Daily headlines

February 2014

 

Friday, Feb. 28:

 

Thursday, Feb. 27:

 

Wednesday, Feb. 26:

 

 

Tuesday, Feb. 25:

  • County briefs for February

  • Sale of restaurant equipment and accessories will benefit Oasis building fund

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Monday, Feb. 24:

  • 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

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • 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

    • Album 1  |  Album 2
      By Debbie Olden

  • 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

    • Album

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Saturday, Feb. 22:

  • Congressman Aaron Schock endorses Logan County Sheriff Steve Nichols

  • Railers stay in the hunt with a win over SHG
    By Jeff Benjamin

    • Album 1  |  Album 2
      By Debbie Olden

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Friday, Feb. 21:

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Thursday, Feb. 20:

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Wednesday, Feb. 19:

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Tuesday, Feb. 18:

  • Local FFA offers a hearty breakfast on yet another cold day

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

  • 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  (PDF)

    • Executive, economic development, Nov. 18  (PDF)

    • Waste management, Nov. 20  (PDF)

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Monday, Feb. 17:

  • State to change speed limits on Lincoln Parkway

  • Lincoln blasts out to an early lead and never loses steam
    By Jeff Benjamin

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3
      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

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • 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

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • Births:

    • Peyton Ray Bacon

    • Madilyn Louise Brown

  • Marriages

  • LCU braves the snow to win in KC

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Saturday, Feb. 15:

  • Railers coast their way to 10th straight win
    By Jeff Benjamin

    • Album 1  |  Album 2
      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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Friday, Feb. 14:

  • 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

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3  |  Album 4

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Thursday, Feb. 13:

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Wednesday, Feb. 12:

  • New youth services librarian joins the Lincoln Public Library

  • St. Clara's celebrates its centenarian residents

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • Ah, the good 'Olden' days
    By Jeff Benjamin

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3
      By Debbie Olden

  • 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

Wednesday, Feb. 12:

  • New youth services librarian joins the Lincoln Public Library

  • St. Clara's celebrates its centenarian residents

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • Ah, the good 'Olden' days
    By Jeff Benjamin

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3
      By Debbie Olden

  • 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

Tuesday, Feb. 11:

  • Historic courthouses celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday

    • The Lincolns remember the Gettysburg Address

    • Barbara Stroud-Borth tells the story of Sarah Wakefield

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3  |  Album 4

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Monday, Feb. 10:

  • Fuel farm Logan County Airport's 2014 project

  • Tourism board to meet Tuesday, twice in February

  • Railers battle Senators for the win
    Look ahead to a busy three-game week
    By Jeff Benjamin

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3
      By Debbie Olden

  • 4-H'ers serve up spaghetti to hundreds at fundraiser

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

  • Sweethearts flock to the Lincoln Park District

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

  • 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

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Saturday, Feb. 8:

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Friday, Feb. 7:

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Thursday, Feb. 6:

  • 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

Wednesday, Feb. 5:

  • IDOT road conditions map

  • Blowing snow today followed by wind chill warning tonight

  • Carroll Catholic students mark 100th day of class with a celebration

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

    • Album 4  |  Album 5  |  Album 6

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Tuesday, Feb. 4:

  • 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

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Monday, Feb. 3:

  • 37th annual Zion Lutheran pancake breakfast enjoys huge success

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3  |  Album 4

  • Habitat aims for two homes in 2014
    Applications available tonight at Culver's

  • A Sunday drive in Lincoln

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • 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

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3
      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

    • Album

  • 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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Saturday, Feb. 1:

  • 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

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3
      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

  • More news provided by Thomson Reuters

 

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