A rain-soaked rally at the Michigan State Capitol building garnered a much smaller crowd than at recent protests. more

When Joe Prevo Jr. started his Eagle Scout project at 16 years old, he hardly could have imagined that his work would one day bring a community together. It was a simple landscaping project, a flower bed built around a large and stoic, wooden cross. Over the years, it became overgrown and dilapidated. more

No doubt 2020 wouldn’t have been such a train wreck without COVID-19. It has fundamentally changed life in Greater Lansing and across the country. more

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor is reshuffling staff this week, sliding “chief of staff” duties away from Deputy Mayor Samantha Harkins to Nik Tate, who will be promoted this week from chief administrative officer to the newly created role of Deputy Mayor for Operations. more

Since March, at least 303 residents of Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties have reportedly died from complications connected to COVID-19. May we all remember each one, allowing their memories and their lives to warm and inspire our lives in the weeks, months and years to come. more

What makes Xiaoxing (Adele) Han a Lansing Legend is her deep ties to the local filmmaker community. Xiaoxing didn’t study film or own a camera until her early 20s. (She has sidestepped questions bout her exact age.) This year, Xiaoxing was crowned Outstanding Filmmaker at the Beijing Winter Olympics Filmmaker Awards and has a documentary screening at the Capital City Film Festival about a Chinese organ player.   more

With summer around the corner, it’s time to jam-pack your calendar with family fun, festivals, outdoor concerts and fair food. Here’s a guide to some must-see events, happening now … more

A former Lansing fire chief will return to Lansing next month as interim fire chief while officials look for a permanent replacement for Mike Mackey. more

The latest data from the Michigan School Health Survey System tells a much different story. more

Lansing Township is struggling to pay back about $3 million (including $1.75 million to Walmart and Sam’s Club) in improperly billed tax assessments, gutting the township’s revenues and putting the municipality on shaky financial footing. more

Every Saturday night, Brent Alberts, better known by his radio name Wally Londo, walks into 94.9 WMMQ-FM as local listeners light up the station’s phone lines with requests for some obscure songs rarely heard on terrestrial radio.   more

The puddle and steady stream of fluid was unexpected on the mountain bike path Greg Pratt was riding in Lansing’s Hunters Ridge Park on the evening of July 12. He stopped his biking to … more

(This story has been corrected to reflect that the National Weather Service predicts there is a 40% chance that temperatures will be warmer than normal this fall. An earlier version said the service … more

The Michigan Nurses Association has called for reforms by McLaren Home Care Greater Lansing after alleging that corporate officials are “failing to work adequately with registered nurses” on a COVID-19 response plan.  more

Police Chief Daryl Green announced earlier this afternoon that beginning immediately officers will only pull over drivers for traffic violations related to public safety and cease all traffic stops for violations like cracked windshields, loud exhaust, cracked tail lights and tinted windshields. more

Two films honoring the 56th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. are coming to the Cooley Law School Stadium this weekend. more

At least two dozen large bars and restaurants across Greater Lansing have been ordered to temporarily limit capacity to 75 patrons as local officials continue to track a growing COVID-19 outbreak tied to the recent reopening of Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub in East Lansing. more

Five of the six mayoral candidates facing off in the August primary election battled it out on stage last night at a live, 60-minute televised debate hosted by FOX 47 News and City Pulse. more

Since it first opened in 2011, then inside Absolute Gallery, Bradly’s HG has uprooted to a few locations around Old Town — but each move has led to growth for the local retail shop.   more

Some things just go perfectly together. There’s chocolate and peanut butter, wine and cheese, and, for the 420-friendly crowd, weed and music.   With that last one in mind, CEP … more