Melanie Jongsma
COVID-19 counts for June 8, 2020
data provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Indiana State Department of Health
LANSING, Ill. (June 8, 2020) - The Lansing Journal receives daily news releases from various sources regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on our community, state, and region. Statistics from those sources are compiled below.LansingCumulative...
Protecting their community
Cameron Sanchez, CJ Wilson, and Jawaan Dorch demonstrate peace while protesting violence
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (June 7, 2020) - When you're a young black man in Lansing, you have a unique combination of responsibilities to the diverse influences who speak into your life. Family, teachers, "the black community," "white...
COVID-19 counts for June 7, 2020
data provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Indiana State Department of Health
LANSING, Ill. (June 7, 2020) - The Lansing Journal receives daily news releases from various sources regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on our community, state, and region. Statistics from those sources are compiled below.LansingCumulative...
Photos: A week of many voices
May 31–June 6 in Lansing, Illinois
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (June 6, 2020) - As quarantine restrictions began to ease and businesses began to reopen—with modifications—Sunday morning felt like a new beginning. But the mood shifted later in the day, and the rest of the week found people in Lansing...
COVID-19 counts for June 6, 2020
data provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Indiana State Department of Health
LANSING, Ill. (June 6, 2020) - The Lansing Journal receives daily news releases from various sources regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on our community, state, and region. Statistics from those sources are compiled below.LansingCumulative...
COVID-19 counts for June 5, 2020
data provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Indiana State Department of Health
LANSING, Ill. (June 5, 2020) - The Lansing Journal receives daily news releases from various sources regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on our community, state, and region. Statistics from those sources are compiled below.LansingCumulative...
Todd family defies coronavirus by opening new business
Pour on Roy will be "elegant but not overpriced"
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (June 4, 2020) - "There’s nothing like a pandemic to start a new business, right?" laughed Amy Todd. She and her family have begun the process of opening a new wine bar in the building they own...
District 215 creates space for young Black men to talk
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING and CALUMET CITY, Ill. (June 4, 2020) - "I am determined to provide an outlet for our student scholars, namely our Black and Brown student scholars," wrote District 215 Superintendent Teresa Lance in a letter to D215 families on Sunday, May 31. At the time the...
COVID-19 counts for June 4, 2020
data provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Indiana State Department of Health
LANSING, Ill. (June 4, 2020) - The Lansing Journal receives daily news releases from various sources regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on our community, state, and region. Statistics from those sources are compiled below.LansingCumulative...
COVID-19 counts for June 3, 2020
data provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Indiana State Department of Health
LANSING, Ill. (June 3, 2020) - The Lansing Journal receives daily news releases from various sources regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on our community, state, and region. Statistics from those sources are compiled below.LansingCumulative...