Sumner Newscow report — Due to the Juneteenth Holiday on Thursday, June 19, the landfill and compost site will be closed. Thursday’s refuse collection will be completed on Friday of that week.

There are events across Greater Lansing to celebrate Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of U.S. slavery.

With its formal recognition still recent, Juneteenth continues to expand in public awareness and civic importance. While some ...

The Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a federal holiday — expanding its ...

On June 19, 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, which he read to ...

The Madison Board of Education, the Shellfish Commission and the Affordable Housing Committee are among the government groups holding meetings this week in Madison. On Thursday, Town Offices will be ...

Here are five stories you may have missed this week. Athens at College Square as part of the “No Kings” protests that ...

Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the country reconsider their support for diversity, equity and inclusion ...

Juneteenth celebration brought hundreds of visitors to Bernice Allridge Park on Saturday to celebrate freedom.

The City of Madison Streets Division will not pick up recycling, brush, trash or large item collections for residents this Thursday in observance of Juneteenth, the city ...