Lansing State Journal and the firm’s name was changed to Kerr & Hosmer. I can remember the two men and the old red building on West Michigan Avenue where the State printing and binding was done, and this paper was published. It had a long sign on the roof that informed the passerby that it was the State Bindery and Republican Office." Over the next 50 years, the paper saw many name changes and many different owners, finally merging with the rival "Lansing Journal" forming "The State Journal" in January 1911. The first Sunday edition was published on September 27, 1936. Gannett bought
Lansing, Illinois Lansing, Illinois Lansing is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Lansing is a southern suburb of Chicago. The population was 28,331 at the 2010 census. Lansing is located at (41.565785, -87.545791). It is south of the Chicago city limits at 138th Street, and from the Chicago Loop. Lansing is bordered by Glenwood and Thornton to the west, Calumet City and South Holland to the north, Lynwood to the south, and by Munster and Hammond in Indiana to the east. According to the 2010 census, Lansing has a total area of , of which (or 99.15%) is land and