This year has been very kind to Lansing native Edward McClelland. His new novel, “Running for Home,” is his second book in 2021. Earlier, he published  “Midnight in Vehicle City: General Motors, Flint and the Strike That Created the Middle Class,” a non-fiction examination of the 1937 sit-in strike in Flint that resulted in the recognition of the United Auto Workers.

This Q&A is part of a daily series highlighting the many medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries across Greater Lansing.

Looking to boost your acting repertoire? Thanks to a new recurring online performance project, anyone has a chance to include “Riverwalk Theatre Performer” on a resume. By sharing a video that conforms to each month’s theme, you could be one of Riverwalk’s featured artists for its new monthly virtual talent show series.

The Lansing Art Gallery and Education Center has debuted its selections for the 36th annual Art Scholarship Alert High School Exhibition. An exhibit of artwork crafted entirely by talented Greater …

Last week, we kicked off our 420 coverage with online Q&As featuring as many medical and recreational dispensaries as we could find in Greater Lansing. Several responses included fascinating details about how these local companies got started — and where they’re going.

Lansing may never again have paczki like Sostine and Mena Castriciano could churn out at Roma Bakery and Deli. More than a century of combined baking experience with artisanal Italian goods can be hard to come by, and perhaps even more difficult to replace once it is gone. The craft cannabis cuisiniers at Noble Road, however, are trying their best. The new occupants of the longtime home of Roma Bakery, at 428 N. Cedar St., in Lansing, are even using the same countertops, mixers and commercial ovens that made the Castriciano family recipes famous — though these particular confections are filled with a bit more than just ricotta cheese.

COVID-19 vaccines from Johnson & Johnson will no longer be administered in Ingham County — or anywhere else in Michigan — until health officials can better assess six reports (of more than 6.8 million doses nationwide) of women who developed blood clots after their vaccinations.

Proposed changes to marijuana licensing laws in Lansing could help pave the way for more women and people of color to get involved in the local cannabis industry.