Daily headlines

October 2009

 

 

Saturday, Oct. 31:

  • Breaking News  Saturday 12:35 p.m.


  • Victim flagging for help from car rooftop is rescued from floodwaters
    Regional flooding continues
  • Center of Success opens downtown Lincoln office

  • CDC offers guidelines for parents of children with flu-like symptoms

  • Illinois Senate OKs caps on political donations

  • State and local police step up patrols for Halloween weekend

  • Youth wrestling begins practice Monday -- in Sports

  • Marriages

  • YMCA notes

  • Home Country: Time to test the waters

  • Youth wrestling begins practice Monday

  • Ware of LC Lynx on preseason all-American 3rd team

  • AP news

Friday, Oct. 30:

  • CDC offers guidelines for parents of children with flu-like symptoms

  • Urban & small stream flood advisory for northern Logan County

  • Last day to call Salvation Army for holiday 'Adopt-A-Family' program interview

  • Annual One-Stop Holiday Shopping Day in Atlanta set for Nov. 15

  • 'Safe Ride' available on Halloween

  • New Illinois lottery ticket helps veterans

  • Gov. Pat Quinn invites trick-or-treaters to the mansion

  • Zonta dinner, Vonderlieth, Christian Village, Eminence Ladies Aid, Trick or Treat with the Mayor and indoor quarter midget races make Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police report

  • November library notes

  • LJHS basketball vs. WL-B

  • Soccer games canceled at LCU

  • Lincoln College volleyball vs. Carl Sandburg

  • Red Lions fall in NCCAA soccer tournament

  • AP news

Thursday, Oct. 29:

  • Bond reduced for murder suspect's girlfriend, Jennifer Earnest

  • Area under flash flood watch through Friday evening
    Gusty winds could develop as cold front arrives later Friday

  • CDC update on H1N1: Today's CDC update on H1N1 focus was on care of children and encouraged knowing when to call a doctor. See information: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu): Resources for Parents and Caregivers

  • Harris brothers arraigned on Gee family murders
    Christopher indicted on 68 counts; Jason 71 counts
    Tire iron listed as weapon

  • City briefs: Soccer, the racetrack, electric bills, loose dogs, property problems and more

  • City looks to capture past-due sewer system bills

  • City council 'Road Show' Ward 5 -- in pictures

  • Community college building is 1st state-funded structure to receive prestigious 'green' certification

  • Police reports

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Logan Lassies

    • Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Wednesday, Oct. 28:

  • Breaking News  2:37 p.m. Wednesday
    Harris brothers arraigned on Gee family murders
    Christopher indicted on 68 counts; Jason 71 counts
    Tire iron listed as weapon

  • Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois announces National Weatherization Day

  • LC Rotaract to provide free leaf raking for Lincoln residents on Nov. 14

  • State public health director urges people to be patient -- H1N1 vaccine is coming

  • Illinois insurers agree to cover administration costs on H1N1 shots

  • Statewide crime rate index in Illinois declines for 5th consecutive year

  • Quinn wants state to borrow nearly $1 billion to pay bills

  • GED testing schedule for 2010

  • Laura on Life: Judging the recyclables

  • HOPE Mobile schedule for November

  • Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League

  • LCU to host NCCAA soccer regional

  • Red Lions defeat Red Devils

  • Red Lions go to NCCAA volleyball regional

  • AP news

Tuesday, Oct. 27:

  • Personalities of the Week: Countless individuals make Harvest of Talents an awe-inspiring event

  • 1st H1N1 case confirmed in Logan County

  • ALMH financial departments move closer to hospital

  • Lincoln FFA chapter at apiary -- in pictures

  • Lincoln Jaycees invite seniors to annual feast

  • Study: Amtrak loss comes to $32 per passenger

  • Gov. Pat Quinn appoints John Colgan to Illinois Commerce Commission

  • St. John United Church youth, local blood drives, West Lincoln-Broadwell honor roll, Michael Cusey, Hollie Dollinger, Mount Pulaski Rotary citrus sale, Carroll Catholic Oct. Students of the Month and Lincoln Weight Watchers all make Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Fall leaf management and nuisance insects
    By John Fulton 

  • This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

  • GED testing schedule for 2010

  • Logan Lanes:

  • American Bowling League

  • AP news

Monday, Oct. 26:

  • Breaking News
    Woman accused of obstruction of justice allowed to return to Florida

  • President Obama signs emergency declaration for H1N1 flu

  • Harvest of Talents -- Album 1

  • Harvest of Talents -- Album 2

  • Illinois EPA to hold chemical waste landfill 'information' sessions

  • Illinois' failure to protect victims being addressed by attorney general

  • Recall information 

  • Police reports

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Rollin 66ers

    • Sunday Night Mixed

  • Lincoln College weekend volleyball results

  • Red Lions lose in soccer

  • AP news

Friday, Oct. 23:

  • Postville Courthouse chimney questions probed

  • Husband and wife start their dream business

  • National recession pushes unemployment rates higher across state

  • HHS provides more than $174 million to Illinois to help low-income households with energy costs

  • Ill. Gov. Quinn announces candidacy for full term

  • San Jose United Methodist, still time to vote on statue, Cumberland Presbyterian, YMCA Halloween party, Harvest of Talents and Jaycees Haunted House in Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Railer-Waterloo preview:

  • Railer football senior profiles:

    • Dylan Eimer

    • Jonathon Mangano

    • Zach Toft

  • Logan Lanes: Logan Lassies

  • McFadden leads Red Lions to victory

  • AP news

Thursday, Oct. 22:

  • Draft of Logan County budget passes
    Chamber gets balloon fest donation

  • Veteran clerk Litterly to seek re-election

  • LCU plans for dealing with seasonal and H1N1 flu

  • Lincoln celebrates Red Ribbon Week

  • Quinn to formally announce candidacy

  • Police reports

  • Ghost story program Saturday at Dana-Thomas House

  • Old Settlers Day at Elijah Iles House on Saturday

  • Railer football senior profiles:

    • Dylan Eimer

    • Jonathon Mangano

    • Zach Toft

    • Zac Dukes

    • Blake Dowell

  • Logan Lanes: Tuesday Super Trios

  • LC volleyball defeats Lincoln Land in 5 sets

  • AP news

Wednesday, Oct. 21:

  • Soccer complex fields 'complex' questions
    Council to continue discussions

  • Mary Kelley announces candidacy for circuit clerk position

  • Illinois 4-H'ers head to National 4-H Congress
    4 from Logan County to attend

  • Logan County receives federal grant to address nonviolent offenders with mental illness

  • Former Blagojevich top aide pleads guilty to corruption

  • Railer football senior profiles -- in Sports

  • This week's LCDPH flu fact

  • Laura on Life: Compromise

  • Railer football senior profiles:

    • Zac Dukes

    • Blake Dowell

  • Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League

  • Red Lions volleyball sweep

  • LC men's basketball to host 'Meet the Lynx Night' Friday

  • AP news

Tuesday, Oct. 20:

  • Information update in Gee family murders
    Attorney seeks bail reduction for Earnest; Sara Duncan in court Tuesday afternoon

  • City briefs: Comcast questioned, development partnership update, treasurer's report, demolition and more

  • Draft of 2010 Logan County budget gets tentative approval 

  • Personality of the Week: Dedicated to bringing to life Lincoln/Logan County's heritage with Abraham Lincoln: Darlene Begolka

  • Integrity Data employees award $10,000 in Community Giving Program grants

  • Novel H1N1 vaccine available at health dept.

  • Residents promote Elkhart

  • 30 LC students inducted into Phi Theta Kappa honor society

  • City of Lincoln leaf pickup schedule

  • Lady Lynx 'think pink' to fight breast cancer

  • IEMA encourages people to test homes for radon

  • Middletown United Methodist Church, Humane Society meeting, Dave Hennessy, Christian Child Care, Brad Miller, Lucky Six winners and the Quilters at Heart Quilt Guild all in Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Millipedes on the move
    By John Fulton

  • This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

  • Letters:

    • Culver's, its employees and church youth help Gee Family Fund

    • Abused senior relieved with local assistance

  • WL-B Lady Wolverine basketball

  • Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

  • AP news

Monday, Oct. 19:

  • What happened in City Hall
    Part 2: New financial safeguards instituted

  • Germanfest at St. John United Church of Christ -- in pictures

  • Culver's packs the house for Gee Family Fund -- in pictures

  • Elkhart gets 'Fired Up' over ALS -- in pictures

  • Aid restored to low-income Ill. college students

  • Fact check: Hynes, Quinn gloss over tax facts

  • Recall information

  • WL-B Lady Wolverine basketball

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Sunday Night Mixed

    • Rollin 66ers

    • Major Super Trios

    • Tuesday Super Trios

  • Lincoln College weekend volleyball results

  • Lincoln Christian University volleyball

  • Red Lions men's soccer

  • AP news

Saturday, Oct. 17:

  • What happened in City Hall
    Part 1: Clerk covers embezzlement with complicated system

  • The Railer Marching Band takes the field in St. Louis -- in pictures

  • Child ID program at library to be held again Thursday

  • 'The Face of Emmett Till' at Lincoln College

  • Illinois Sept. unemployment rate at 10.5 percent

  • Marriages

  • (No dissolutions)

  • YMCA notes

  • Letter: Thank you, and a message of hope for the community of Beason

  • Laura on Life: Making potato salad

  • Home Country: X marks the spot

  • AP news

Friday, Oct. 16:

  • City briefs: Residents want repairs to Pulaski Street; Main Street Lincoln announces plans for upcoming events; fire station undergoing inspection; and more

  • City council meets at Friendship Manor -- in pictures

  • Elkhart getting 'fired up' Sunday for Michelle Conrady-Brown

  • ALMH volunteer luncheon to feature Howard Peters III

  • Trick-or-treat with the mayor through downtown Oct. 31

  • Governor warns of growing problems in Ill. budget

  • Ill. voters get to decide on recall of governors

  • 'Harvest Lunch Tour' for Illinois farmers

  • Railers-Springfield preview -- in Sports

  • Little Lambs Day Care, Relay for Life, Mount Pulaski Halloween hours, Lincoln FFA, Main Street Lincoln and the Lincoln Public Library all in Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • October library notes

  • Railers-Springfield preview

  • WL-B Lady Wolverine basketball

  • Lincoln College volleyball vs. Millikin

  • AP news

Thursday, Oct. 15:

  • Is Lincoln ready for some 'futbol'?
    City hears proposal for a new soccer complex

  • Vicki Dugan enters Logan County treasurer's race

  • State Bank of Lincoln expands facilities

    • A look at the State Bank of Lincoln addition

  • LCHS to present 'The Mousetrap' -- in pictures

  • Mount Pulaski advises of leaf collection dates

  • Tornado cleanup Saturday for Beason farming family 

  • IDOT awareness program bringing down deer vs. vehicle accidents

  • Police reports

  • October library notes

  • Storytelling festival in Springfield this weekend

  • New mountain bike trail opens Saturday at New Salem

  • Chorus from U of I to perform at Vachel Lindsay Home on Saturday

  • Lincoln as circuit rider is focus of program Sunday at New Salem

  • 'How Lincoln Learned to Read' author to be at presidential museum on Tuesday

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Logan Lassies

    • Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Wednesday, Oct. 14:

  • Heartland Community College 1st-year curriculum running on all cylinders

  • City considers amnesty for delinquent sewer bills

  • Ill. State Police explains role in Beason investigation

  • 2010 Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival pin design contest

  • Tornado cleanup Saturday for Beason farming family

  • Quinn supports high-speed rail

  • Book Look: 'What Really Happened to Humpty Dumpty'

  • Laura on Life: Try a little kindness

  • This week's LCDPH flu fact

  • Lady Wolverine basketball

  • Logan Lanes:

    • American Bowling League

    • Split 'n' Gutter League

    • Jaybirds

  • Lincoln College volleyball vs. John Wood CC

  • AP news

Tuesday, Oct. 13:

  • Breaking News  Tuesday 3:40 p.m.
    Preliminary hearing for Jason Harris set for Oct. 28

  • Personality of the Week: Serving up generous portions of community service: Elaine Aue and the Lincoln Culver's

  • YMCA hosts annual Harvest Run on Oct. 24

  • City council workshops go on the road

  • Former Gov. Edgar endorses Dillard for governor

  • Ill. Senate candidates divided on gays in military

  • ALS fundraiser in Elkhart, genealogical society, Toys for Tots, Child ID Day and Jaycees Haunted House in Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Fall frost precautions, peony and raspberry care
    By John Fulton 

