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Photos from various MLive-The Flint Journal photojournalists that capture beauty, pain and perseverance in 2025 in the Flint area.
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Rosie Weaver leans against the headstone of her husband U.S. Army Spc. Michael Weaver after a Memorial Day ceremony on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Township. Her husband passed in 2011 due to lasting effects of Agent Orange.
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Alondra Rosas Ornelas and Alphonse Buclay during an El Ballet Folklórico Estudiantil dance rehearsal on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Latinx Technology and Community Center in Flint.
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Flint Powers Catholic sophomore Mary Coyne, 14, prays after receiving the ash cross on her forehead alongside more than 550 students during an Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at Flint Powers Catholic High School in Flint.
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More than 375 Davison seniors parade up E. Clark Street and through Thomson Elementary School during the annual senior walk to celebrate the 2025 graduating class on Thursday, May 22, 2025 in Davison.
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Children play on the swing set during the Lights On Afterschool event at Freeman Elementary School in Flint on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025.
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A firefighter works to put out a fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township after a Burton man drove into the building and opened fire on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025 in Grand Blanc. Police say the fire was set intentionally by the suspect.
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Christina Sears of Ypsilanti shouts out against President Donald Trump while holding a sign that reads “Fight Fascism!” amidst more than 700 people gathered at the steps of Michigan’s Capitol to protest in defiance of Trump and his second administration on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 on Presidents’ Day in Lansing.
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Flint police officers arrest a community member after being removed from a Flint City Council finance committee meeting on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at Flint City Hall in Flint.
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A laborer unloads used tires, next in line for shredding on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 at the Environmental Rubber Recycling Center in Flint. A change in state law in 2023 reduced demand for “tire-derived fuel,” chipped tires that are burned at biomass power plants. Jake May | MLive.com
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Chadwick Mobley, one of the two men accused of the 2011 murder of Andrea Eilber, walks out of the courtroom after being sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at Lapeer County Circuit Court in Lapeer.
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A large mobile cheeseburger makes its way down the street during the ‘parade of fools’ at the Cheeseburger Festival in Caseville on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
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Car enthusiasts enjoy Back to the Bricks Rolling Cruise in Flint on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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Quinette Hoskins, biological mother of Kira Lovelace, showers her 6-year-old grandson James Lovelace with love and affection after recalling the details of the night Kira Lovelace, her daughter and James’ mother, was killed on Friday, April 18, 2025 at the Muggins residence on Flint’s north side. Lovelace was killed in an unsolved hit-and-run in Flint in December. Her family is still seeking answers. They are working with Crime Stoppers in hopes that sharing their story will lead to new information and justice for Kira.
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Students surround Beaumont Tower for a moment of silence followed by the ringing of bells from the Beaumont Tower on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
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Tears well up in the eyes of Deaje Mayfield, 22, after Genesee County Circuit Judge B. Chris Christenson sentenced him and another man for their parts in killing Sheona Baker on Dec. 2, 2022 in Flint in the Gensee County Circuit Court on June 16, 2025 in downtown Flint. Mayfield, 22, and Zachary Edwards, 22, entered no contest and guilty pleas in their respective cases. Mayfield pleaded no contest to second-degree murder, two felony firearm charges, arson, tampering with evidence and carrying a concealed weapon. Edwards pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Mayfield allegedly shot Baker with a shotgun and .40 caliber weapon multiple times on a dirt trail near 2420 Grand Traverse Street in Flint, according to testimony at Edwards’ preliminary examination. Jake May | MLive.com
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More than 3,000 people protest President Donald J. Trump as he delivers a speech about the successes of his first 100 days in office on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at Macomb Community College in Warren.
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Brian Miser sails through the air after he is shot from a cannon during a Human Cannonball Daredevils show at the Genesee County Fair in Mount Morris on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
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Local 651 members throw candy to spectators during the Flint Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 1, 2025.
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Peggy Newell and Sue Purdy sketch paintings hung up on the wall of the MI: INK exhibit during the Sketching in the Galleries workshop hosted by the Flint Institute of Arts on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. The workshop is part of their Creative Aging initiative.
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Juanita Skaggs, mother of Alicia Jackson-Skaggs at right, cries out as Alena Gonzalez and other family embrace in the hallway of the Genesee County Circuit Courthouse on Monday, March 10, 2025, after Deondre McLilly, 25, and his mother Windy Weatherford, 49, were each sentenced to serve more than 30 years in prison after being convicted of killing Alicia Jackson-Skaggs in Flint Township in March 2022.
