Daily headlines

January 2012

 

Tuesday, Jan. 31:

  • Realtor's love of the work breaks Logan County record at $12 million

  • Pro wrestling to heat up Mount Pulaski this Friday

  • Monday morning accident sends 1 to the hospital

  • Driver cited for under minimum speed limit in I-155 crash

  • State's homeland security strategy focus of town hall meeting Thursday in Springfield

  • Quinn: Schools must help pay pensions

  • Civic report: Illinois faces struggle to control exploding Medicaid costs

  • Letters:

    • McDonald's launches new fundraiser to support families of children receiving medical care

    • Local veterans appreciate Woods Foundation support of Honor Flights

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • LC women's basketball results

  • Logan Lanes:

    • American Bowling League

    • Split N Gutter League

  • AP news

Monday, Jan. 30:

  • Chamber ag scholarships available for local students

  • Lincoln-Logan Crime Stoppers 2012 scholarships available

  • Kiwanis serves up chili and oyster stew -- album

  • Illinois trying to add more female prison guards

  • Quinn faces hurdles as session looms

  • Recalls announced

  • Birth: Liam Connley Brandt

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • CCS/NHM volleyball vs. Zion

  • Lincoln Youth Wrestling results

  • LCU men's basketball vs. St. Louis Christian College

  • Lincoln College wrestling

  • Lincoln College swimming

  • AP news

Saturday, Jan. 28:

  • New Holland-Middletown school board preparing for new state standards

  • Heartland to offer community education classes in Lincoln

  • LCU plans 2-day retreat for girls Feb. 3-4

  • Turnovers costly in Railers' loss to Southeast

  • Gov. Quinn to propose raising school dropout age to 18

  • Federal workers owe billions in back taxes

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Home Country: Get organized or else

  • AP news

Friday, Jan. 27:

  • Harris brothers' trial and attorneys hang in limbo

  • Draft of plans for APEX at City Center completed

  • City Briefs: Sewer collections, old equipment and more

  • Wet weather causes 2 local accidents

  • Development partnership endorses ICCAN for aggregation contract

  • Panel suggests $1 increase in license-plate fee

  • Proposals in Illinois Legislature would regulate online dating websites

  • Births:

    • Madison Josephine Bonaparte

    • Ella Rose Ciaccio

    • Tyler James Stewart

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Thursday, Jan. 26:

  • ICCAN pitches for aggregation contract

  • Good Energy pitches for aggregation contract

  • City-county special committee reaches a consensus on an aggregation consultant
    Votes to be taken in early February

  • Lincoln Park District pool closed for 2012 season

  • Local seniors missing out on food stamp assistance

  • Logan Railsplitting Association announces Old Time Barn Dance events

  • The facts on Quinn's plan to close Illinois facilities

  • Madigan sues Standard & Poor's for enabling financial meltdown

  • State police data shows increase in gun licenses from 1.3M in 2010 to 1.4M in 2011

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Police reports

  • Zion Lutheran Eagles split with Greenview

  • AP news

Wednesday, Jan. 25:

  • CEL board considers student incentives, open positions and board policies

  • Zonta offering scholarships

  • Melinda Allard Community Action Employee of the Quarter

  • Chamber congratulates Pride & Progress winners

  • Kirk doing better than expected after stroke

  • Increased Illinois higher ed funding goes to pensions

  • Speaker Madigan discusses Illinois budget deficit

  • Judge refuses retrial for power broker Cellini

  • Presidential library & museum volunteers sought

  • Laura on Life: A lesson in buoyancy

  • Logan Lanes: Tuesday Super Trios

  • LCU men's basketball vs. Lindenwood

  • AP news

Tuesday, Jan. 24:

  • ALHF Healthcare Careers Scholarship applications now available

  • Main Street Lincoln partnership drive begins

  • Illinois looking for hat trick of pension, Medicaid, tax reform

  • Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk recovering after stroke

  • Illinois Supreme Court gives OK to cameras in trial courts

  • 13th Amendment goes on display Feb. 1 at presidential museum

  • Logan County Animal Rescue fundraiser, Animal Protective League special, writing club, Paul Beaver lecture in Elkhart, Draw 4 Carroll, Carroll Catholic honors, Anna Sielaff, Allison Haley and Spring for Tea in Close Up

  • Letter: Lincoln Theater owner, staff and Washington-Monroe PTO praised

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Zion volleyball tournament results

  • Logan Lanes: Split N Gutter League

  • AP news

Monday, Jan. 23:

  • Understanding electric aggregation and what it means for local residents

  • Sunday morning shooting still under investigation

  • Chamber annual dinner -- Album 1

  • Chamber annual dinner -- Album 2

  • January firehouse news

  • Fire dept. FAQ

  • Railers reach .500 with twin wins at Meijer Winter Classic

  • Recalls announced

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Lincoln Youth Wrestling results

  • LCU men's and women's basketball

  • AP news

Saturday, Jan. 21:

  • Rawlins retires after 30 years with LPD -- album

  • Main Street Lincoln announces new board

  • Main Street Lincoln plans for successful 2012

  • Public meeting on plan for former ALMH site

  • Glenwood ends Railers' streak at 3

  • Lawmakers seek prison crowding fix

  • State unemployment at 9.8 pct

  • Letter: Landlord should suffer the consequences of unpaid sewer bill

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Home Country: Tough times in the creative dept.

