Daily headlines

September 2008

 

Tuesday, Sept. 30:

  • Flu shots available Wednesday at Logan County Dept. of Public Health
    Shots available on H.O.P.E. Mobile beginning Friday

  • 'U and the Flu' symptoms chart

  • E. coli cases in Illinois

  • Illinois EPA to host summit regarding medicine disposal

  • Close Up: Church of the Nazarene, blood drive and a full weekend of activities
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Biting insect season is here

  • Weekly Outlook: Pork industry

  • This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

  • Letter: Thanks to Walgreens

  • Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

  • AP news

Monday, Sept. 29:

  • Together for Lincoln all over Lincoln
    By Mike Fak

  • Together for Lincoln was all over Lincoln (pictures)

  • Community Action recognizes October as Energy Awareness Month

  • Court denies Blagojevich health care expansion

  • Recall information

  • Police reports

  • Yellow and black insects flying around 
    By John Fulton

  • Letters:

    • Concerns about Social Security, economic stability

    • Support for Seaman-designed site

  • Logan Lanes: Major Super Trios

  • AP news

Saturday, Sept. 27:

  • Railers win homecoming game 35-28

  • 2008 LCHS Homecoming Parade (pictures)

  • The faces of the 2008 LCHS Homecoming Parade (pictures)

  • City briefs:

    • Engineer presents new ALMH road plans
      Wal-Mart corporate donation and Together for Lincoln workers aid fire safety

    • Council discusses wind turbine transport

  • Keith Snyder to join Lincoln mayoral race

  • A busy Illinois Senate week in review

  • YMCA notes

  • Letter: Support for Snyder

  • Laura on Life: Competence and capabilities

  • Home Country (Sept. 27 column)

  • AP news

Friday, Sept. 26:

  • Keith Snyder to join Lincoln mayoral race

  • 100 days in office
    New chamber director thrives on activity

  • Illinois unemployment numbers worst in 2 decades

  • Governor blames Ill. House, feds for dismal unemployment numbers

  • Close Up: Marching Railers, Kiwanis, Together for Lincoln, P & M Communications and more
    By Mike Fak

  • Marriages

  • Park district notes

  • Letters:

    • Supports professional online site

    • Concerns about the defense of Lincoln's city Web site fix

  • Logan Lanes: Logan Lassies

  • LCC soccer vs. Robert Morris

  • AP news

Thursday, Sept. 25:

  • ALMH employee to be deployed to Afghanistan

  • Giant rains cause big headaches for city and homeowners

  • Lincoln Church of the Nazarene to celebrate 85 years
    Denomination to reach centennial Oct. 5

  • Informational meeting on state park closures Oct. 2 in Clinton

  • Police reports

  • Red, White & True Mysteries: Woman does what NASA fails to do

  • Logan Lanes: Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Wednesday, Sept. 24:

  • New program director expands YMCA activities

  • Dancing a life's passion at Audra's Dance Studio

  • Live Homework Help 101: Library, Heartland, team up for online workshop

  • State denying hunting, fishing licenses garners $250,000 in back child support

  • Police reports

  • Divorce group discusses handling depression

  • Oasis update

  • Book Look: 'The Cow That Laid an Egg'

  • H.O.P.E. Mobile October schedule

  • AP news

Tuesday, Sept. 23:

  • Ill. Senate passes much-disputed ethics measure

  • Governor puts spin on ethics reform passage

  • Together for Lincoln continues to grow

  • LCHS homecoming week kicks off today

  • Local child safety seat inspections
    Errors in correct usage common

  • Close Up: A busy weekend and kudos to good neighbors
    By Mike Fak

  • Police: (No arrests were made Monday.)