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Na’Ziya Lewis works on her prom dress on Monday, April 14, 2025, at Lewis’s home in Flint.
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Divine Child and Goodrich players pray together as Dan Sellers, the announcer for Goodrich, receives lifesaving medical attention after collapsing on the sideline during a division 4 high school football state semifinal against Goodrich and Divine Child played at Stoney Creek High School in Rochester Hills on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025.
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Portia Titus, 63 of Detroit, smiles as she watches floats go by in America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 along Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit. (Jake May | MLive.com)
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Flint residents Jenifer Veloso and her partner Sarah Satkowiak (pictured left to right), as well as Sarah’s father Pete were traveling to different spots along the 10-mile course to photograph participants when racers flagged them down at the Crim Festival of Races.. All three have medical experience — even though they were only there to take photos. Unexpectedly, they became lifesavers. What happened next was a life-saving effort to help a runner who went into cardiac arrest during the Aug. 24 event. (Jake May | MLive.com)
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An exploration of art and photojournalism, documenting the Back to the Bricks main event through double exposures on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025 in downtown Flint.
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Students arrive for the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025 at Florence M. Siple Elementary School in Davison. Jake May | MLive.com
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Laura Reville-Natzke, 61, holds the bullet that entered her home and nearly struck her husband the morning after a suspect barricaded himself inside his home during a standoff with police forces in Otisville as seen on Friday, August 1, 2025. “I could’ve lost my husband last night,” she said.
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Look inside new facilities at the YMCA of Greater Flint’s new recently constructed Livewell on Harrison facility, which is now open after a ribbon cutting on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 719 Harrison St. in downtown Flint. In total, Livewell on Harrison cost $41 million to build.
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Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson honored the 100th graduate to receive a GED or diploma while incarcerated through the I.G.N.I.T.E. program during its 34th graduation ceremony held on May 12, 2025 at the Genesee County Jail. The event marked a milestone in the educational initiative aimed at reversing generational incarceration.
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Autumn Coulter of Lapeer cries as she embraces her newly adopted children — Zay Wendel, 5 at left, and Mora Wendel, 3 — for the first time as a family as one of four families adopting eight children in Genesee County Probate Judge Jennie Barkey’s courtroom on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in downtown Flint. The date is being recognized this year as Adoption Day in Michigan through a proclamation by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (Jake May | MLive.com)
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Jeff Skigh performs during Porch Fest in Flint on Friday, July 18, 2025. The event featured nearly 20 music artists and 45 vendors.
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Flint resident Del Branch, 71, votes during the special general election for 3rd Ward Flint City Council member on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 at Avery Aldridge Activity Center in Flint. Jake May | MLive.com
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Crystal Pace, owner of Creative Cafe, offers up a wide selection of beverages, including espresso drinks, cappuccinos, lattes, chai lattes, hot chocolate, iced drinks and bubble tea, as well as food and baked goods too. Jake May | MLive.com
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The Lapeer marching band performs while leading the homecoming parade on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 along Nepessing Street in downtown Lapeer. (Jake May | MLive.com)
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Memphis Rogers, 6, plays with an American flag balloon at Brick Flick at the US 23 Drive in Theater in Flint during the Back to the Bricks main event week on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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Fireworks go off during a Juneteenth Celebration fireworks display in Flint on Thursday, June 19, 2025. The show lasted roughly 30 minutes.
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Casey Boeling, 46 of Livonia, shows off a brand new MAGA tattoo on his stomach while pulling up his T-shirt that shows President Donald J. Trump in a mugshot as hundreds of supporters wait in line to celebrate Trump, where he will deliver as speech about the successes of his first 100 days in office on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at Macomb Community College in Warren.
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Jasyis Johnson, 5, receives a haircut from Wayne Harrington at Harmony Fest IV in Memorial Park in Flint on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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Goodrich cheerleaders hit a large inflatable die as they interact with the student section during the season-opening game on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 at Goodrich High School. Goodrich defeated Frankenmuth 17-14. (Jake May | MLive.com)
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Dr. Natoya Coleman, principal at Doyle-Ryder, embraces an effervescent Sharon “Shari” Burdt, who was surprised with a library dedication in her honor, celebrating her contributions and impact to Flint Community Schools on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at Doyle-Ryder Elementary School in Flint. Burdt is in her 53rd year serving the district as a librarian. Jake May | MLive.com
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Eli Kendall, son of Coach Bean, sleeps in the ring as Ja’Quan McElroy trains elsewhere in the gym on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at Berston Field House in Flint.