  • CCS/NH-M volleyball

  • Lincoln College women's basketball

  • AP news

Friday, Jan. 20:

  • Joint city-county meeting Tuesday at the park district

  • Caution advised as wintry precipitation to spread across central Illinois today

  • Polar Plungers will be freezin' for a reason on St. Patty's Day

  • Quinn to close Tinley Park, Jacksonville facilities

  • Community Action honors volunteers as part of MLK Day of Service

  • Postville Courthouse observes Abe's birthday Feb. 11

  • Tax time means IRS scams plentiful

  • Illinois deer harvest totals 181,411 during 2011-12 seasons

  • AP news

Thursday, Jan. 19:

  • Humane Society holds annual meeting

  • The century seven: St. Clara's hosts centenarian party -- album

  • Applications for Lincoln Woman's Club scholarships now being accepted

  • Sara Ayer ALMH January Employee of the Month

  • Skelton sentenced for burglary

  • Quick start sends Railers to 3rd straight win

  • State's backlog of unpaid bills nears $8.5 billion

  • Ill. businesses earn $67M in hiring tax credits

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • LC women's basketball

  • AP news

Wednesday, Jan. 18:

  • City Briefs: Many positives as council moves into new year

  • City of Lincoln receives $675,000 DCEO grant for downtown revitalization

  • Textbooks out, notebooks in for LCHS pilot program

  • Quinn holding quiet meetings regarding state facility closings

  • Are you ready for the ShakeOut? Earthquake drill Feb. 7 has over 1 million signups and counting

  • Births:

    • Lakken Lee Carter Matherly

    • Bellamy Eve Powell

  • Police reports

  • Flu facts

  • Book Look: 'Red Sled'

  • Laura on Life: Sleepless in the Bahamas

  • LCU men's basketball vs. Moody

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Jay Bird League

    • Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Tuesday, Jan. 17:

  • Kinzie-MLK scholarship gets boost from Woods Foundation

  • King Day breakfast draws good crowd -- album

  • Defense leads Railers past Jacksonville

  • AFSCME alleges secrecy on closing state facilities

  • Illinois households may save $150 due to mild winter

  • Chamber dinner, LCHS college aid workshop, park district dance lessons and Humane Society spay-neuter transport make Close Up

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Lincoln Youth Wrestling results

  • CEL claims 8th-grade county championship

  • CCS/NH-M volleyball vs. Delavan

  • Logan Lanes:

    • American Bowling League

    • Split N Gutter League

  • AP news

Monday, Jan. 16:

  • Lincoln man killed in snowmobile accident

  • Chamber's Hake graduates from Institute for Organization Management

  • Buss ALMH Employee of the Month

  • SHG strong 3rd quarter does in Railers

  • Lincoln's 1862 'State of the Union' discoveries made at National Archives

  • Illinois board to investigate convicted power broker's alleged property leases with state

  • Lincoln Park District is the Chamber Business of the Week

  • Marriages

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Home Country: The ride to elsewhere arrives

  • AP news

Saturday, Jan. 14:

  • Lincoln man killed in snowmobile accident

  • Chamber's Hake graduates from Institute for Organization Management

  • Buss ALMH Employee of the Month

  • SHG strong 3rd quarter does in Railers

  • Lincoln's 1862 'State of the Union' discoveries made at National Archives

  • Illinois board to investigate convicted power broker's alleged property leases with state

  • Marriages

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Home Country: The ride to elsewhere arrives

  • AP news

Friday, Jan. 13:

  • Local families donate stuffed animals to ALMH in honor of Rosemary Zimmerman

  • 1st winter weather of 2012 -- album

  • On anniversary of state tax hike, Mitchell calls for repeal

  • Union Pacific reminds motorists to drive cautiously during extreme winter weather conditions

  • Sen. Brady ends participation in legislative scholarship program

  • Economy indicators a mixed bag in Illinois

  • Birth: Bristol Nova Karas

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League

  • AP news

Thursday, Jan. 12:

  • Energy agreement and space problems with fire and police depts. discussed during council workshop

  • Central Illinois under winter weather advisory: Accumulating snow and blustery winds to create hazardous conditions

