Wednesday, Nov. 25:

Tuesday, Nov. 24:

• ALMH's Light Up A Life campaign is a rich tradition

• Lincoln Jaycees Angel Trees at several locations

• Quinn expects action 'rather quickly' on Thomson

• Personality of the Week:

• A mystery at the library, Festival of Trees, Michael Loeffelholz, LCHS Wrestling Boosters, Pride of the Prairie and YMCA girls basketball in Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Pork industry on last leg down, but futures market provides a way up

• Railers start season with 74-50 win over Cahokia

• Logan Lanes: Logan Lassies

• Lincoln College volleyball postseason award winners

• AP news

Monday, Nov. 23:

• Open house in Elkhart on Dec. 5 for event planners

• Christmas on Vinegar Hill -- in pictures

• State public health director offers holiday health tips to avoid the flu

• Report: Ill. prison deal could create 3,000 jobs

• Recall information

• Railer roundball season hits the hardwood tonight

• Police reports

• Logan Lanes:

• Sunday Night Mixed

• Lincoln City Bowling Tournament

• Rollin 66ers

• Major Super Trios

• Red Lions split at Manhattan

• AP news

Saturday, Nov. 21:

• Louisiana family spices up Lincoln

• Christmas on Vinegar Hill this weekend -- in pictures

• LCHS FFA agronomy results -- in pictures

• Elkhart Candlelight Chapel Service Dec. 5

• Lincoln College student Mubeen Khan honored as student laureate at Nov. 7 ceremony with Gov. Quinn

• Bomke: More info, legislature should be involved in Gitmo prisoners decision

• IDOT to reduce road and lane closures over Thanksgiving weekend

• Marriages

• Dissolutions

• Laura on Life: Tinker Bell and baby teeth

• Home Country: A good hunter's notes

• Lincoln College Lynx down Black Hawk in OT: 80-75

• AP news

Friday, Nov. 20:

• Community Action names Cathy McIntosh Employee of the Year

• Logan County Board makes special recognitions
  Logan County Paramedics celebrate 10 years
  Bender recognized for 17 years as circuit clerk

• Meet the Railers night -- in pictures

• 1st home-based business fair a success

• WLNX at Lincoln College adds sports talk show to weekly lineup

• National recession pushes state unemployment rate to 11.0 percent

• Humane Society, Haylie Stone, Kyley Wyss and LCHS Madrigal Dinner make the Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Police reports

• LC Lynx beat Rend Lake 73-67

• AP news

Thursday, Nov. 19:

• Board approves 2010 county budget

• County board recognizes achievements -- in pictures

• Meet the Railers wrestling team night -- in pictures

• LCHS Madrigal Dinner starts tonight -- in pictures

• 3rd annual Christmas Extravaganza scheduled for Mission Mart

• Senate unveils health bill; 1st vote possible this weekend

• Historic Thanksgiving event Nov. 27 at Lincoln Log Cabin

• Holiday events scheduled at Wright-designed Dana-Thomas House in Springfield

• Swedish Christmas Market opens holiday season at Bishop Hill

• Logan Lanes:

• American Bowling League

• Tuesday Super Trios

• AP news

Wednesday, Nov. 18:

• Board approves 2010 county budget

• Leon family chooses Lincoln to chase American dream

• Hampton Inn of Lincoln collecting donations for local food pantry

• Meet the Lady Railers night -- in pictures

• Illinois town would rather get Gitmo prisoners

• New Illinois school bus law to protect student safety

• Illinois firearm deer season begins this weekend

• Wedding: Dexter-Thomas

• Letter: Smokers who start young face bigger challenges

• Book Look: 'How Oliver Olson Changed the World'

• This week's LCDPH flu fact

• Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League

• AP news

Tuesday, Nov. 17:

• City briefs: Dire finances, Ameren, sidewalk replacement, enterprise zone and more

• Weather alert: Flood warning for Logan County

• Personalities of the Week: The Kiwanis Club of Lincoln: a hardworking, youth-oriented service organization