  • Letter: It's National Farm Safety Week

  • Weekly Outlook: Corn and soybean prices

  • Laura on Life: Fighting terrorism

  • Logan Lanes:

    • American Bowling League

    • Split 'n' Gutter League

  • AP news

Monday, Sept. 22:

  • Senate in session: Tourism, treatment centers on the agenda besides ethics reform

  • State approves $100 mil for low-interest college loans

  • Feds streamline websites; 222 million inquiries in '07

  • Recall information

  • Police reports

  • Fall things
    By John Fulton

  • AP news

Saturday, Sept. 20:

  • Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum to retain major collection

  • Legislature returns Monday to vote on ethics reform

  • Small-town stories with Neal Hagberg presented by Lincoln Land Concert Association

  • Lincoln Jaycees present 'Haunting 101'

  • New Salem to offer candlelight tours

  • YMCA Exchange (column)

  • Starting new, creating traditions

  • Home Country (column)

  • Logan Lanes: Major Super Trios

  • AP news

Friday, Sept. 19:

  • Health dept. offers child seat safety inspections

  • National Child Passenger Safety Week starts this weekend

  • IDOT warns motorists it is farm traffic time

  • New state law against careless discard of electronics waste

  • Close Up: Harvest of Talents, ACT review course, library activities and way more
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Marriages

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Logan Lassies

    • Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Thursday, Sept. 18:

  • City begins work on setting new sewer rates

  • Transit group is asking for 5 minutes of your time

  • Important voter registration information

  • Former Lincoln College President Stoltz honored with portrait

  • Bomke: Survey results show little faith in current administration

  • Police reports

  • Red, White & True Mysteries: After 2 failed businesses, entrepreneur proves that 3rd time is the charm

  • AP news

Wednesday, Sept. 17:

  • County briefs: Catching up, making decisions on new budget

  • Pandemic influenza exercise for area counties

  • Illinois task force checking gas pump accuracy

  • Arsenic in Illinois groundwater has become a health concern

  • Perspectives: 'A Night of Legends'
    By Jo Hilliard

  • Handling anger is divorce group's topic

  • Oasis update

  • Book Look: 'Healing Mandalas'

  • Laura on Life: 'Until death do you part'

  • West Lincoln-Broadwell baseball vs. Greenview

  • AP news

Tuesday, Sept. 16:

  • State leaders call for ethics vote

  • City briefs: Huskins honored, Sept. 15 proclaimed as Vince Long Day

  • A look at the Lincoln funeral re-enactment (pictorial)

  • 2nd annual Logan County Fall Farm Day

  • 2009 Historic Illinois calendars available
    12 Lincoln portraits featured in special bicentennial edition

  • Close Up: ALMH, YMCA, disabled children's fundraiser and Elkhart Festival
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Weekly Outlook: Production forecasts cut

  • Logan Lanes:

    • American Bowling League

    • Split 'n' Gutter League

  • AP news

Monday, Sept. 15:

  • Ike washes through Illinois

  • Rainy Railsplitter results

  • Saturday's Railsplitting Festival  (pictorial)

  • Quiz answers for Abraham Lincoln assassination and funeral exhibit

  • Bomke: Ethics reforms, state parks, historic sites jeopardized by Senate Leader Jones
    Jones refuses to reconvene Senate for vote to override governor

  • Health care extended for dependents

  • Recall information

  • Police reports

  • The fall 'to do' list
    By John Fulton

  • Lady Railer ramblings: A team is born?
    By Rick L. Hobler

  • Illini Central volleyball at Clinton

  • AP news

Saturday, Sept. 13:

  • Railsplitting Festival special events today and tomorrow

  • The show will go on: Railsplitting contests inside 4-H building

  • Lincoln assassination and funeral quiz

  • County budget notes

  • 150,000 get help from state's Senior HelpLine

  • YMCA Exchange (column)

  • Laura on Life: A note to the teacher

  • Home Country (column)

  • Mayfield's Mutterings: Fall frenzy
    By Jeff Mayfield

  • AP news

Friday, Sept. 12:

  • Railsplitter Festival educational, informative fun

  • Railsplitting Festival -- from 'base ball' to trapshooting and more

  • City notes: Council to vote next week on sign issue

  • LCHS Marching Band public preview tonight

  • 'Family Day' in area on Sept. 22

  • Close Up: Heartland Community College Web page class, DivorceCare seminar plus much more
    By Mike Fak

  • Police report

  • Letters: City needs new online site

  • Logan Lanes bowling:

    • Logan Lassies

    • Major Super Trios

    • Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Thursday, Sept. 11:

