Daily headlines
February 2014
County briefs for February
Sale of restaurant equipment
and accessories will benefit Oasis building fund
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ALMH offers diabetic classes
Washington-Monroe students become bracelet weavers for St. Jude's Hospital
Get Covered Illinois partners with CVS/pharmacy to provide health coverage information
Illinois Department of Public Health promotes oral health during National Children's Dental Health Month
Personal political profile regarding positions on
euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide, and religion
and government
By Jim Killebrew
Birth: Xzander Gabriel Treakle
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
LCU wins two in regular-season finale
Logan Lanes:
Friday Night Mixed League
Sunday Night Mixed League
Illinois State falls to Northern Iowa 72-59
Kelch blasts four hits as Redbirds sweep doubleheader at Arkansas State
Redbirds drop finale at Arkansas State 14-8
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Guests present economic growth plans before Logan County Board
Lincoln
schools trained in new 'active shooter' response
A
plan that saves more lives
Chamber committees to host forum for sheriff's candidates
HSLC fundraiser brings in the crowds
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Mount Pulaski 1871 building damaged by high winds
2013 county
crop yields released
Logan County corn 198.1,
soybeans 56.4
Lackluster Moline
proves an easy win for the Railers
By Jeff Benjamin
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Zion Lutheran students serve as honorary pages
Integrity Data announces 2014 Community Giving program
Recalls announced
Famous Liquors is the Chamber Business of the Week
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Fire and rescue reports
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Congressman Aaron Schock endorses Logan County Sheriff Steve Nichols
Railers stay in the hunt with a
win over SHG
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Mount Pulaski Grade School early childhood, pre-K screening Monday
Beutel named ALMH Employee of the Month
Schwing joins Prairie Engineers of Illinois
Extension workshop March 22: 'Putting Small Acres to Work'
IDVA hosting Desert Storm Remembrance Ceremony in Springfield
Memorial Medical Center to host Service of Remembrance
Home Country: Development vs. fishing
Personal political profile regarding positions on
economy and healthcare
By Jim Killebrew
Union money
has business leaders telling Illinois GOP voters to know the
messenger
Illinois
Watchdog
LCU men's basketball struggles in Watertown
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Lincoln Day Dinner brings in huge crowd
Chester-East Lincoln wins third place in state
Drivers urged to use caution for flooded roadways throughout central Illinois
Tanner and McCray qualify for state speech tournament
Olympia High School speech team sending two entries to state finals
Logan County farmer supports New Holland Fire Protection District through America's Farmers Grow Communities
Public invited to Iota Chi Trivia Night fundraiser
Lincoln Rotary Club sells rivalry MLB tickets to support literacy locally
Absentee voting for the general primary election March 18
County board committee minutes:
Law enforcement, EMA, Jan. 2 (PDF))
Planning and zoning, Jan. 9 (PDF))
Airport and farm, Jan. 13 (PDF))
Road and bridge, Jan. 13 (PDF))
Personal political profile regarding positions on
gun control
By Jim Killebrew
Illinois
cries poor as it guarantees public workers $500 million more
Illinois
Watchdog
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Lincoln Junior High volleyball results
Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday matches
Lincoln Junior High School wrestling results
Lincoln Community High School club volleyball registration Sunday
Lincoln College sports shorts
Saturday through Wednesday
Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League
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Sheriff's candidate: Steven Nichols' position statement and responses to questions
Preservation commission to recommend downtown historic district to Lincoln City Council
Community Health Fair looking for exhibitors
LCHS Scholastic Bowl team places fourth
Flooding, severe storms, high winds in store as day progresses
Applications now available for Alpha Delta Kappa scholarships
Community Action board meeting to be Feb. 27
Illinois adds to national list
of historic places
34 Illinois homes, buildings and districts added to National
Register in 2013
County board committee minutes:
Animal control, Dec. 11 (PDF)
Insurance, Dec. 11 (PDF)
Board of whole, Dec. 12 (PDF)
Personal political profile regarding positions on energy
By Jim Killebrew
Chubby kids,
Medicaid cuts have Illinois lawmakers eyeing soda tax
Illinois
Watchdog
Birth: Nakya Ann Buggs
Marriages
Fire and rescue reports
Red Lions rule over Kuyper Cougars
LCU men take a bitter pill
Illinois State holds on for 67-63 victory over Missouri State
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A new style of martial arts comes to Lincoln
Salt Creek bridge to close March 1
We Are Lincoln
group making
progress
Next
meeting Thursday evening
Fun in the snow — album
Warm temperatures and heavy thunderstorms expected to lead to flooding tonight through Thursday
Mayfield's Mutterings: Hoping for a turnaround
By Jeff
Mayfield
Hacking & ID theft: Are you
next?
