Today marks the ninth snow day for the 2018-19 school year for East Lansing Public Schools, and the last day that can be forgiven by the State Department of Education before the district will have to add additional instruction time to the calendar. ELi's Karessa Wheeler explains.

East Lansing's City Council is looking at giving City Manager George Lahanas a new contract with a big raise plus lucrative benefits. If passed tomorrow night, the raise will be backdated to the day the City implemented an income tax to deal with its financial crisis.

Machines parking cars in East Lansing? The idea has elicited both excitement and skepticism. ELi's Brad Minor speaks with a representative of U-Tron, maker of automated parking systems, and the parking manager for West Hollywood, California, to help explain what we're looking at with the Royal Vlahakis proposal.

On Friday, Trojan senior athletes Kaleb Elam, Kobe Hayward and Jack Morse celebrated their official commitments to continue their academic and athletic careers at Michigan universities next year. Mark Meyer was there for ELi.

After a brief, early-winter holiday break, the Orchard Street Pump House Concert Series returns February 9 with a concert from Americana supergroup Diamonds in the Rust. Christopher Wardell reports.

Trojan football coach Bill Feraco has been chosen for induction into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association (MHSFCA) Hall of Fame. ELi's Mark Meyer has the story.