SW Michigan

KALAMAZOO, MI - Some of the 38 local athletes who participated in the Boston Marathon on Monday are checking into a Facebook Group to let their families and friends know they are safe after two explosions injured at least a dozen people near the finish line just before 3 p.m.

BOSTON, MA -- Dr. Eric Blackwell has run more than 15 marathons, each ending with a feeling of joy and accomplishment. Monday's Boston Marathon was robbed of that. Blackwell, a physician at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, finished the race an hour and a half before the two explosions that killed two and left dozens of others injured.

KALAMAZOO, MI -- It appears young women in southwest Michigan are less likely to have experienced sexually assault compared to young women statewide. Still, one of every 12 high school girls in the region reports that she has been physically forced to have sexual intercourse, according to a 2011-12 survey.

A local discussion and action group is hoping to keep people's minds on an important community health topic.