Seven
tips for protecting your identity & money
Memorial's Festival of Trees sets new record
County board committee minutes:
Airport and farm, Dec. 2 (PDF)
Road and bridge, Dec. 2 (PDF)
Planning and zoning, Dec. 4 (PDF)
Finance, Dec. 23 (PDF)
Personal political profile
By Jim Killebrew
Anniversary: Tom and Ruth Anne Sparks
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
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Local FFA offers
a hearty breakfast on yet another cold day
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Lincoln Elks, Illinois Elks and ALMH bring free clinic to children
Young Professionals Network hosts craft beer tasting to raise funds
'Mason City Live!' variety show to feature Patty Deener
IDNR plans deer hunting changes for 2014-15
Illinois Farmers Union meets for 60th state convention
Lincoln Presidential Library tells the story of 'Billy the Barber'
County board committee minutes:
Health, Nov. 4
Executive, economic development, Nov. 18
Waste management, Nov. 20
Enigma
By Jim Killebrew
Engagement: Schreiber-Dugan
Sally Litterly to address Woman's Club and DAR on Wednesday
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Lincoln versus Lanphier Feb. 28: Go
early and plan to wait
No pre-sale of
tickets will mean large crowds at the
door
LCU basketball wins one and loses one
Logan Lanes:
Friday Night Mixed League
Sunday Night Mixed League
Knight leads Redbirds past I-74 rival Bradley 70-54
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State to change speed limits on Lincoln Parkway
Lincoln blasts out to an
early lead and never loses steam
By Jeff
Benjamin
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By Debbie Olden
Lincoln versus Lanphier Feb. 28: Go
early and plan to wait
No pre-sale of
tickets will mean large crowds at the
door
Kiwanis Chocolate Fest a sweet delight
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Hazardous winter weather today: snow, sleet, wind
Chamber promotes 'mobs' at local dining establishments
Local 4-H members learn 'superhero' leadership skills at leadership conference
Christian Village offers 'Almost Home' temporary apartment
Farm Progress and AgEngage launch new show
County board committee minutes:
Animal control, Oct. 9 (PDF)
Liquor, Oct. 30 (PDF)
Recalls announced
Russell Stover Candies is the Chamber Business of the Week
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Births:
Peyton Ray Bacon
Madilyn Louise Brown
Marriages
LCU braves the snow to win in KC
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Railers coast their way to 10th straight win
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By Debbie Olden
Family and friends to recognize teens' fatal accident
Light snow today, chance of icing on Monday (NWS)
Slackers owners
bow out in style
Raising money for the Arlee before passing
the torch
Engineers Week begins Sunday
It's time for the Great Backyard Bird Count
Maple Sirup Experience tours at Sugar Grove Nature Center March 1
Illinois launches campaign to educate drivers about hand-held cellphone ban
Affordable Care Act enrollment numbers announced for first four months
Memorial Heart and Vascular named to '100 Hospitals With Great Heart Programs'
Outdoors with Babe Winkelman: Catch pike on spoons, then get the knife
Slim Randles' Home Country: 'Love and Other Fiction'
Psychology does not absolve
guilt
By
Jim Killebrew
Medicaid providers to Illinois Gov.
Quinn: Why the expansion rush?
Illinois
Watchdog
Supreme Court approves cameras in Peoria County
LC men's & women's cross country earn academic all-American honors
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City discusses nuisance snow and impound fees
Absentee voting for the general primary election March 18
County board special finance meeting
LJHS class writes civil rights book, shares it with Central students
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Emma Cooper is the Zion Lutheran Student of the Month
ALHFoundation supports Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois
HSLC annual chili fundraiser to be Feb. 22
Are you smarter than a 4-H'er? Come find out at trivia event
YMCA notes
Get Covered Illinois: Valentine's Day survey reveals health care is important factor for new couples
School vouchers
By Jim Killebrew
Attorney general: Data breach, identity theft concerns spike in top 10 complaints for 2013
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 263 to meet Feb. 19
Oasis to sell equipment from Rusty's
Lincoln Junior High volleyball results
ISU rallies from 25-point deficit to force OT, falls at Evansville
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County board special committee meetings:
Building and grounds
Law enforcement — corrected date
School tax report
Nominations sought for recognition of LJHS alumni
Brady Thomas named Mount Pulaski Senior-of-the-Month
ALHF Healthcare Careers Scholarship applications now available
Park district notes
Weekly Outlook: Corn, soybean, and wheat export projections increased
Get your insurance coverage in order for 2014
Letters: Tribute to John Welsh
Constitutional law, null and void
By Jim Killebrew
Illinois
tries to tighten sex-offender law, but will it make people
safer?
