been a crazy couple of weeks and I feel like today was the first time ... I had a chance to stop and think, wow, what I'm going to be doing tomorrow," News 8's Brittany Flowers said the day before the race. "I'm excited now, but I think the nerves have set in." (May 10, 2025)

The excitement continues to build in Grand Rapids for the River Bank Run on Saturday. (May 9, 2025)

The defending champs may have arrived, but that doesn't mean the field of elite runners for Saturday's River Bank Run will be diminished. (May 9, 2025)

Another sunshine filled day across West Michigan and that pattern isn't ending anytime soon. (May 9, 2025)

A West Ottawa elementary student had a gun and ammunition on a school bus days apart, deputies say. (May 9, 2025)

The Patmos Library in Jamestown is temporarily closed after most of its staff resigned unexpectedly, the library said on its website. (May 9, 2025)

Just one day after a judge declared a mistrial following a deadlocked jury in Christopher Schurr's murder trial, questions continue to mount as to what will happen next. (May 9, 2025)

Seminarians from the Grand Rapids area were among the thousands who celebrated in St. Peter's Square Thursday as a new pope was elected. (May 9, 2025)

News 8's Josh Sanchez went through the yearbook pages of a former classmate who knew the new pope.

In West Michigan, Diocese of Grand Rapids Bishop David Walkowiak celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving for the election of a new pope at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew Friday. (May 9, 2025)

Here's a look at the roads that will be closed tomorrow for the annual River Bank Run. (May 9, 2025)

As the annual River Bank Run creeps closer, many people, including runners participating tomorrow, are stopping by the Amway River Bank Run Expo. (May 9, 2025)

A nonprofit is bringing color to Kalamazoo and Portage with countless new flowers. (May, 9, 2025)