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Horace Peterson’s family poses for a portrait after a screening and panel of the Horace Peterson documentary “Coming Home” on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at the Peterson’s family home in Flint.
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Second-graders Milena Armitage, 8 at left, and Erinn Osborn, 7, laugh as the two classmates and friends joke around “caught red-handed” while enjoying finger-painting creations for their parents as students celebrate Valentine’s Day on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 at Gates Elementary School in Davison.
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UAW Region 1 Director Steve Dawes holds the door open for Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Bay City, after she was sworn in by Federal Judge Shalina D. Kumar at the Federal Building and U.S. District Courthouse on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 at the Federal Building and U.S. District Courthouse in Flint. McDonald Rivet delivered remarks outlining her vision and goals for the 119th Congress. Jake May | MLive.com
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Grayson Shannon, 2, takes a nap behind the pens during the 4H youth goat show at the Genesee County Fair on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
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About 329 Lapeer seniors in the graduating class of 2025 parade in their caps and gowns along Nepessing Street on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 in downtown Lapeer as they participate in Swing Out, a longtime tradition of graduates that allows family and friends to show their support and love.
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With a theme of “A Night in Paris,” 73 Westwood Heights Hamady seniors and guests danced the night away during their 2025 prom on Saturday, May 10 at Genesys Banquet and Conference Center in Grand Blanc.
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Approximately 550 students came together at Flint Powers Catholic High School on Friday, May 9, 2025 for a Eucharist procession that made its way around the school’s campus.
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Karneishia Nelson and Lanyaah Henderson, left to right, dance in the rain during a Juneteenth Celebration Parade in Flint on Thursday, June 19, 2025. The parade started at Max Brandon Park and ended around Riverbank Park.
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Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley holds Nay’ior Houston while Aron Sousa, Dean of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, holds Emani Loveé on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at the Flint Children’s Museum in Flint. The event was put on to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Rx Kids.
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Through the help of attorney David Campbell and his team, Louisiana man John Reed, 76, was exonerated after spending more than two years in Michigan after U.S. Marshalls first arrested him on Jan. 23, 2023 for allegedly raping a woman in 1976. Reed, who maintained his innocence, cooperated with police while he was extradited to Flint, Mich., a place he hadn’t been to since 1972.
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Shirley Toliver speaks during the 11th annual Flint Water Crisis Commemoration on Friday, April 25, 2025, at UAW Local 659 in Flint.
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Chris Swanson announces his campaign to run for Governor of Michigan in the 2026 election on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 at Mott Community College in Flint. Swanson has been the Genesee County Sheriff since her was appointed in 2019 and then elected in 2020.
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Phoenix Myers, 11 at left, and his sister Maryn, 16, join more than 100 people gathered for a vigil at dusk on Sunday, Sept. 28 at Holy Redeemer Church in Burton to honor Charlie Kirk, as well as the victims of the mass killing at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, where four people were killed and multiple others were injured.
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Reghan Webb, 18, cries tears of joy as she is overcome by the letter she wrote herself and some memorable items she found when she opened her time capsule.
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Cody Spalding and his son Cooper Spalding make their way up the hill at Creasey Bicentennial Park in Grand Blanc on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
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Penny Barber embraces Mary Williams and Takio Tevis, the sister and cousin Taswala Williams, at a vigil held where she was found beaten and stabbed in Flint on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
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The VCR Stunt Team performs at the 18th annual Bikes on the Bricks in Flint on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.
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Ada, an 8-year-old, covers herself in snow as her parent Jane Benn of Ypsilanti joins more than 700 people gathered at the steps of Michigan’s Capitol to protest in defiance of the second Donald Trump administration on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 on Presidents’ Day in Lansing.
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Horace Peterson, seen here in Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, is now eligible for immediate release after serving 52 years in prison after being convicted on a first-degree murder charge in 1973. His family says he was “in the wrong place at the wrong time,” and Peterson has maintained his innocence from the beginning.
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Cloud swirl overhead at Brick Flick at the US 23 Drive in Theater in Flint during the Back to the Bricks main event week on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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Flint Community Schools held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 17, to celebrate the opening of its first new building in more than half a century. The $40 million facility, known as The Cube, is 5,000 square-feet and will serve students at Brownell STEM Academy and neighboring Holmes STEM Middle School Academy. District leaders, families, and community members joined in the celebration.