  • Madigan: 2011 top 10 consumer complaints

  • Ill. tax increase not going away anytime soon

  • ADM to cut 1,000 jobs

  • Rainy and dry, chilly and warm: 2011 was a unique year

  • Quinn signs earned-income tax credit law

  • Police reports

  • AP news

Wednesday, Jan. 11:

  • City Briefs: Vinyards honored, water shut-offs, racing dates and more

  • Virginia Baker: Christian Village Employee of the Year

  • ALMH adds valet service for weekday mornings

  • Wintry weather to arrive by Thursday

  • CUB to appeal Ameren rate hike

  • Gov. Quinn: We'll deal with pension system 'once and for all'

  • Free field trips offered during February at Lincoln Presidential Museum

  • Park district notes

  • Birth: K'Sha Samaria Grace Carter

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Laura on Life: Cruising

  • Mayfield's Mutterings: Illini crack the Bucknuts
    By Jeff Mayfield

  • Lincoln College to host wrestling duals

  • Logan Lanes: Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Tuesday, Jan. 10:

  • Simonsons buy ME Realty

  • Mardi Gras party will raise the roof at Carroll Catholic School

  • Seats still available for annual chamber dinner

  • Seasonal weight limits on county highways begin Jan. 20

  • Police reports

  • Freshman Lady Railers results

  • LCU vs. Robert Morris University

  • Logan Lanes:

    • American Bowling League

    • Split N Gutter League

  • AP news

Monday, Jan. 9:

  • If you owe the city money, your days are numbered

  • Development partnership launches new website

  • Olympia South reading goals bring Corny to town

  • Railers reach halfway point with loss to Southeast

  • Report: Police in Illinois stop fewer people

  • AEP Retail Energy to acquire BlueStar Energy

  • Recalls announced

  • Births:

    • Cortez Markese Gardner Jr.

    • James Edward McEvers

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Railers reach halfway point with loss to Southeast

  • Lincoln Youth Wrestling results

  • LCU men's basketball vs. Lindenwood

  • AP news

Saturday, Jan. 7:

  • Community Action Cheeseburger in Paradise is back on March 31

  • LCHS winter play Jan. 12, 14, 15

  • ALMH welcomes 1st baby of 2012

  • Railers begin new year with conference win

  • State puts self at front of payment line

  • Moody's lowers Illinois credit rating, which now ranks worst in nation

  • Panel: Illinois school mergers could cost billions

  • Illinois Lottery bounces $159,000 worth of checks to 85 winners

  • Marriages

  • Home Country: Fertilizer king handles the questions

  • AP news

Friday, Jan. 6:

  • Cline sentenced to 30 years; defense plans to appeal

  • Merger and relocation of insurance agencies makes for 1-stop insurance shopping

  • Lincoln Youth Wrestling -- a learning experience

  • Lincoln Youth Wrestling -- a learning experience -- album

  • Illinois Gov. Quinn signs state pension reform law aimed at curbing abuses

    • Quinn inks pension reform

  • Illinois residents take battle against smart meters to court

  • Crop prices and investor demand drive increases in central Illinois farmland prices

  • Mount Pulaski Rotary, Land of Lincoln Honor Flight, blood drives, Humane Society, Logan County Democrats and LCHS workshop for FAFSA make Close Up

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League

  • AP news

Thursday, Jan. 5:

  • Answering the questions on new local sales tax

  • New footbridge to cross Kickapoo Creek

  • New footbridge at Kickapoo Creek Park -- album

  • Feds grant Illinois $186 million for high-speed rail

  • 3 extra days to do your taxes this year

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • LCU women's basketball loses 2

  • AP news

Wednesday, Jan. 4:

  • City Briefs: New clerk, water shut-offs and more

  • Mount Pulaski ends 175th year with New Year's Eve gathering

  • Girl Scouts kick off cookie drive Jan. 13

  • Election notice for elderly and people with disabilities

  • Little surprise: December comes in at 9th-mildest ever

  • Ameren files rate-hike plan with ICC

  • Quinn makes gloomy forecast for budget

  • Mount Pulaski Rotary, Land of Lincoln Honor Flight, blood drives, Logan County Democrats, Humane Society make Close Up

  • Engagement: Lawson-Hargis

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Laura on Life: Good stranger moms

  • Lincoln Youth Wrestling results

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Split N Gutter League

    • Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Tuesday, Jan. 3:

  • ALMH to offer interactive diabetes classes in 2012

  • Storyteller invites Olympia students to imagine

  • Storyteller invites Olympia students to imagine -- album

  • The art of Michelle Schneider at Lincoln College

  • David Upchurch joins LCU advancement team

  • State budget improved in 2011, little else changed

  • Anytime Fitness is the Chamber Business of the Week

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Flu facts

  • Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

  • AP news

 

 

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