• Millions will have to repay part of stimulus tax credit

• Unicare exits Illinois
  180,000 Illinoisans affected

• Durbin, Quinn back Illinois terror prison

• Ill. GOP lawmakers: Guantanamo detainees too risky

• Humane Society news, Washington-Monroe honor roll, the Ball Brothers in Mount Pulaski in today's Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Police reports

• Christmas tree selection and care
  By John Fulton

• Mayfield's Mutterings: An Illini basketball primer: Illinois looks to 'rise up' in 2009-2010
  By Jeff Mayfield, with contributions from Greg Taylor

• Logan Lanes: Split 'n' Gutter League

• Red Lions men's basketball team drops opener

• AP news

Monday, Nov. 16:

• Breaking News
  Gee family murders: Harris brother asks for February trial date, preservation of evidence

• Mount Pulaski honors Maj. Stanley Manes

• Inaugural expo highlights local home-based businesses

• 1st Home Based Business Expo -- Album 1

• 1st Home Based Business Expo -- Album 2

• Source: Illinois prison eyed for Gitmo inmates

• New study says costs rise under health bill

• Recall information

• Police reports

• Logan Lanes:

• Sunday Night Mixed

• Rollin 66ers

• Major Super Trios

• Red Lions take 2nd in nationals

• Lincoln College Lynx over Carl Sandburg 83-73

• AP news

Saturday, Nov. 14:

• A taste of Chicago on Keokuk Street

• Best Western Lincoln Inn joins special program to better serve corporate travelers

• County budget to come to vote on Tuesday
  Board expected to make room for GIS coordinator position in 2010

• IEMA urges people to prepare for snow, cold and ice

• Illinois' budget problems rank among the worst in the nation

• Marriages

• Dissolutions

• Oasis notes

• Home Country: Art class works with elements of counseling

• Red Lions advance to national semifinals

• Mount Pulaski Lady Toppers advance to state championship

• Illini destroy Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 96-69

• AP news

Friday, Nov. 13:

• County budget to come to vote on Tuesday
  Board expected to make room for GIS coordinator position in 2010

• Road construction completed between Elkhart and Mount Pulaski

• LCHS Baseball Fall Workday -- in pictures

• YMCA grateful for United Way support

• IDOT Operation Save 100 kicks off

• American Cancer Society marks 34th Great American Smokeout

• The YMCA, Lincoln Public Library, Justin Broom, Jonah Pellinghelli-Drake, Emmery Mammen, Luke Morrow, MacKenzie Merreighn, and Duane and Marjory Smalley all in Close Up
  By Mike Fak
• Red Lions win 3rd match
• Lincoln Christian University defeats Ozark Christian College

• AP news

Thursday, Nov. 12:

• City briefs: Racetrack rules, Ameren woes, sewer upgrades, grants and more

• City council 'roadshow' goes to Postville -- in pictures

• 4 entrepreneurs find 'harmony' in opening their business

• Lincoln Veterans Day ceremony -- in pictures

• Local help available for those with Medicare questions

• ALMH to offer interactive diabetes classes

• Quinn calls early prisoner release necessary

• Police reports

• Park district notes

• Victorian Thanksgiving at Bloomington's Davis Mansion through Nov. 22

• Best-selling author to appear Nov. 19 at presidential museum

• Logan Lanes: Logan Lassies

• Red Lions win 1st match

• Red Lions and coach honored

• Lincoln College Lynx 93, Olney 80

• AP news

Wednesday, Nov. 11:

• Federal officials announce grant to spur economic development in Logan County

• Federal grant received -- in pictures

• Personalities of the Week:
  This week's POW dedicated to our veterans
  Remembering the unknown soldiers of Logan County

• Remembering a young soldier's funeral

• Health department expands eligibility for seasonal flu vaccine

• SCORE office has ribbon-cut -- in pictures

• Postville Courthouse State Historic Site announces Dec. 5 open house

• Illinois Student Assistance Commission still has $66 million for student loans

• Police reports

• Book Look: '10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget'

