Wednesday, Feb. 29:

• Breaking news: Possible tornado damages Harrisburg, Ill.; 6 dead

• City discusses fate of Oglesby Avenue bridge

• Committee seeks burial spot for old Civil War statue

• Central Illinois under wind advisory
  Thunderstorms forecast to the south and tornado watch for Indiana

• Local winners of American Legion Americanism Essay Contest announced

• Railers leave Purple Raiders feeling blue

• Spring sales closing date near for crop insurance

• Illinois Products Expo to feature local foods and wines

• Congressman Aaron Schock honored during Museums Advocacy Day in Washington

• Sen. Bill Brady introduces resolution urging Congress to protect religious liberty

• Library notes

• Births:

  • Hector Antonio Reyes Jr. 

  • William Scott White

• Fire and rescue reports

• Flu facts

• Laura on Life: The line between right and wrong

• Railers leave Purple Raiders feeling blue

• Lincoln vs. Bloomington box score

• Logan Lanes: Split N Gutter League

• AP news

Tuesday, Feb. 28:

• 2011 county crop yields released

• Strong thunderstorms possible tonight

• Main Street to host Looking for Lincoln event March 18

• A story of persecution hits close to home

• Zion Mount Pulaski wins GSLAA Class B tournament

• Small-town court in northwestern Illinois blazing path to in-court cameras

• Fraud alert: IRS releases 'Dirty Dozen' list

• Social Security: Young workers, spring into action

• Lincoln youth head to IKWF sectional this weekend

• Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

• The case for keeping Bruce Weber
  By Greg Taylor

• AP news

Monday, Feb. 27:

• 'Sports' the buzz word in Lincoln this weekend
  Trojan Tournament and other events

  • LJHS Trojan Tournament -- Album 1

  • LJHS Trojan Tournament -- Album 2

  • LJHS Trojan Tournament -- Album 3

• Lincoln College wrestling 3rd in nation

• February FAQ from Lincoln Police Department

• Lincoln Fire Department report for January

• Illinois a battleground for US Congress races

• Illinois ag dept. accepting proposals to tap federal specialty-crop grant funds

• Recalls announced

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Lincoln College basketball vs. Lincoln Land

• AP news

Saturday, Feb. 25:

• City Briefs: Sewer payments, vehicle bids and Comcast

• LCHS FFA wraps up week with breakfast and Tractor Day

• Zion Lutheran chess team participates at IESA state tournament

• February Chamber After Hours hosted by Anytime Fitness

• Lanphier spoils Senior Night

• Lynx wrestlers sit at 3rd going into today's semifinals

• Polar Plungers will be freezin' for a reason

• New Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library website makes it easier to find historical and genealogical information

• Home Country: Driving on life's washboard road

• LCHS vs. Lanphier box score

• Zion volleyball results

• AP news

Friday, Feb. 24:

• Treasurer Conzo's revenues report: City shorted by state

• LJHS student presentations mesh reading, writing, civics and communication

• LJHS student presentations mesh reading, writing, civics and communication -- album

• Mount Pulaski teacher wins $25,000 in McDonald's 'You Want Fries With That' contest

• Hilltopper season ends with a loss to Decatur Christian -- album

• Lincoln College workshop on financial aid open all day Saturday

• Jennifer Wilham named February Employee of the Month at ALMH

• FSA reminds dairy producers of MILC program requirements

• Postal Service decides to move ahead with closures in Illinois, but Durbin hopes to avoid cuts

• Sears shedding some stores, reports 4Q loss

• Birth: Spencer Eugene Allison

• AP news

Thursday, Feb. 23:

• Tourism bureau director offers updates
  Route 66 plans: Sites to get travel panels, covered wagon improvements, Lincoln garage sale, motor tour returning
  This weekend: junior high basketball tournament and old-fashioned barn dance

• Betty Moriearty: 2 years, 200 sheets -- no wonder they call her the sheet lady!

