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(Articles from the past week)

 

Daily headlines

 

Saturday, May 29:

Friday, May 28:

Thursday, May 27:

  • Breaking news: Kayaker's body found

  • Main Street Lincoln honors downtown businesses

  • Main Street Lincoln honors downtown businesses -- Album 1

  • Main Street Lincoln honors downtown businesses -- Album 2

  • Lawmakers split along party lines on budget

  • Back to the Senate for Illinois budget

  • Engagement: Martinie-Wells

  • Lost dog alert

  • Illini Central awards

  • Illini Central 'Top Ten'

  • Graduates: West Lincoln-Broadwell

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Tony Frazier of Peoria Richwoods signs with Lynx

  • Logan Lanes: 'Have A Ball' League

  • AP news

Wednesday, May 26:

  • City briefs, part 1: prison sewer bill, tax revenues and hotel-motel tax

  • City briefs, part 2: delinquent bills, fines and fees discussed

  • Reception, honors for retiring treasurer Plotner

  • ALMH Garden Party June 13 offers food, fun and fundraising

  • Tammy Pourchot is ALMH May Employee of the Month

  • House passes a budget to Quinn

  • Lawmakers reject cuts proposed earlier

  • 27,000 eligible students denied MAP grant in last month

  • Maples, West Nile virus precautions and more
    By John Fulton
     

  • DAR awards announced

  • West Lincoln-Broadwell awards announced

  • Book Look: 'Table Manners for Kids'

  • Laura on Life: Just because you can...

  • Matt Clark signs with LCU

  • Lynx's Blessman earns 1st team all-conference

  • AP news

Tuesday, May 25:

  • Logan County Economic Master Plan re-visioning the future
    Part 2: Author Longworth speaks of need to reinvent our economy

  • Are you the guy? New code enforcement official talks about 1st 60 days on the job

  • The Daniel A. Fulscher Emergency Operations and Communications Center -- in pictures

  • Today's mail: your property tax bill

  • Patchwork of bills part of budget package

  • Democratic lawmakers pitch deep cuts

  • Mega Millions e-mail scam alert
    Illinois Lottery warns players not to be fooled

  • Lincoln Summer City Band, Soil & Water Conservation plant sale, Main Street Lincoln to honor merchants, Draw 4 Carroll winners, LCU and ICC team up in Close Up

  • Park district notes

  • Police reports

  • AP news

Monday, May 24:

  • Logan County Economic Master Plan re-visioning the future
    Part 1: Information for plan gathered

  • Salt Creek kayaker unaccounted-for after Saturday evening mishap

  • Montessori Children's House concludes year with spring play -- in pictures

  • Charron's Auto Repair celebrating 25th year -- in Business

  • Gov. Quinn signs bill to expand Illinois' most popular farmer loan program
    Adds coverage for working capital at crucial time

  • Recalls announced

  • Business Spotlight: Charron's Auto Repair celebrating 25th year

  • Illini Central activities

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Mahomet-Seymour senior signs letter of intent to LCU

  • Logan Lanes: Thursday Super Four

  • AP news

Saturday, May 22:

  • Welcome to Schweitzer Field

  • IEPA and county officials address illegal burns and nuisance fires
    Middletown issues addressed

  • Ill. House, Senate go into last week to finalize budget

  • Federal approval of changes to Illinois' Medicaid plan to generate $900 million for health care providers

  • Quinn: Gitmo detainees in Illinois 'less likely'

  • Supreme Court decision on juveniles gets mixed reaction in Illinois

  • Letter: Thank you to Postville Express bluegrass band

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • YMCA notes

  • Laura on Life: Belly dancers and stud muffins

  • Home Country: A digger's masterpiece

  • Rohrer to suit up for Blueboys

  • AP news

Friday, May 21:

  • Richard Longworth to speak today at Lincoln College

  • IEPA and county officials discuss open burning laws
    Middletown issues addressed

  • Crime victim advocate brings victim needs to public attention
    State cuts threaten important service

  • Illinois unemployment rate dips to 11.2 percent

  • UI students get higher tuition, new president

  • LCU study tour, Habitat, Lincoln Writers Club and YMCA basketball camp in Close Up

  • Sunney Art Center to host an art camp June 7-11

  • Graduates:

    • Chester-East Lincoln

    • Lincoln Community High School

    • Mount Pulaski High School

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Lincoln Heat 12U team scores

  • AP news

Thursday, May 20:

  • U of I Extension advises on cutbacks
    Logan County to be melded with Menard and Sangamon

  • County briefs: Board sets salaries for elected officials' next terms

  • City briefs: City tells LCU to come back next year, announces committee assignments and more

  • LCHS senior awards winners

  • Lincoln Writers Club to celebrate 10th anniversary

  • Logan Lanes: 'Have A Ball' League

  • AP news

Wednesday, May 19:

  • City briefs: Council honors the Lincoln Woman's Club, gets update from chamber of commerce

  • Lincoln College-Normal offering 1st online bachelor's degree in logistics & supply chain management

  • County coroner's staff receives additional training

  • Springfield lawmakers think budget is near -- without their help

  • Blagojevich trial could affect election season

  • Foundation sprays, leaf diseases and tomato care
    By John Fulton

  • Laura on Life: Who's her mom?