• Laura on Life: The truth about horseback riding

• This week's LCDPH flu fact

• Logan Lanes: Jay Bird

• AP news

Tuesday, Nov. 10:

• Reminder: Veterans Day ceremony will be at the Lincoln VFW, 915 Fifth St., at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

• Tara Morris is ALMH November Employee of the Month

• Book project in support of The Mill on 66 begins

• Lincoln Rotary conducting food drive Saturday

• Lincoln Pastoral Counseling Services receives United Way support

• The colors of fall 2009 -- album 1

• The colors of fall 2009 -- album 2

• LCHS madrigal dinner cast chosen

• Fall cleanup time
  By John Fulton

• Illini hoops 2009-2010
  By Greg Taylor

• LJHS basketball vs. Mount Pulaski

• Logan Lanes:

• American Bowling League

• Split 'n' Gutter League

• AP news

Monday, Nov. 9:

• A special day in Lincoln for Special Olympians

• Special Olympics Play Day tournament -- album 1

• Special Olympics Play Day tournament -- album 2

• St. John UCC Youth host veterans -- in pictures

• Political Asylum: Taxes, spa days, Alaska visitor

• Recall information

• Police reports

• Marriages

• HOPE Mobile services not available Nov. 18

• Tournament results for LJHS

• Logan Lanes:

• Sunday Night Mixed

• Rollin 66ers

• Red Lions honor seniors with a win

• Lynx 106, Hannibal-LaGrange JV 62

• AP news

Saturday,  Nov. 7:

• ALMH takes steps to limit spread of influenza-like illness

• New pictures of August tornado path that crossed all of Logan County

• State's bill backlog has higher ed struggling

• Unlike GOP rivals, Quinn says Illinois should not try to opt out of national health plan

• Dissolutions

• YMCA notes

• Laura on Life: Video game virus

• Home Country: A solution as obvious as the nose on your face

• Lynx fall in OT to Kirkwood 81-75

• AP news

Friday, Nov. 6:

• Education Task Force unites to tackle high school dropout crisis

• Flu shots for seniors available next week

• 'Tis the season for Salvation Army red kettles

• All clear at Carroll Catholic
  False bomb threat evacuates school

• Lincoln FFA hosts career development event -- in pictures

• How the Gee family murders were solved
  Investigating agencies model cooperation and professionalism

• IDOA trade missions aid Illinois' livestock industry

• Last chance for monument opinion, Special Olympics, Lincoln Park District, Daisy Girl Scouts, United Methodist, Carroll Catholic honor roll and coin club make Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Police reports

• Park district notes

• Letter: Preparing for Veterans Day

• Red Lions burn Panthers

• AP news

Thursday, Nov. 5:

• Breaking News
  Army: 12 die in dual shootings at Fort Hood, Texas

• How the Gee family murders were solved
  Investigating agencies model cooperation and professionalism

• SCORE office to open in Lincoln on Tuesday

• LJHS speech team sweeps up at state contest

• Police reports

• Lincoln Academy ceremony in Springfield on Saturday to recognize top college students in Illinois

• Vachel Lindsay's 130th birthday party Saturday in Springfield

• 144th Army Band to present concert for veterans Saturday at Old State Capitol

• 'Christmas at the Mansions' tickets now on sale
  Tour 4 Bloomington-Normal historic mansions for 1 price

• Mayfield's Mutterings: Lost season produces at least 1 smile
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Logan Lanes:

• Tuesday Super Trios

• Logan Lassies

• Lincoln College volleyball ends season

• AP news

Wednesday, Nov. 4:

• Federal officials to announce grant to spur economic development in Logan County

• MAP grant uncertainty a concern for Lincoln College students

• Aerial pictures of county flooding -- album 1

• Aerial pictures of county flooding -- album 2

• Youth Theater Arts Workshop offered

• Department of Revenue posts 100 most delinquent taxpayers on Web

• Firsthand stories of Illinois ag history available online
  Audio-Video Barn features 300 hours of interviews

• Writing club to meet on Tuesday

• Laura on Life: Once upon a time...

