Judge Matthew Kacel dismissed Shanda Vander Ark's bid for a new trial after she was found guilty in 2023 of torturing and ...

Shanda Vander Ark, the notorious mother convicted of torturing her 15-year-old son to death, won a small legal battle in ...

Shanda Vander Ark, convicted of murder for torturing her son to death, will appear in a Muskegon County courtroom for a ...

A Muskegon County Judge has agreed to hear further arguments in the request for retrial of a Norton Shores woman convicted of killing her 15-year-old son in July of 2022.

A woman serving life in prison for the death of her son was denied a new trial based on her competency, but will get a chance to argue that ineffective legal assistance merits a second trial, a ...

Shanda Vander Ark's attorney argued his client was unable to participate in her defense after experiencing a 'significant ...

Judge Matthew Bates heard arguments in death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies' request for a commutation hearing on July 23, 2025. (Photo: KUTV) ...

A judge will decide whether or not to delay condemned killer Ralph Leroy Menzies' execution and instead order a new mental competency evaluation.

The landowners’ attempt not to be included in a lawsuit to stop the construction of a quarry in Belle Mina proved unsuccessful. Limestone County Circuit Judge Matthew Huggins denied Elephants R ...

A Limestone County judge denied two landowning companies’ request to be dismissed from a legal battle over a rock quarry.