  • Flash flood warning

  • Artists present Lincoln firemen and police with 9/11 memorial mosaic

    • Wyatt Mitchell Mosaics -- pictures

  • City: Bicyclers, beware

  • Lincoln students receive scholarships from Culver's restaurants

  • Energy assistance program begins

  • Police reports

  • Marriages

  • Red, White & True Mysteries: An 1859 murder leads to the creation of a new legal maneuver

  • WL-B baseball update

  • AP news

Wednesday, Sept. 10:

  • City: 9/11 commemoration set
    Firefighters return from Louisiana
    Search for lost woman successful

  • Foster grandparenting opportunities available

  • FedEx to keep Lincoln operation intact

  • $1.2 million in women's health care grants made available

  • Police reports

  • Letter: Name clarification

  • Divorce support group discusses grief, healing

  • Laura on Life: Lunch date season has returned

  • Logan Lanes bowling: American Bowling League

  • AP news

Tuesday, Sept. 9:

  • FedEx to keep Lincoln operation intact

  • 9/11 ceremony Thursday at Lincoln city firehouse

  • Looking back on those early Railsplitter festivals

  • Reminder: Harvest traffic on rural roads starting soon

  • Close Up: Railsplitter Festival, Together for Lincoln and a whole lot more
    By Mike Fak

  • Editorial: Help us help you

  • Letter: 'The first Lincoln namesake city deserves an official Web site worthy of its name'

  • Lincoln Writers Club to meet tonight

  • Logan Lanes bowling: Split 'n' Gutter

  • AP news

Monday, Sept. 8:

  • Slight chance of severe weather Monday afternoon

  • Museum at Lincoln College to host Grand Soiree

  • Illinois college students can get low-interest loans

  • Police reports

  • Master Gardener training; fall defoliators
    By John Fulton

  • Together for Lincoln seeking funds

  • Recall information

  • WL-B in county baseball tourney

  • LCHS soccer vs. W-L

  • Angels win twice

  • AP news

Saturday, Sept. 6:

  • Lincoln funeral re-enactment becomes major exposition
    'Now He Belongs to the Ages' to open next weekend

    • Preparations for re-creation of Lincoln funeral continue -- pictures

  • Illinois House to debate leasing lottery

  • West Nile-positive birds found in Peoria, Sangamon counties

  • Book Look: 'Healing Mandalas'

  • Laura on Life: My novel escape

  • Home Country (column)

  • AP news

Friday, Sept. 5:

  • Lincoln-Logan County emergency response professionals honored
    Hundreds protected, one life saved during fairgrounds incident

  • Mount Pulaski Fall Festival kicks off in a puddle

  • Dark got darker when the power went out last night

  • $18 million expansion for U of I research facility

  • State fire marshal stresses fire safety on college campuses

  • Police reports

  • LCHS JV volleyball vs. Morton

  • Former LC wrestler Matt Hughes honored by Eastern Illinois University

  • Logan Lanes bowling: Major Super Trios

  • AP news

Thursday, Sept. 4:

  • Lviing thiw dylsxia
    (Living with dyslexia)
    Local tutor's passion helps afflicted

  • Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College to showcase print of last painting of the twin towers

  • Cool August, but fall forecast calls for warmer-than-normal temps

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • WANTED: Retired business executives in Logan County

  • Park district notes

  • Rotary Club seeks area professionals for good will exchange to India

  • Community Action staff members attend a national conference

  • Letter: 'Y Can Do' thank-you

  • Red, White & True Mysteries: Veterinarian overshadowed by his success as an inventor

  • Lincoln Youth Football vs. Chatham Glenwood

  • Logan Lanes bowling:

    • Logan Lassies

    • Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Tuesday, Sept. 2:

  • New events, old favorites, never a dull moment planned for Mount Pulaski Fall Festival

  • Illinois Community College Board hears of tuition woes
    Central Illinois meeting planned for Sept. 8

  • Fed funds to help Illinois ag producers

  • New ALMH hire and Atlanta Fall Festival headline the Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Recall information

  • Police reports

  • Emerald ash borers found in central Illinois
    By John Fulton

  • This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

  • Central Illinois Hope '08

  • Laura on Life: In my dreams

  • LJHS baseball update

  • Logan Lanes bowling: Major Super Trios

  • AP news

Monday, Sept. 1
(Labor Day holiday)

 

 

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