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A glassblower named Anna forms a handle onto a large glass ornament during the 40th annual Holiday Walk at the Flint Institute of the Arts on Tuesday, Dec 2, 2025.
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Asher Stuever Battel, 16, smiles as works to feed and give water to the chickens and do some of his daily chores on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 at the Stuever residence in Capac.
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Scenes from the production of Cinderella at Doyle-Ryder Elementary School in Flint, where more than 40 students between third and sixth grade participated in bringing the Disney classic to life.
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A pollen-covered bumble bee gently lands on a sunflower during the Frankenmuth Flower Festival at Grandpa’s Tiny Farm on Saturday, August 2, 2025.
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About 280 participants gather, compete and connect during the U.S. Hobby Horse Championships on Aug. 2, 2025 at Almont Middle School.
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Jennifer Hein, mother at right, smiles as she takes in the moment with her daughter, Swartz Creek senior Miriam Hein, after she was crowned homecoming queen on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at Swartz Creek High School. “It means so much. I’m so excited and so blessed, and I am so thankful to all of my classmates that voted for me. This is just a special moment,” Miriam Hein said. “This school and community, it really shaped me into who I want to be. … I love it and I love the people here. I’ve made some amazing friends, and bonds that will last forever.”
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Spencer Irvin runs along with his son Paul, 2, in the Teddy Bear Trot during the 2025 HAP CareSource Crim Festival of Races on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025 in Flint. Lukas Katilius | MLive.com
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Avion Derricks, 17 of Mt. Morris Township, bows his head in a moment of reflection after emotional testimony led to a three-year probation sentence on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 in Genesee County Circuit Court in Flint. Derricks pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the April 2023 shooting death of Mt. Morris Township teenager Larry Brown III. “This is your second chance,” said Genesee County Circuit Court Judge B. Chris Christenson as he delivered Derricks’ sentence. “If this was truly a horrible accident, and he’s truly learned from this moving forward, this is his opportunity to prove it not only to himself, not only to me, but to the entire Brown family.”
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Rianna Alexander, a model at the 810 Fall Fashion Show Lower at Blackstones Smokehouse in Flint, puts finishing touches on her makeup and hair on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025.
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Nadia Alamah gives a henna tattoo to Flint local Jelana Smith at Porch Fest in Flint on Friday, July 18, 2025. The event featured nearly 20 music artists and 45 vendors.
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Eric Catz stands in front of the U.S. Union flag during the River of Time living history event at Johnson Pumpkin Farm in Saginaw on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025.
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Christina Shamma stands solemnly with a picture frame of her husband Nael Shamma in her hand as the Flint Alliance for Immigrant Rights (FAIR), a coalition of organizations, advocates, and community members committed to protecting the rights and dignity of immigrants in the Greater Flint region, hold a press conference on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at the Gloria Coles Flint Public Library in response to the Metro Police Authority of Genesee County entering into a 287(g) taskforce agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations. (Jake May | MLive.com)
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Dangel Taylor, 4, jumps into the air while making a silly face at Harmony Fest IV in Memorial Park in Flint on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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at the Mott Lake Regatta in Flint on Saturday, August 9, 2025.
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Attendees light candles as they listen to the Saginaw Youth Choir sing Christmas carols at the Saginaw Water Treatment Plant lighting ceremony during Holidays in the Heart of the City festivities in Saginaw on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025.
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Children and parents line up for the Reindeer Run during the 16th annual YMCA Santa Run in downtown Flint on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025.
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A Michigan State Police operator attaches a ram to his bulldozer as a man barricades himself inside of his home during a standoff with police forces in Otisville on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley and Kevin M. Guskiewicz, president of Michigan State University, cut the ribbon together with other officials at the ribbon cutting ceremony of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s second building in downtown Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)
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Omega Psi Phi Fraternity is seen stepping during the Saginaw African Cultural Festival held at the old Morley School grounds on Friday, August 8, 2025.
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A couple finds solace and joy in one another on a foggy October morning in Maysville, Kentucky.
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Rev. Reginald Flynn, co-founder and executive director of the North Flint Reinvestment Corporation, cries as he embraces his parents Marjorie Willis and Pastor Earl Willis as the three unite in a group prayer before the opening of the North Flint Food Market on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, after more than a decade of planning and development. The co-op grocery store has approximately 900 member-owners who have invested in the store located off Clio Road.
