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The Lansing Journal is a community newspaper. We welcome input from fellow residents who have thoughtful things to say about topics that are important to our community. Send your submissions to [email protected] with “Voices” in the subject line.
Local Voices: Answering Tiffany Henyard’s ‘Referendum Question’
Thornton Township residents received a flyer in the mail explaining the mental health referendum Supervisor Henyard wants to enact.
Local Voices: Tiffany Henyard is trying to fool us
Many people have discovered by now what Tiffany Henyard's "$1 Million Giveaway Honoring Black History Month" actually is. It has nothing to do with...
Local Voices: Trivia Night 2024 will raise money for D215 scholarships
We are currently planning our inaugural event, Trivia Night 2024, which will be held on Saturday, March 2, from 6 – 10 p.m. at Kasey's Banquet Hall...
Local Voices: A book recommendation
I am reading The Magical Place We Call School by Dr. Kathleen Klebs Corley. It is a fabulous book....
Local Voices: Creating a scholarship foundation in memory of my son Jayden
I was sitting and thinking, and I said I want to start a scholarship in my son's name. I am determined to keep my son's name alive...
Local Voices: We’re back in touch with our daughter
You can imagine our ecstatic response to hearing our daughter's voice for the first time since October 16!
Local Voices: Road to Redemption
My second book, Road to Redemption, has been released. It is an unauthorized teacher’s guide for the study of American history.
Local Voices: ‘RE’ Time – Review, Reflect, and Reset
Typically, during this last week of the year it’s bittersweet because we’re saying goodbye to 2023 and to what we experience and know,...
Local Voices: Missing Jesse White
"Boy, am I ever sorry that we've recently had a change of Secretary of State in Illinois...."
Local Voices: An angel in Lansing
There’s an Angel running around in Lansing. Yesterday I was shopping in Walmart on Torrence, and a man asked me...
Local Voices: An update on my missing daughter
Here’s an update - We learned some information yesterday that removed our largest worry, that something bad had happened to her. She has been spotted.
Local Voices: Searching for my missing daughter
My daughter is missing — she left the Villa (her sober living home) on October 1st, and she did not return. She was last seen by a passerby in early November...
Local Voices: Thankful for Lansing
"The Lansing that exists today inspires me and makes me feel proud that I came from there....
Local Voices: Car seats for Lester Crawl families
I want to give away carseats/booster seats starting with my own class, then move on to the rest of my school. Then, IF POSSIBLE, I'd like...
Local Voices: ‘Stroads’ and Being – Thoughts on shrinking Ridge Road in Munster
Submitted by Adam Barker
Many Munster residents are grabbing their torches and pitchforks over the proposed change to shrink Ridge Road, from State Line Ave....