• Electronics recycling collections at Habitat warehouse begin March 10

• Mount Pulaski remembers those touched by Alzheimer's

• Lincoln College wrestlers head to national tournament

• Quinn's speech vague on major Illinois budget problems

• Sen. Bill Brady's reaction to Quinn budget

• Electronics recycling collections at Habitat warehouse begin March 10

• Mount Pulaski remembers those touched by Alzheimer's

• Illinois readies plan on school accountability

• Count shows slightly more bald eagles in Illinois

• Birth: Nolan Bryant Mosier

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• CEL and WLB split games

• Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League

• AP news

Wednesday, Feb. 22:

• Brinshore receives OK to go ahead with pre-application process

• Kleinschmidt named CEO of Hartsburg Bank

• Hilltoppers take down DeLand-Weldon in 1st regional game Monday night -- album

• Lincoln Jaycees announce 2012 officers

• Boy Scout badge exhibit opens March 1 at presidential library

• Rude reminder: Small quake rumbles near Illinois-Missouri border

• Sen. Brady: Governor must have discipline to balance the budget

• Park district notes

• Police reports

• Marriage licenses

• Fire and rescue reports

• Laura on Life: Stuck in the buffer

• Logan Lanes: Split N Gutter League

• AP news

Tuesday, Feb. 21:

• Fire department seeks info on midnight fire

• Paul Beaver presents: 'Abraham Lincoln in Logan County, IL 1834-1860'

• Olympia FFA Alumni news for February

• Logan County Board committee assignments for 2012

• Medicare Part B deadline approaching

• Illinois Spotlight: Home-schooled Illinois students adjust to college

• Business leader gives governor C, C+ grade on job creation; Quinn says he deserves better mark

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• LCU men's basketball vs. Emmaus

• LC swimming hosts Midwest Cup

• Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

• AP news

Monday, Feb. 20:

• Mount Pulaski Legion prayer breakfast raises funds for Honor Flight

• Mount Pulaski Legion hosts prayer breakfast -- album

• VFW serves appreciation meal to local first responders

• VFW serves appreciation meal to local first responders -- album

• Block party as Railers beat Moline

• Fraud alerts for the week of Feb. 20

• Department of Agriculture Director Flider introduces himself in a letter to the editor

• Lt. Gov. Simon to cut budget by 9.4 percent; other constitutional offices asked to do the same

• Recalls announced

• Michael Gowin Photography is the Chamber Business of the Week

• Births:

  • Jordan David Duffer

  • Mykenna Grace Rutherford

• Lincoln College basketball vs. John Wood

• AP news

Saturday, Feb. 18:

• Chamber hosts first Trivia Night at Elks Lodge
  Album 1

• Chamber hosts first Trivia Night at Elks Lodge
  Album 2

• Glenwood ends Railer win streak

• Christian Village to host seminar on heart health and nutrition

• College Illinois could get shot of taxpayer cash

• IL seeks flexibility with No Child Left Behind waiver

• Home Country: Education meets philosophy

• AP news

Friday, Feb. 17:

• County: State clarification on enterprise zone: No cherry-picking who gets property tax relief

• Lincoln Legion begins early planning for special Memorial Day event

• Lincoln Legion begins early planning for special Memorial Day event -- Album 1

• Lincoln Legion begins early planning for special Memorial Day event -- Album 2

• Dr. Steven Kottemann informs patients he has retired

• Illinois budget to include state facilities closures

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Thursday, Feb. 16:

• City Briefs: Administrative fees, fire department vehicles, and more

• City: Gehlbach reports on sewer collections

• Like pennies falling from heaven, transportation planning funds made available to regional planning commission

• Town and Country Bank and Logan County Bank to combine

• Bob Flider named Illinois agriculture director

• Demolition begins for 'Blues Brothers' mall

• Births:

  • Greyson Leonard

  • Palmer Marian Turner

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Laura on Life: New jeans

• Lincoln College basketball results

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

• AP news

Wednesday, Feb. 15:

• City reviews proposed ordinances for abandoned properties

• Brinshore Development looks to build apartment complex behind Wal-Mart

• County committee reviews unusual probation expenses
  Drug court program celebrates success with 1st graduate

• County board committee chairs to recommend endorsing Logan County Master Plan

• Free prayer breakfast at American Legion in Mount Pulaski this Saturday
  WWII veterans to be appreciated

• Illinois would lose $900 million for highways in federal transportation bill, state warns

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Flu facts

• Book Look: 'Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917

• Logan Lanes:

• Jay Bird League

• Split N Gutter League

• AP news

Tuesday, Feb. 14:

• County board committee chairs to recommend endorsing Logan County Master Plan

• HSLC offers hot soup on a cold day, announces plans for a new fundraiser

  • HSLC offers hot soup on a cold day -- album

• Hartem FFA breakfast enjoyed

• Hartsburg-Emden FFA wins state award

• Lincoln Park District hosts Sweetheart Dance Sunday -- Album 1

• Lincoln Park District hosts Sweetheart Dance Sunday -- Album 2

• Diabetes & You event Saturday

• Master Gardeners to host Russel Allen Garden Day

• Quinn proposes constitutional amendment allowing voters to pass ethics reforms

• NHM supports HSLC, rummage sale by Jaycees, Logan County Love dinner, caregiver program at Vonderlieth, Hartem FFA auction, Zion honor roll, Carroll honorees, MP Rotary scholarships, Zonta scholarships, Jenny Johnson and Lincoln College honors in Close Up

• LCU men's and women's basketball

• Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

• AP news

Monday, Feb. 13:

• Logan County historic sites celebrate Abe's 203rd:

• Postville starts the celebration early

  • Postville Courthouse celebrates Abe's 203rd -- album

• Mount Pulaski offers a special piece of history

  • Mount Pulaski Courthouse celebrates Abe's 203rd -- album

• Snow and light freezing drizzle in area forecast, with winter advisory to the south and west

• LCHS back over .500 with Saturday win

• Lynx wrestling qualifies 9 for nationals

• New Holland-Middletown to support Humane Society in Feb. and March

• DAR & Jr. women to be guests at Woman's Club Wednesday tea

• Quinn defends Ill. after CEO blasts jobs climate

• Recalls announced

• Guzzardo's Italian Villa is the Chamber Business of the Week

• Governor proclaims thousand cankers disease a threat to Illinois' walnut trees

• Fire and rescue reports

• LCHS back over .500 with Saturday win

• Lynx wrestling qualifies 9 for nationals

• Lincoln Youth Wrestling results

• Lincoln College basketball vs. Illinois Central

• AP news

Saturday, Feb. 11:

• Legion to host special event Valentine's Day morning

• Area youth enjoy a week of fun and educational activities:

  • Montessori hosts spring open house

  • Family skate night at West Lincoln-Broadwell

  • Story session offers LJHS students a book list

  • Lincoln Public Library invites pirates to party

• Illinois American Water partners with theater group to present water education play to Lincoln schools

• Tax credits: This could be your year

• Unemployment offices closed next 2 Mondays

• Miller Park Zoo accepting jr. zookeeper registration

• Springfield Municipal Opera announces auditions workshop

• Memorial to build $60.5 million medical office building

• Marriages

• Home Country: Forgive the forgetting

• Railers storm past Cyclones

• AP news

Friday, Feb. 10:

• Development partnership introduces Grow Lincoln & Logan County Initiative:

  • Grow Lincoln & Logan County master plan launches at site of future new Aldi's

  • Logan 2.0 -- Grow Lincoln & Logan County Initiative announced

  • Logan 2.0 news conference -- album

• County committee to recommend ICCAN as county's consultant in utility aggregation

