Juneteenth, microchips, Lansing’s new police chief, and more
by Melanie Jongsma and Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (June 18, 2021) – Publisher Melanie Jongsma and Managing Editor Josh Bootsma put together a weekly round-up highlight news from the past week in Lansing. Links to the stories mentioned appear below the video of this week’s weekly round-up.
Lansing’s new police chief (0:44)
Al Phillips was appointed Lansing’s police chief at the June 15 Village Board meeting:
- Al Phillips takes the helm as Lansing’s new police chief (posted June 15, 2021)
No more daily COVID posts (1:37)
After 15 months of daily updates, Melanie stopped publishing the daily “COVID-19 data and visuals” on June 14:
- The Lansing Journal ceases daily publication of COVID-19 data (posted June 16, 2021)
Microchip shortages affect Lansing car dealerships (3:20)
Josh covered the local impact of a national microchip shortage:
- Car shortages affect Lansing dealerships as microchips remain in short supply (posted June 16, 2021)
Juneteenth becomes an official holiday (5:19)
The Lansing Journal published news releases from the Office of the Governor about observing Juneteenth as a state holiday in Illinois:
- Illinois names Juneteenth as official state holiday (posted June 17, 2021)
- Honoring Juneteenth National Freedom Day – flags half-staff Saturday, June 19 (posted June 17, 2021)
Local observances of Juneteenth (8:13)
- Sand Ridge Nature Center to host Juneteenth celebration with guest Toni Preckwinkle and others (posted June 13, 2021)
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