• DHS diabetes survey available online

• Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League

• AP news

Tuesday, Nov. 3:

• Health department expands H1N1 vaccine eligibility

• City briefs: Futbol approved, sewer bill woes, street closure for video project and more

• Personality of the Week:
  Rick Hamm: A big man with big dreams for Lincoln

• 2nd-wettest October on record

• New lighting in county buildings from grant

• Flood warning extended until Tuesday afternoon

• Home Based Business Expo Nov. 15

• Local businesses support LCU Internship Fair

• St. John youth and veterans, Special Olympics, Humane Society, Relay for Life, and local authors at Lincoln College in Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Police reports

• Fall and winter rose care
  By John Fulton

• This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

• C-EL girls win 8th-grade county basketball tournament

• Logan Lanes:

• American Bowling League

• Split 'n' Gutter League

• Red Lions seeded No. 1 for national championships

• Lincoln College volleyball wins 1st postseason match

• AP news

Monday, Nov. 2:

• Flood warning extended until Tuesday afternoon

• Zonta turkey dinner serves over 1,000 -- story and pictures

• Trick or Treat with the Mayor -- album 1

• Trick or Treat with the Mayor -- album 2

• Political asylum: Bad hair day in Ill. politics

• Quinn appoints members to economic panel

• Recall information

• Police reports

• Mount Pulaski calendar for November

• LJHS girls in basketball tournament at Athens

• Logan Lanes:

  • Sunday Night Mixed

  • Rollin 66ers

• Red Lions win volleyball regional

• AP news

Saturday, Oct. 31:

• Breaking News  Saturday 12:35 p.m.


Victim flagging for help from car rooftop is rescued from floodwaters
Regional flooding continues

• Center of Success opens downtown Lincoln office

• CDC offers guidelines for parents of children with flu-like symptoms

• Illinois Senate OKs caps on political donations

• State and local police step up patrols for Halloween weekend

• Youth wrestling begins practice Monday -- in Sports

• Marriages

• YMCA notes

• Home Country: Time to test the waters

• Youth wrestling begins practice Monday

• Ware of LC Lynx on preseason all-American 3rd team

• AP news

Friday, Oct. 30:

• CDC offers guidelines for parents of children with flu-like symptoms

• Urban & small stream flood advisory for northern Logan County

• Last day to call Salvation Army for holiday 'Adopt-A-Family' program interview

• Annual One-Stop Holiday Shopping Day in Atlanta set for Nov. 15

• 'Safe Ride' available on Halloween

• New Illinois lottery ticket helps veterans

• Gov. Pat Quinn invites trick-or-treaters to the mansion

• Zonta dinner, Vonderlieth, Christian Village, Eminence Ladies Aid, Trick or Treat with the Mayor and indoor quarter midget races make Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Police report

• November library notes

• LJHS basketball vs. WL-B

• Soccer games canceled at LCU

• Lincoln College volleyball vs. Carl Sandburg

• Red Lions fall in NCCAA soccer tournament

• AP news

Thursday, Oct. 29:

• Bond reduced for murder suspect's girlfriend, Jennifer Earnest

• Area under flash flood watch through Friday evening
  Gusty winds could develop as cold front arrives later Friday

• CDC update on H1N1: Today's CDC update on H1N1 focus was on care of children and encouraged knowing when to call a doctor. See information: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu): Resources for Parents and Caregivers

• Harris brothers arraigned on Gee family murders
  Christopher indicted on 68 counts; Jason 71 counts
  Tire iron listed as weapon

• City briefs: Soccer, the racetrack, electric bills, loose dogs, property problems and more

• City looks to capture past-due sewer system bills

• City council 'Road Show' Ward 5 -- in pictures

• Community college building is 1st state-funded structure to receive prestigious 'green' certification

