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Heritage teacher and students to appear in reading documentary for National Reading Month
Susan Brady was thrilled when she received an email from the non-profit organization, Reading is Fundamental, offering Heritage Middle...
Lansing Public Library honors Bessie Coleman during Women’s History Month
Surrounded by discrimination and segregation in the early 1900s, Bessie Coleman found her freedom soaring high in the sky...
Lansing event to raise awareness of child abuse and prevention April 3
The Lansing Human Relations Commission is hosting its third Prevent Child Abuse Month kickoff event, scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 3
St. Patrick’s Day celebration takes place at Kasey’s Banquet Hall
Kasey’s Banquet Hall was filled with cheer as a large crowd gathered to celebrate its annual St. Patrick’s Day party on March 17...
Lansing man raises money to help fund childhood cancer research
Ted Gray raised over $5,000 and recruited ten others to shave their heads at a St. Baldrick’s fundraiser at J.J. Kelley’s on March 16...
Applications for Property Tax Savings now available
Property tax savings applications for the 2023 tax year are now available online...
Thornton Township voters decisively strike down mental health referendum
With all of Thornton Township's 104 precincts reporting, the final tally stood decisively against the referendum, with 10,124 votes against
Annual Lansing area spelling bee winners announced
Lansing elementary school students put their spelling skills to the test at the annual Lansing Area Spelling Bee held on March 14...
Lansing Cleanup Day is April 20 – Volunteers needed
Come out and participate in the 15th Annual Village of Lansing Cleanup Day and help make a difference in the environment...
Lansing’s Valerie McDaniels honored at Cook County’s Unsung Heroine Awards
Valerie McDaniels was among 18 women honored at the 27th Annual Peggy A. Montes Unsung Heroine Awards...
‘You make me want to live in Lansing’ – Celebrating the deeper meaning of weather photos
Usually small talk, weather took on a big meaning at the Lansing Journal’s Weather Gallery event at the Lansing Library Monday night...
Four weather photos purchased at opening night of exhibition
"The photos are beautiful, yes, but I think the real beauty is the little bit of joy and pride that is behind the very act of taking a photo and submitting it.
How weather photos became a thing in Lansing
Above: Dozens of community members gathered around the gallery wall at the Lansing Public Library during the Open House for "Lansing through the Seasons,"...
Chef Mary Sue Milliken shares Lansing memories and advocates for young women entering culinary arts
Mary Sue Milliken finished the culinary arts program at Washburne Culinary & Hospitality Institute as one of only two women in a class of 100.
What is the ‘Year of the Dragon?’ – explaining the Chinese Lunar New Year
“The Year of Dragon represents will, boldness, pride, ego, royalty, gold, entertainment, talent, creativity, explosions, light..."