“There is, in fact, some truth buried in my songs at various levels.” Shields said. “Sometimes it might be obvious, and sometimes it may be subtler. I write songs about love lost and found, hippie-chicks, the Brooklyn Bridge, and stolen kidneys. You know, the regular stuff.”

“Beyond all the cheesiness of it being High School Musical, and all that Disney Channel Original Movie kind of thing, it really does kind of emphasize this idea that you can be a jock and you can be in musicals....I mean half of these kids are also athletes, so they’re living, breathing examples.”

There was standing room only in the Glencairn Elementary School gym during Glencairn’s first Special Person’s Day. ELi's Jessy Gregg brings you the story with photos.

According to his mother, one East Lansing man is "using the charactersitics of his autism as his strength" in starting a bottle and can recycling service. Ann Kammerer has the story.

Responding to the local appearance of a white nationalist group, hundreds of area residents gathered yesterday for a Celebration of Diversity Festival at All Saints Episcopal Church. ELi's Jessy Gregg reports.

Starting March 8, you can bring Styrofoam to City of East Lansing’s new polystyrene recycling station at the East Lansing Department of Public Works recycling drop-off site. Christopher Wardell reports.

City Council has begun digging into various tax options as it tries to manage East Lansing's financial problems. Citizens have been weighing in with their thoughts, too. ELi's Chris Root reports.