• Police reports

• Logan Lanes:

• Logan Lassies

• Tuesday Super Trios

• AP news

Wednesday, Oct. 28:

• Breaking News  2:37 p.m. Wednesday
  Harris brothers arraigned on Gee family murders
  Christopher indicted on 68 counts; Jason 71 counts
  Tire iron listed as weapon

• Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois announces National Weatherization Day

• LC Rotaract to provide free leaf raking for Lincoln residents on Nov. 14

• State public health director urges people to be patient -- H1N1 vaccine is coming

• Illinois insurers agree to cover administration costs on H1N1 shots

• Statewide crime rate index in Illinois declines for 5th consecutive year

• Quinn wants state to borrow nearly $1 billion to pay bills

• GED testing schedule for 2010

• Laura on Life: Judging the recyclables

• HOPE Mobile schedule for November

• Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League

• LCU to host NCCAA soccer regional

• Red Lions defeat Red Devils

• Red Lions go to NCCAA volleyball regional

• AP news

Tuesday, Oct. 27:

• Personalities of the Week: Countless individuals make Harvest of Talents an awe-inspiring event

• 1st H1N1 case confirmed in Logan County

• ALMH financial departments move closer to hospital

• Lincoln FFA chapter at apiary -- in pictures

• Lincoln Jaycees invite seniors to annual feast

• Study: Amtrak loss comes to $32 per passenger

• Gov. Pat Quinn appoints John Colgan to Illinois Commerce Commission

• St. John United Church youth, local blood drives, West Lincoln-Broadwell honor roll, Michael Cusey, Hollie Dollinger, Mount Pulaski Rotary citrus sale, Carroll Catholic Oct. Students of the Month and Lincoln Weight Watchers all make Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Police reports

• Fall leaf management and nuisance insects
  By John Fulton 

• This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

• GED testing schedule for 2010

• Logan Lanes:

American Bowling League

• AP news

Monday, Oct. 26:

• Breaking News
  Woman accused of obstruction of justice allowed to return to Florida

• President Obama signs emergency declaration for H1N1 flu

• Harvest of Talents -- Album 1

• Harvest of Talents -- Album 2

• Illinois EPA to hold chemical waste landfill 'information' sessions

• Illinois' failure to protect victims being addressed by attorney general

• Recall information 

• Police reports

• Logan Lanes:

• Rollin 66ers

• Sunday Night Mixed

• Lincoln College weekend volleyball results

• Red Lions lose in soccer

• AP news

Friday, Oct. 23:

• Postville Courthouse chimney questions probed

• Husband and wife start their dream business

• National recession pushes unemployment rates higher across state

• HHS provides more than $174 million to Illinois to help low-income households with energy costs

• Ill. Gov. Quinn announces candidacy for full term

• San Jose United Methodist, still time to vote on statue, Cumberland Presbyterian, YMCA Halloween party, Harvest of Talents and Jaycees Haunted House in Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Railer-Waterloo preview:

• Railer football senior profiles:

  • Dylan Eimer

  • Jonathon Mangano

  • Zach Toft

• Logan Lanes: Logan Lassies

• McFadden leads Red Lions to victory

• AP news

Thursday, Oct. 22:

• Draft of Logan County budget passes
  Chamber gets balloon fest donation

• Veteran clerk Litterly to seek re-election

• LCU plans for dealing with seasonal and H1N1 flu

• Lincoln celebrates Red Ribbon Week

• Quinn to formally announce candidacy

• Police reports

• Ghost story program Saturday at Dana-Thomas House

• Old Settlers Day at Elijah Iles House on Saturday

• Railer football senior profiles:

  • Dylan Eimer

  • Jonathon Mangano

  • Zach Toft

  • Zac Dukes

  • Blake Dowell

• Logan Lanes: Tuesday Super Trios

• LC volleyball defeats Lincoln Land in 5 sets

• AP news