State has yet to address marijuana-related vaping deaths hat  The Centers for Disease Control recently linked vitamin E acetate to the more than two dozen vaping deaths in the country this year. Vitamin E acetate often is used as a filler in THC extract. So what does that mean for the booming THC business? The State of Michigan has yet to weigh in on the issue. MORE ►Trump suggest raising vaping age to 21, Whitmer's flavor ban lingers ►Michigan's first vaping death ►Why is vaping so bad for teenagers?

  

Southern Michigan is about to get its first substantial snow   We've got snow to the north. Snow is gonna cover The Thumb. Southwest Michigan is in line for its first substantial snow of the season. Oh, yeah, and MLive chief meteorologist Mark Torregrossa says you can "get ready for wintry weather over all of Southeast Lower." (That's Torregrossa speak for the Ann Arbor and Detroit areas.) Good luck out there today, folks. MORE ►More than a foot of snow possible along Lake Huron shoreline ►16 inches of snow dumped in northern Michigan ►Join our weather group on Facebook and get today's forecast directly from Torregrossa

Observations: Lions struggle without Stafford against lowly Bears hat  Sunday's Detroit Lions game started with Matthew Stafford in street clothes. It ended with yet another new low. The Chicago Bears snapped a four-game losing streak. The Lions lost for the fifth time in their past six games. And the Motor City Kitties are all alone in the last place in the division. Ugh, yuck and ugh some more. (Thankfully, Kyle Meinke's post-game observations are more eloquent than that!) MORE ►Darius Slay says things could get ugly ►Late comeback bid comes up short: Live update recap

  

The coolest cosplay we saw at 2019 Grand Rapids Comic Con     Cosplayers were out in force this weekend in Grand Rapids for the 2019 GR Comic Con. And, guess what? Our resident cosplay aficionado/beat writer Ed Pevos was on the scene. Seriously, it wouldn't be a comic con in Michigan without a couple Pevos cosplay galleries to peruse. Grab some popcorn and enjoy! MORE ►Cosplay you have to see from GR Comic Con's busiest day ►The best Michigan cosplay from last year