• Coroner's jury decides Lincoln College student's death accidental

• Chamber hosts 'lunch and learn' with Ameren Illinois' ActOnEnergy

• Friends, family to mark 4th anniversary of teens' deaths

• Health dept. offers tips to prevent illness

• Frontier Airlines to fly nonstop to Denver from Bloomington-Normal

• 4-H Foundation spaghetti meal, Hartem FFA breakfast, FAFSA workshop, rummage sale by Jaycees, Logan County Love dinner, caregiver program at Vonderlieth, Zion honor roll, Carroll honorees, MP Rotary scholarships, Zonta scholarships, Jenny Johnson and Lincoln College honors in Close Up

• Letter: 'Logan County Love' gives hot meals with love

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Thursday, Feb. 9:

• Absentee voting begins today in Logan County
  What voters should know before they cast their ballots

• State backdoor plan gives builders and buyers in Logan County building code options

• Logan 2.0 -- Grow Lincoln & Logan County Initiative announced this morning

• Chamber hosts Trivia Night for community networking

• Madigan, state attorneys general secure $25 billion settlement with nation's 5 largest banks

• Illinois college chiefs back Quinn call for more MAP money

• Caterpillar: Illinois won't get factory

• Measure would make it legal to record Illinois cops in public

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Lincoln College basketball vs. Danville

• AP news

Wednesday, Feb. 8:

• Special announcement: Former Logan County Board member, local businessman, friend to the community Terry W. Werth has passed away

• A whole lot of shaking at Christian Child Care

• Citizen frustrated over property maintenance issues

• Firefighter Chris Perrine sworn into service

• LCU promotes Brandon Umphrey

• Reminder: Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership news conference at 9 a.m. Thursday activates initiatives to grow Lincoln & Logan County
  (See previously published article: Development partnership announces master plan implementation team)

• Quinn wants to cut $2 billion from Medicaid budget

• College Illinois to stay afloat, even if that means taxpayer bailout

• 'Big 3' Lincoln documents to be on display

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• ZLS and Cornerstone volleyball results

• Lincoln Youth Wrestling results

• Logan Lanes:

• Split N Gutter League

• Tuesday Super Trios

• AP news

Tuesday, Feb. 7:

• City Briefs: Aldermen hang tough on sewer bill collections; move to approve ICCAN as utility aggregation consultant; accept DCEO grant for downtown revitalization plan; and agree to purchase property for more parking

• Four Corners Lube needs city's help to complete business expansion

• Lincoln students to model earthquake preparedness drill today

• Annual conference for elders and church leaders

• Chamber looks for investors for tomorrow's workforce for Logan County

• Humane Society soup luncheon, Cumberland Presbyterian dinner concert, Hartem FFA notes, 4-H Foundation spaghetti meal, FAFSA workshop, rummage sale by Jaycees, caregiver program at Vonderlieth, Zion honor roll, Zonta scholarships and Jenny Johnson in Close Up

• Closure of state facilities could prompt union battles

• State samples show no measurable increases in radiation near Byron nuclear plant

• 800th organ transplant performed at Memorial

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Laura on Life: Pros and cons of pets

• LC track: Men's team 1st at Jacksonville meet

• Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

• AP news

Monday, Feb. 6:

• Family reading night turns into a Super event at Washington-Monroe

• Family reading night turns into a Super event at Washington-Monroe -- album

• County planning and zoning officials discuss Beason building thought unsafe

• Due to freezing fog, visibilities as low as a few hundred feet and some slick surfaces across central Illinois until noon

• Attorney wants to withdraw from Beason murder case

• Development partnership announces master plan implementation team

• Mount Pulaski Legion hosts Friday night wrestling, Pro Epic style

• Mount Pulaski Legion hosts Friday night wrestling, Pro Epic style -- album

• Railers come back Saturday with an easy win over Senators

• Illinois American Earth Day art contest

• State Farm plans to hire 3,000 employees

• Recalls announced

• Hampton Inn Lincoln is the Chamber Business of the Week

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Saturday, Feb. 4:

• HCC's Lincoln Center offers community ed. classes

• Railer upset bid comes up short
  Railers take No. 1 team to wire

• Lincoln College wrestlers finish regular season ranked 4th

• Reminder to motorists: Celebrate Super Bowl Sunday safely
  Have a sober driver or risk arrest

• 'Stand Up and Be Counted' benefits veterans

• Illinois American Water accepting grant applications for environmental projects

• Tax credit expiration could slow wind's rise in Illinois, but still plenty to export

• Letters:

• Shopping Lincoln: a good reminder

• Recalling Dr. G.E. Blaum with much appreciation

• Home Country: City guy has an ax to straighten

• LCU men's basketball vs. Principia

• AP news

Friday, Feb. 3:

• LCHS alternative program conducts winter graduation

• LCHS alternative program conducts winter graduation -- album

• Sausage stuffin', a 35-year tradition supporting Zion Lutheran School

• Sausage stuffin', a 35-year tradition supporting Zion Lutheran School -- album

• Mount Pulaski Courthouse celebrates Abe

• Governor proclaims Earthquake Preparedness Month
  'Drop, Cover and Hold On' drill at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday

• USDA announces CRP general sign-up

• Illinois Supreme Court announces cameras in courtroom in 14th Circuit

• Illinois nuke plant radiation release said safe

• State announces multimillion-dollar agreement with Prudential on settling life insurance claims

• Madigan files suit over faulty mortgage assignments

• Dodging Cancer tourney, Logan Democrats, Cumberland Presbyterian dinner concert, 4-H Foundation spaghetti meal, writing club, Elkhart Historical Society presentation, Oasis tax prep, Hartem FFA notes, Logan Armbruster and Jake Olson in Close Up

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Railer basketball at Springfield Lanphier
  Sophomore game, 6 p.m.  |  Varsity, 7:30 p.m.

• Logan Lanes: Jaybird League

• AP news

Thursday, Feb. 2:

• Jim Xamis hosts Cirque du Soleil Quidam -- album

• West Lincoln-Broadwell benchmarking progresses

• Library to host black history exhibit

• Quinn lays out jobs plan, cloudy on funding source

• Sen. Bomke responds to State of the State

• Sen. Brady's statement on State of the State address

• Illinois lawmakers underwhelmed with Quinn's speech

• ISN fact-checks Quinn's State of the State

• Byron nuclear plant samples to be analyzed after power interruption

• Loans available for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Zion volleyball results

• LC basketball vs. Lincoln Land

• LCU women's basketball vs. St. Louis College of Pharmacy

• AP news

Wednesday, Feb. 1:

• Breaking news: Man arrested in connection with shooting

• Vaccinate against flu: It's not too late

• County clerk urges everyone to register to vote

• Lincoln College theater set to perform 'A Year With Frog and Toad'

• Logan County keeps it even
  Tentative multiplier announced

• Reminder: Burning of construction-demolition waste is illegal

• Not 40 miles west of Lincoln, new cultural and economic history is being created
  Foreign relatives of workers in Beardstown help town thrive

• Quinn: State of State will focus on jobs

• Illinois lawmakers want more than job talk from Gov. Quinn

• Katherine Boss, Logan County Democrats, Zion pancakes and sausage, Logan County Animal Rescue fundraiser, Animal Protective League special, writing club, Paul Beaver lecture in Elkhart and Oasis tax help at Vonderlieth make Close Up

• Letter: Youth-led smoke-free coalition thanks businesses

• Liberty Tax Service is the Chamber Business of the Week

• Park district notes

• Library notes

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Flu facts

• Laura on Life: Saga of the cheese

• Mayfield's Mutterings: Staying alive; Illinois nips Michigan State 42-41
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Logan Lanes: Tuesday Super Trios

• AP news