A well-known youth sports referee and umpire who spent the last 50 years officiating games all across Michigan has been arrested on child sex charges, officials said.

From Michigan SOS -- deadline to register online to vote:Today, Oct. 19 is the last day to register online to vote for the Nov. 3 general election. Eligible Michigan citizens can register online at Michigan.gov/Vote or by mail if it is postmarked by today’s date. It’s as simple as that,” said Michael L. Prince, director of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning. That was 3.56% of the state’s active COVID-19 cases, 253 of which were in critical care with 94 patients on ventilators . Michigan COVID-19 cases on the rise along with the rest of the United States, EuropeMichigan had the highest 7-day average for new COVID-19 cases last week at 1,463 since the start of the pandemic.

An Amber Alert issued Monday morning for a 2-year-old boy from Lansing Township has been canceled. They had been searching for 2-year-old Phoenix Javon Washington is believed to have been taken by 26-year-old Phoenix Washington. They were reported missing Monday morning from 3209 West Michigan Avenue in Lansing Township. Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Lansing Township Police Department at 517-730-5855. More: Missing in Michigan