Carrie Steinweg
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Carrie Steinweg is a freelance writer, photographer, author, and food and travel blogger who has lived in Lansing for 27 years. She most enjoys writing about food, people, history, and baseball. Her favorite Lansing Journal articles that she has written are: "Lan Oak Lanes attracts film crew," "Why Millennials are choosing Lansing," "Curtis Granderson returns home to give back," "The Cubs, the World Series, fandom, and family," and "Lansing's One Trick Pony Brewery: a craft beer oasis."
Memorial Junior High baseball team advances to sectional championship for first time
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (October 30, 2019) - Memorial Junior High School’s baseball team, comprising 6th, 7th and 8th grade students, accomplished a first for the school this year. After an undefeated regular season, the team advanced to the regional championship for the first time in the school’s history....
Three days of family fun planned for Lansing Autumn Fest
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (October 2, 2019) - Lansing Autumn Fest returns October 11-13 for a weekend of fall fun. Festival Chair Dan Centracchio is anticipating a successful and smooth year as the event returns for the second time to the upgraded Fox Pointe location.“This time of year a...
Lansing Garden Club installs pollinator gardens behind Eisenhower Fitness Center
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (October 1, 2019) - Tucked away behind the Eisenhower Fitness Center in Lansing is the Mildred Burt Nature Center, a little natural haven that got a recent makeover by the Lansing Garden Club.Members of the Lansing Garden Club adopted the Mildred Burt Nature Center...
TF South Class of 1969 to reunite this weekend
Fun begins Thursday, October 3; continues through Sunday, October 6
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (October 1, 2019) - Members of the Thornton Fractional South Class of 1969 will commemorate 50 years of friendship at a banquet Saturday night at Villa Cesare in Schererville, Indiana.A number of other reunion activities are...
White Sox organization hosts birthday party for Lansing’s CP Crawford
112-year-old's first visit to Guaranteed Rate Field includes greetings from Hall-of-Famer Harold Baines
by Carrie SteinwegCHICAGO, Ill. (September 13, 2019) - When you get to be 112 years old, it’s a good reason to have more than one birthday party. Lansing’s most famous resident these days is CP Crawford, who...
Lansing’s CP Crawford turns 112
Supercentenarian is believed to be the oldest living male in Americaby Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (August 25, 2019) - The average life span in the U.S. is 78.6 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Some Americans don’t make it that long. Others pass up that number and...
American Legion Riders ride to raise funds
Proceeds will help veteran organizations and first responders
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (August 16, 2019) - The parking lot at American Legion Post 697 was filled Saturday morning, August 10, with motorcycles ready to head out for the American Legion Riders’ 6th Annual Ride and Benefit. According to Legion Riders...
Lansing teen chosen as Shriners ambassador at upcoming PGA Tour
Griffin Polley to serve as pros' standard bearer in Las Vegas
by Carrie Steinweg
CHICAGO, Ill. (August 4, 2019) - Griffin Polley, 17, has faced a number of medical challenges throughout his life, but that hasn’t stopped him from being a member of TF South’s golf team. Last year after an...
Chicago Pride Parade: an afternoon of rainbows and rain
Lansing residents, Purdue students join the celebration
by Carrie Steinweg
CHICAGO, Ill. (July 5, 2019) - Sunday marked the 50th Annual Chicago Pride Parade, traditionally held on the last Sunday of June. The first parade was organized as a march on June 27, 1970, with 150–200 individuals participating. Today attendance at...
35th annual History Walk draws record crowd
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (June 27, 2019) - There’s a group of about 120 people who will probably never look at Ridge Road the same as they drive or walk down the main street in downtown Lansing. Those individuals were guests on an annual tour hosted by the Lansing...