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Kristie Braugh gently strokes the hair of her daughter Evelyn Braugh, 10, as they both take a quiet, solemn moment together on Thursday, Oct. 2 after she got home from school to reflect on what happened on the church mass killing at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday, Sept. 28. Evelyn created a stand to give away free flowers, which she picks from her own backyard, to bring hope and light to those in the community impacted. “I would say things are tough, but you are tougher because God believes in you,” Evelyn said.
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Andrew Manns models during the “This is me” fashion show at the Sloan Museum of Discovery in Flint on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.
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Andrea Munsell, a business owner and mother of two, wipes tears from her eyes as she pleads to the Metro Police Authority to cut ties with the federal agency responsible for immigration enforcement (ICE) regular board meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025 in Mundy Township. This police department, which serves Mundy Township and Swartz Creek, signed a cooperation agreement with the federal agency responsible for immigration enforcement (ICE), just the sixth police department in Michigan with a deal to aid in deportation efforts. (Jake May | MLive.com)
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The Silver Lake Ski Club performs at the Freedom Festival Ski Show in Fenton on Thursday, July 3, 2025. The club has been a staple in the community since 1960.
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Goodrich cheerleaders hit a large inflatable die as they interact with the student section during the season-opening game on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 at Goodrich High School. Goodrich defeated Frankenmuth 17-14. (Jake May | MLive.com)
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Adalynn Hadden plays with chalk during the Back to the Bricks Rolling Cruise in Flint on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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Crystal Frost hugs Shatoya Green during a commemoration of life for Shaquice Grear on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in the 3100 block of Flushing Road in Flint. Grear was shot on May 25 and passed on May 30.
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Schickler Elementary students celebrate and enjoy using the new multi-purpose room and gymnasium on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in Lapeer.
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Charred walls still stand amidst the rubble at the site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 4285 McCandlish Road, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, on the first day that McCandlish Road reopened in Grand Blanc Township after a fire and shooting that killed four people with several others injured occurred.
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Michigan resident Beverly Leaf stands in solidarity with Carol Frazier, mother of Demetrius Frazier, as she pleads publicly on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to bring home her son Demetrius Frazier, a Detroit man convicted of rape and a separate murder of a 14-year-old in the early 1990s who was serving a life sentence when he was charged with another murder in Alabama. Carol Frazier delivered a letter to the Gov. Whitmer’s office in the George W. Romney Building in Lansing requesting she give an executive order requesting her son’s return to Michigan before he is executed as early as Feb. 6 in Alabama through the death penalty.
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Family and friends rush to embrace Corey Rosser, a longtime educator at Quest High School in North Branch, after he was named Michigan Teacher of the Year on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 during Teacher Appreciation Week. Jake May | MLive.com
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More than 630 students and guests attended the Davison prom on Saturday, May 3, 2025, seen here before loading charters buses at Davison High School before their destination excursion aboard the Detroit Princess Riverboat.
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When Dan Huggler stepped into his first classroom at LakeVille High School in 2001, the world had just changed. It was the same week the September 11 attacks shook the nation, and for Huggler, a Palestinian American, the timing was heavy with meaning. Now in his 25th year as a teacher and coach, Huggler has built a career defined by commitment to his students, his team and his culture. Jake May | MLive.com
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Schickler Elementary second-grader Ada Land smiles and applauds as she celebrates the opening of the new multi-purpose room and gymnasium on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in Lapeer. Jake May | MLive.com
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Brooklyn Mulaly, a 20-year-old Flint student who is hearing-impaired, locates and restocks items on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at the Meijer on Center Road in Burton. These interns at the store, located at 2333 S. Center Road, are part of a groundbreaking new partnership between Meijer and Kearsley Community Schools, designed to help special needs students transition into the workforce. The program, called Project SEARCH, launched in September 2024 and is coordinated through the Genesee Intermediate School District. It offers young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities hands-on job training in a real-world environment. Jake May | MLive.com
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Shahanna Thorns prays during Ramadan on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at Genesee County Jail in Flint.
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Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson honored the 100th graduate to receive a GED or diploma while incarcerated through the I.G.N.I.T.E. program during its 34th graduation ceremony held on May 12, 2025 at the Genesee County Jail. The event marked a milestone in the educational initiative aimed at reversing generational incarceration. Jake May | MLive.com