  • Weekly Outlook: Crop concerns, strong demand support corn and soybean prices

  • This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

  • Letter: Georgian says statue should be stone

  • Railers fall to Jacksonville 63-22

  • LCU women's soccer vs. Kaskaskia

  • AP news

Monday, Oct. 12:

  • Reminders: Culver's, Gee Family Fund, old soldier monument poll

  • Kiwanis holds annual buffet -- in pictures

  • The Mill holds 3rd annual car show -- in pictures

  • Union University president to be featured speaker at LCU Strauss Lectureship

  • Illinois program provides venison to food banks and charities

  • Gov. Pat Quinn names new agency leader

  • Recall information 

  • Letter: New Holland-Middletown Education Association working without a contract

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Major Super Trios

    • Rollin 66ers

    • Sunday Night Mixed

  • Red Lions volleyball in New Orleans

  • Red Lions women's soccer

  • AP news

Saturday, Oct. 10:

  • Breaking News Friday 2:36 p.m.
    Sheriff confident those responsible for Gee family homicides are in custody

  • Death of Steinhour a great loss for tourism

  • Logan County Toys for Tots kicks off Wednesday

  • Tornado cleanup a work in progress

  • Senate week in review

  • Hynes takes shots at Quinn in 1st TV ad

  • Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • Letters:

    • Sustainable water supply planning

    • Owner of tornado-damaged orchard thanks volunteers

  • Laura on Life: Name that force

  • Home Country: A tying expert branches out

  • AP news

Friday, Oct. 9:

  • Breaking News  Friday 2:36 p.m.
    Sheriff confident those responsible for Gee family homicides are in custody

  • Breaking News  Thursday 6:30 p.m.
    2nd Harris brother charged with 5 counts of 1st-degree murder

  • Culver's to host a day to help the Gee Family Fund

  • Cast in stone or bronze? Civil War monument committee allowing nonbinding public input

  • LCU announces $20,000 65th Anniversary Scholarship program

  • H1N1 nasal spray vaccine available at health dept.

  • Gullidge joins Lincoln's Farm Credit team

  • Whitney Vanderpool Illini Central Student of the Month

  • Old soldier's monument poll, LCHS College and Career night, floral design class at park district, historical society news and rescheduled YMCA Bike Blast make Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police report

  • Coldwell Banker Devonshire Realty president to visit central Illinois to receive U of I award

  • Railers go to Jacksonville looking for win

  • WL-B basketball vs. CCS/NHM

  • AP news

Thursday, Oct. 8:

  • Breaking News  Thursday 6:30 p.m.
    2nd Harris brother charged with 5 counts of 1st-degree murder

  • Breaking News  Wednesday 5:50 p.m.
    3 more arrests in Beason slayings
    Charges are obstruction of justice

  • Lincoln College appoints 4 new trustees

  • 1st shipment of new H1N1 vaccine expected this week -- more coming
    Initial 57,000 doses of new H1N1 flu mist vaccine allotted to Illinois

  • 4-H window display contest results

  • Hunters behind in child support will be denied licenses

  • Police reports

  • Illinois No. 1 in pumpkin production

  • Engagement: Simpson-Baker

  • Cultural symposium in Bishop Hill to explore sustainability and preservation issues
    Weekend event to feature presenters from Sweden

  • Interviews with Lincoln's family Saturday at Lincoln Log Cabin

  • Lincoln's favorite poetry to be presented Saturday at Lincoln Tomb

  • Jubilee College State Historic Site to close Friday

  • Red Lions volleyball

  • LCU soccer vs. MacMurray

  • AP news

Wednesday, Oct. 7:

  • Breaking News: Wednesday 5:50 p.m.
    3 more arrests in Beason slayings
    Charges are obstruction of justice

  • Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership attracts $50,000 grant for economic development master plan

  • City adopts program to deter identity theft

  • News Update 4:15 p.m. Tuesday
    Preliminary hearing for Harris set for Oct. 28

  • Lincoln Jaycees Haunted House, 'Your Final Judgment,' starts Friday

  • Comptroller's quarterly report
    State finances grim, and getting worse

  • September brings uneven rainfall across state

  • Quinn pushes to restore college aid

  • Engagement: Simpson-Baker

  • Writing club to host Mount Pulaski author

  • Park district notes

  • Book Look: 'Eco-Craft: Recycle, Recraft, Restyle'