Illinois
Watchdog
Illinois's latest Obamacare targets: gold diggers and momma’s
boys
Illinois
Watchdog
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Red Lions rule over Scarlet Hawks
Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League
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New youth services librarian joins the Lincoln Public Library
St. Clara's celebrates its
centenarian residents
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Ah, the good 'Olden' days
By Jeff
Benjamin
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LCHS speech team does well at regional competition
News from Hartem FFA
J.M. Abbott & Associates has successful peer review
AmtrakConnect Wi-Fi now on Midwest corridors, including Lincoln routes
Get Covered Illinois and The Onion form strategic partnership
Neighborly multiculturalism
By Jim Killebrew
Illinois
lawmaker: Give me a drug test
Illinois Watchdog by
Benjamin Yount
You
must be joking: Illinois partners with The Onion to push Obamacare
Illinois Watchdog by
Benjamin Yount
Carroll Catholic School announces February Students of the Month
Panthers take 8-1A Normal Calvary Regional championship
LC indoor track results (PDF)
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New youth services librarian joins the Lincoln Public Library
St. Clara's celebrates its centenarian residents
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Ah, the good 'Olden' days
By Jeff
Benjamin
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LCHS speech team does well at regional competition
News from Hartem FFA
J.M. Abbott & Associates has successful peer review
AmtrakConnect Wi-Fi now on Midwest corridors, including Lincoln routes
Get Covered Illinois and The Onion form strategic partnership
Neighborly multiculturalism
By Jim Killebrew
Illinois
lawmaker: Give me a drug test
Illinois Watchdog by
Benjamin Yount
You
must be joking: Illinois partners with The Onion to push Obamacare
Illinois Watchdog by
Benjamin Yount
Carroll Catholic School announces February Students of the Month
Panthers take 8-1A Normal Calvary Regional championship
LC indoor track results (PDF)
More news provided by Thomson Reuters
Historic courthouses celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday
The Lincolns remember the Gettysburg Address
Barbara Stroud-Borth tells the story of Sarah Wakefield
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County board committee special meeting notice
Mount Pulaski High School student wins Illinois VFW Voice of Democracy scholarship competition
WLB and CEL face off tonight for regional championship
Do you live in fear of an IRS audit?
Five red flags to avoid on your tax return
Olympians of Social Security
A tribute to my friend
John Welsh remembered
By Blinn Bates
Telling lies against the truth
By Jim Killebrew
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Red Lions ravage the Faith Eagles but can't overcome the Crusaders
Logan Lanes: Sunday Night Mixed League
Illinois State drops Valley road game at Loyola Chicago
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Fuel farm Logan County Airport's 2014 project
Tourism board to meet Tuesday, twice in February
Railers battle Senators for the win
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4-H'ers serve up spaghetti to hundreds at fundraiser
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Sweethearts flock to the Lincoln Park District
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New Lincoln stamp to make its debut Wednesday
Mary Kelley to speak at Feb. 17 genealogy meeting
LCU Red Lions Hall of Fame, alumni game rescheduled for Feb. 22
Illinois American Water advises how to prevent damage from frozen and burst pipes and meters
Logan County SWCD will sponsor tree and fish sales this spring
Hay & Forage Expo announces new name and location for 2014
Narcissism unleashed
By Jim Killebrew
Recalls announced
Central Illinois Ag is the Chamber Business of the Week
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Births:
Asher Louis Johnson
Emmalynn Elizabeth Smith
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Lincoln College athletics report
LCU wins in the Windy City
Logan Lanes: Friday Night Mixed League
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Bill Thomas named interim director of development partnership
Organic producers will see changes in crop insurance program
Do you know the warning signs of a heart attack?