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Lincoln College signs Tylon Deal of Peoria Richwoods to play basketball

  • AP news

Tuesday, May 18:

  • Plotner addresses council for last time as city treasurer

  • Students recognized as Arbor Day contest winners

  • Chester-East Lincoln creates living memorial to lost schoolmates

  • Personalities of the Week
    Honoring those who honor our vets: the Lincoln American Legion Post 263 Honor Guard

  • 1st commencement ceremony as Lincoln Christian University

  • 4th annual Route 66 Garage Sale: Logan County & beyond

  • Gov: Lawmakers will have budget by May deadline

  • 1st commencement ceremony as Lincoln Christian University

  • 4th annual Route 66 Garage Sale: Logan County & beyond

  • Cruise-in, YMCA basketball camp, Humane Society, graduation lists and the refresh button make Close Up

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Monday, May 17:

  • Logan County Board tentatively agrees on elected officials' salaries

  • ScoutSweep cleans up Lincoln

    • ScoutSweep -- Album 1

    • ScoutSweep -- Album 2

  • Austin Gee scholarship fundraiser music to our ears

    • Austin Gee fundraiser -- Album 1

    • Austin Gee fundraiser -- Album 2

  • YMCA 'Cow Chip Bingo' -- album

  • 1st Lawnmower Run clips through city -- album

  • Christian Village International Day -- in pictures

  • Around the town -- in pictures

  • High-risk Illinois patients may be stuck paying high rates

  • This day in history

  • Recalls announced

  • Marriages

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Saturday, May 15:

  • 25th annual D.A.R.E pizza party -- Album 1

  • 25th annual D.A.R.E pizza party -- Album 2

  • Illinois gets a D on business

  • Illinois taxes: 1 set of data, 2 different conclusions

  • Brady launches TV ad in Chicago

  • Dissolutions

  • YMCA notes

  • Laura on Life: Laughter, the best medicine

  • Home Country: Coon hunting's gone with the dogs

  • AP news

Friday, May 14:

  • Logan County's future is in the wind
    Development partnership hosting luncheon June 18 at Lincoln College

  • Local communities need next year's budget to plan

  • State's housing market in flux

  • 1st birds in Illinois test positive for West Nile virus

  • Lincoln Woman's Club, Christian Village, LCGHS, Relay for Life in Close Up

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Thursday, May 13:

  • Logan County Drug Court to increase control and support for recovery from substance abuse
    County legal and health care systems to separately address substance abuse

  • City briefs: change in communications requirements and more

  • Maxheimer student of the year at Mount Pulaski High School

  • Mount Pulaski High School Honors Night award winners

  • Conservation Stewardship Program now open: federal $ for farmers

  • U of I picks UConn head for president

  • New U of I president walking into tough times

  • Tree and shrub leaf problems
    By John Fulton

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Logan Lanes: 'Have A Ball' League

  • AP news

Wednesday, May 12:

  • Council discusses sewer delinquencies, billing services

  • Lincoln Jaycees to help Relay for Life with fundraiser on Saturday

  • LTEC auto mechanics classes wash cars for St. Jude

  • 1st Lawnmower Run Saturday

  • Illinois universities, schools waiting on lawmakers for budget

  • Former lawmakers wary of emergency powers for Quinn

  • Letter: Shopper awareness. Car damaged by cart

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Book Look: 'How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Other Social Networks'

  • Laura on Life: The tapestry of life

  • AP news

Tuesday, May 11:

  • Personality of the Week
    Mount Pulaski Rotary: the little club with a big heart

  • Logan County student wins statewide history award

  • Scouts prepared to sweep Lincoln clean

  • With budget on pause, Quinn to consider other proposals

  • Brady vs. Brady on 'across the board' spending cuts

  • Feds: Blagojevich's motion to delay trial 'frivolous'

  • Obama chooses Supreme Court nominee

  • This day in history

  • Relay for Life, Spring Family Ride, Crime Stoppers scholarships, Henry Krug, Jim Sielaff, Grace Walters and Zion history students make Close Up

  • Habitat to present financial program May 23

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Monday, May 10:

  • History of railway celebrated in Lincoln

  • Lincoln youth carries passion for trains

  • National Train Day in Lincoln -- in pictures

  • Lincoln College commencement 1st in new Lincoln Center:

    • Album 1

    • Album 2

  • Kiwanis serves 400-plus on Mother's Day -- in pictures

  • Recall information

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Saturday, May 8:

  • Motorist runs into store

  • District 27 Spelling Bee

  • Lawmakers fail to pass budget, go home -- for now

  • Gubernatorial challengers spar over budget

  • National Salvation Army Week May 10-15
    Local office plans workshop

  • Lawmakers approve borrowing for universities

  • Letters:

    • Thank you all. MS Walk contributions still open

    • Thanks for supporting collections, recycling at Logan County Community Health Fair

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • YMCA notes

  • Graduates:

    • Olympia Middle School

    • Zion Lutheran, Lincoln

  • Home Country: Fishing for something

  • AP news

Friday, May 7:

  • Last mail call: Mount Pulaski vets take Honor Flight to DC memorial

  • Committee seeks private donations to complete Civil War monument

  • Lincoln, Main Street to host National Train Day on Saturday

  • Daughter of Reinhold Niebuhr to speak at St. John UCC May 16

  • Lawmakers call on Quinn to determine budget

  • USDA invites applications for renewable energy funding

  • LCU, Maple Ridge, Ellen Foley, Danny Harman, Farmers' Market of Lincoln, U of I Extension, Hartsburg-Emden play, Lincoln Farmer's Market in Close Up

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Thursday, May 6:

  • Joe Ryan honored by Country Financial

  • LCHS presents 'Once Upon a Mattress' -- Album 1

  • LCHS presents 'Once Upon a Mattress' -- Album 2

  • County board notes achievements with resolutions:

    • West Lincoln-Broadwell volleyball team

    • LCHS group interpretation team

    • Lincoln College men's basketball team

    • Community Health Fair

  • Quinn, Brady spar at business lunch

  • Contentious pension borrowing plan to come before Illinois House

  • ComEd offers state $500 million

  • Chamber Monday memo

  • Graduates:

    • Carroll Catholic

    • Hartsburg-Emden High School

    • Hartsburg-Emden Junior High

    • Illini Central High School

    • Lincoln College

    • New Holland-Middletown

    • Olympia High School

    • West Lincoln-Broadwell

  • Schedule of area school graduations

  • Police reports

  • Spring '10 Mutterings
    By Jeff Mayfield

  • Logan Lanes: 'Have A Ball'

  • AP news

Wednesday, May 5:

  • Harry Rosenbloom: last of the early 1940s Maple Club big band

  • ComEd: Benzene and PAH on city property pose no risk; cleanup in 2011 planned

  • Tim Chavosky LCHS teacher of the year

  • Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency website

  • Gov asks for health care reforms by end of week

  • MAP update: 11,000 eligible students denied through April 29

  • Biting gnats, borer control, planting time
    By John Fulton

  • Logan County FSA E-News May newsletter

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Laura on Life: 'I know' syndrome

  • AP news

Tuesday, May 4:

  • Greenslate appointed police chief; city treasurer tenders letter of resignation

  • City briefs: Lawnmowers to run, budget approved and more

  • Community Action office burglarized

  • Jon Astroth selected as 20th president of Lincoln College

  • Glass recycling program moves to new location

  • School & athletic physicals offered by HOPE Mobile

  • Warmest April on record for Illinois

  • Quinn throws property tax into the mix

  • Illinois House to debate $1 tax increase on cigs

  • This day in history

  • Lincoln FFA plant sale, St. John UCC, Iva Mae Snyder-Blaum, Kiwanis, District 27 Spelling Bee, Megan Snodgrass, Abbigayle Parrish, Taylor Coers, Johanna Hebenstreit, Hartsburg-Emden FFA plant sale and Humane Society make Close Up

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Monday, May 3:

  • Beason volunteers build community playground in remembrance

  • Community erects Beason memorial playground -- Album 1

  • Community erects Beason memorial playground -- Album 2

  • A slight chance of severe weather this afternoon in central Illinois

  • MS Walk collects $27,000 -- Album 1

  • MS Walk collects $27,000 -- Album 2

  • Airport Daze -- Album 1

  • Airport Daze -- Album 2

  • Airport Daze -- Album 3

  • Airport Daze -- Album 4

  • Zion's Vines and Vendors draws crowd -- in pictures

  • This day in history

  • Recall information

  • Library notes

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Saturday, May 1:

  • Community Action names Employee of the Quarter

  • Scully Building interior work progressing -- in pictures

  • Zonta Club of Lincoln announces 3 scholarship winners

  • Lawmakers look to slots at tracks to fund road plan

  • Bomke legislation transfers burden of inmate medical expenses

  • FOIA exemption for public employee evaluations heads to gov

  • Letter: What would Abe say about replacing Logan County's fallen Civil War soldier statue?

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • Lincoln writer attends conference, notes county's literary legacy

  • YMCA notes

  • Illini Central activities

  • Laura on Life: Arctic blast

  • Home Country: A spring evening

  • AP news

 

 

 

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