September 25, 2025

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Eaton County Signs Resolution Recognizing The Significance of Black History Month

Rina Risper016 mins

 

 Dr. Brian L. Metcalf, Ph. D., Superintendent of the Grand Ledge School District, accepts a copy of the resolution from the Eaton County Board of Commissioners presented by Commissioner Howard T. Spence. This historic resolution recognizes February as Black History month in Eaton County.  It encourages Eaton County school districts to focus on the important contributions to the county and country from a wide variety of diverse backgrounds and histories.

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PET WORLD: Picking the right collar for your dog

Rina Risper05 mins

  By Marc Morrone

Tribune Content Agency
 
 Q: Our lab/pit mix puppy is now 8 months old and we got a metal choke collars to stop her from pulling when we walk her. However even with it on she will pull ahead of us until she actually starts to choke and cough and yet she never seems to get the idea. How is this supposed to work? Does it not bother her when it gets so tight around her neck? – Brad Williams, Macon, GA
 

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Excuse me, are you listening?

Rina Risper08 mins

 

Rina Risper, President & Publisher of The New Citizens Press

Dear Readers,

 
Bullying has reached a new low with cyberbullying. This term refers to any bullying done through the internet or a cell phone. 

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Beyond Havana: Cuba’s Trinidad and Vinales

Rina Risper08 mins

  The Church of the Holy Trinity overlooks the main square in the quaint colonial town of Trinidad, Cuba. 

 
Photo by Trish Feaster, Rick Steves' Europe

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“Tracking Terrence: Six Favorite Flicks”

Rina Risper09 mins

 

Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow

 

By Samantha Ofole-Prince

Terrence Howard really needs no formal introduction. We all know him as the music mogul, Lucious Lyon, from the hugely successful Fox Network drama “Empire.” An actor with incredible versatility, he’s played several cops, a doctor, a politician and a pimp and has been in over 40 movies since making his scene-stealing big screen debut as Cowboy in the 1995 Hughes brother’s film “Dead Presidents.”  From the womanizing Quentin in Malcolm D. Lee’s indie film, “The Best Man,” a swim coach in “Pride,” to former South African leader Nelson Mandela in “Winnie Mandela,” the Chicago native has had quite a prolific career.  Samantha Ofole-Prince delves into Howard’s film archives to scoop out our six favorites.

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News Spotlight: BWL Warns of Phone Scam

Rina Risper02 mins

 The Lansing Board of Water & Light has received several reports of scams threatening both residential and commercial customers with loss of service if they do not make a utility payment over the phone.

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Celebrate Women’s History Month One Last Time at the Cooley-Haze House

Rina Risper08 mins

 

LANSING, MI — After 34 years, the Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame (MWHOF) will be moving their operations from the historic Cooley-Haze House in downtown Lansing located at 213 W Malcolm X Street to the Meridian Mall in Okemos in late April 2017.

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