Kate Stockrahm

While the federal shutdown may be nearing an end, organizations that stepped in to support those whose SNAP benefits and paychecks remain in limbo are still working overtime.

Not only did she just turn 71, but on October 11, 2025, she was crowned Ms. Senior Flint at the Mays Senior and Community Center’s Ms. Senior Flint “Age of Splendor” Pageant.

Last night, the Flint Community Schools Board of Education (FBOE) voted unanimously to approve a design for a new high school on the site of the former Central-Whittier campus, slated to open in fall 2028.

Michigan’s House Appropriations Committee voted to cancel roughly $645 million in allocated but as-yet unspent state funding from its 2025 budget on Wednesday. What that means for Flint organizations that were promised those funds remains unclear even to other state lawmakers.

I try to keep my Village Life contributions light, my friends, but this year is not off to a great start.

One local family is looking toward the future for four area organizations dedicated to Flint and Genesee County’s past.

With days left before April’s filing deadline, the field of Flint City Council candidates is already thinning.

Flint City Council is poised to consider an amendment to Flint’s building code that would require owners of vacant buildings to register those structures with the city.

Flint’s Eighth Ward voters will see a primary election for their next Flint City Council representative after all.

After more than a year of work, Central Park neighborhood residents that lobbied for a citywide vacant building ordinance celebrated on Tuesday evening as Flint City Council voted 7-0 to approve it.