Learn the signs in February,
American Heart Month
Memorial to host expert physician panel on treatment options for hip and knee problems
How to get hired right out of college
Innovative architecture, innovative music
Wertico Cain & Gray jazz trio to perform Feb. 15 at Dana-Thomas
House
Slim Randles' Home Country: Opera truths for cowboys
Home Country: Opera truths for cowboys
'In God We Trust'
By Jim Killebrew
Seventh-grade Wolverines end season at sectional
Eighth-grade Wolverines advance to second round of regional
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Logan County Relay For Life kicks off 2014 campaign, 'Cooking Up a Cure for Cancer'
Continuing cold with some light snow over the weekend
Lincoln College presents Broadway musical 'Guys and Dolls'
Former LC men's basketball player selected for NJCAA Hall of Fame
Tuesday-Wednesday snowfall amounts scattered: 3-10 inches (NWS)
Give blood and help save lives
State fire marshal warns of carbon monoxide poisoning dangers
IEMA encourages
people to prepare for earthquakes
Preparedness topic for
February
Letter: Illinois Watchdog columns
Obamacare and the Edsel
By Jim Killebrew
Tax-saving advice
Births:
Micah John Bowman
Alyssa Kay Skelton
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Second-half surge sends Redbirds past Northern Iowa 76-65
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LC students included in 'Dead Draw' film production in Lincoln
The adventures of Bobby and Riley
Primary election sample ballots for Logan County (PDFs)
Democratic | Republican | Nonpartisan
Tuesday-Wednesday snowfall amounts scattered: 3-10 inches (NWS)
Local centenarian Ruth Anderson Jurjevich dies
Zion Lutheran School Geography Bee results
Former LC men's basketball player selected for NJCAA Hall of Fame
Chelsie Campbell earns prestigious title of National Board Certified Teacher
Library notes
Cold January for Illinois
Workshop on good agricultural practices for food safety offered Feb. 24
Jane Fonda not a Nancy Reagan
By Jim Killebrew
Madigan: Congress must act to protect consumers from data breaches
Police reports
Marriages
Fire and rescue reports
Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League
More news provided by Thomson Reuters
IDOT road conditions map
Blowing snow today followed by wind chill warning tonight
Carroll Catholic students mark 100th day of class with
a celebration
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Four candidates for governor to attend annual GOP dinner
Zion Lutheran School Spelling Bee results
Book Look: 'Picture Me Gone'
Wind chill: Is it serious
science or hype?
Senate
passes long-overdue farm bill, sends to Obama
Lucas
statement on Senate passage of Agricultural Act of 2014
Statement from the Illinois Farm Bureau regarding Senate passage of
the farm bill
Crop insurance spring closing date
Man from Normal sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison for
workers' compensation fraud
Lincoln Youth Wrestling results
LC women's basketball results
LCU women take care of business at home
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They're making a movie!
Walt Landers newly appointed Lincoln street superintendent
Heavy snow warning noon Tuesday to noon Wednesday
Logan County 4-H Foundation to host spaghetti meal
Slackers to host chicken dinner fundraiser for Arlee Theater
Sometimes it's nice to be blue
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Mya Roberts is the Zion Lutheran January Student of the Month
ZLS second-quarter honor roll
Tax season opens
IEMA announces availability of $25 million in grants to enhance security at schools, campuses
Birthday flowers for Abraham
Lincoln
Lincoln Tomb
hosts annual pilgrimage and wreath-laying to mark Lincoln's 205th
birthday
Bureaucracy alive and well
By Jim Killebrew
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
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37th annual Zion Lutheran pancake breakfast enjoys huge success
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Habitat aims for two homes in 2014
Applications available tonight at Culver's
A Sunday drive in Lincoln
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Heavy snowfall followed by high wind forecast for Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning
ALMH offers rehabilitation services to cancer survivors
Railers start low and slow, but drive
to victory in the end
By Jeff
Benjamin
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By Debbie Olden
LCU volleyball signs Kristina Nichols
Red Cross seeks local hero nominations from community
Recalls announced
Security Finance is the Chamber Business of the Week
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State regulators offering cosmetology exam in Chinese
Marriage licenses
Fire and rescue reports
Logan Lanes:
Friday Night Mixed League
Sunday Night Mixed League
Hunter, Zeisloft earn career bests as Redbirds top Drake 75-57
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David Alexander's 'Five Doves' is dedicated at ALMH
ALMH, MPS-Lincoln featured in Memorial Health System annual report, now online
Win 20 thanks to a 20-point
win
By Jeff
Benjamin
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By Debbie Olden
IDOT winter crews prepare for snow, high winds this weekend
Seven ways to sideline the flu at your Super Bowl party
Safe Ride available for Super Bowl
Little Tappers program at Sugar Grove Nature Center
Danielle Krabbe studies in Paris
Outdoors with Babe Winkelman: Much to drool over at ATA
Home Country: Solenoid trouble
Immigration amnesty the next major administration push
By Jim Killebrew
Memorial's bariatric surgery program earns national reaccreditation
LJHS volleyball results
LCU women host and devour the Eutectics
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