  • Laura on Life: Rules for Punch Bug

  • How to deal with grief

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Jaybird League

    • Tuesday Super Trios

    • American Bowling League

    • Split 'n' Gutter League

  • LCU volleyball wins 2 at Eureka

  • Lincoln College volleyball vs. Danville

  • Mayfield's Mutterings:
    Cardinals NL Central kings again
    Next up: a date with the Los Angeles Dodgers
    By Jeff Mayfield

  • AP news

Tuesday, Oct. 6:

  • News Update 4:15 p.m. Tuesday
    Preliminary hearing for Harris set for Oct. 28

  • Personality of the Week: The Lincoln IGA a business model for community involvement

  • City briefs

  • Lincoln man charged with aggravated domestic battery of an infant

  • Coming Saturday: 3rd annual car show to help save The Mill

  • Curves of Lincoln joins breast cancer awareness campaign

  • Quinn replaces budget director with longtime aide

  • Kiwanis Club, chamber contest, fish pictures, Junior Achievement, Gail's Pumpkin Patch, 'The Curious Savage' at LCU, Habitat for Humanity and cruise-in at The Mill all crowd into Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Grubs, skunks and moles -- oh my!
    By John Fulton

  • Letter: Praise for frosh-soph football teams

  • AP news

Monday, Oct. 5:

  • Conzo to run for Logan County treasurer's position

  • U of I president resigns; former leader named as replacement

  • Meeting children's needs after traumatic event

  • Quinn forms nursing home safety panel

  • Swine flu vaccine arriving, but don't line up yet -- in Health

  • Illinois hosts Fire Prevention Week

  • Recall information

  • Police reports

  • Railers fall to Lanphier 28-14

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Major Super Trios

    • Rollin 66ers

    • Sunday Night Mixed

  • Lincoln College weekend volleyball

  • AP news

Saturday, Oct. 3:

  • Breaking News  Friday, 4:23 p.m.
    Harris charged with 5 counts of 1st-degree murder, 1 attempted murder

  • Health department reports delay in shipment of flu vaccine

  • Disaster or death: a guide to meeting the needs of children after traumatic events

  • Driver's license fees to triple

  • Chicago is the 1st to go in 2016 voting

  • Railers working hard to get in win column -- in Sports

  • Dissolutions

  • Oasis notes

  • Home Country: Back on the road with the duchess and the trucker

  • AP news

Friday, Oct. 2:

  • Breaking News  Friday, 4:23 p.m.
    Harris charged with 5 counts of 1st-degree murder, 1 count of attempted murder

  • Arrest made in Gee family homicides
    Sheriff says forensic evidence makes them confident McLean County man is murderer

  • Disaster or death: a guide to meeting the needs of children after traumatic events

  • Lincoln mayor attends high-speed rail summit in Normal
    How would new rail service affect Lincoln?

  • CUB, AG study: Ameren among nation's most wasteful utilities
    Consumer advocates launch campaign for deep cuts in rate hike

  • Busy October with 4-H

  • Holy Family Parish, New Holland firemen, Logan County CROP Walk, calligraphy class and Biking Blast in Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Lincoln College volleyball at Carl Sandburg

  • LCU soccer vs. Blackburn

  • AP news

Thursday, Oct. 1:

  • Breaking News  Thursday, 8:19 p.m.
    Arrest made in Gee family murders

    Sheriff says forensic evidence makes them confident McLean County man is murderer

  • Multiple agencies participate in massive investigation
    Illinois attorney general's office added to Gee Homicide Task Force

  • City briefs: New council to review proposed new sign ordinance
    City to make its 1st public infrastructure rebate to Wal-Mart; and more

  • Lincoln Christian University introduces new athletic mascot -- the Red Lions

  • AARP wants Ill. governor to halt budget cuts

  • Illinois getting health care recruitment help

  • Taiwan is Illinois farmers' best customer

  • Police reports

  • Red, White & True Mysteries: 9-year-old girl supports family with her hunting ability

  • 2 popular events at Lincoln's New Salem this weekend:

    • Candlelight evenings Friday, Saturday

    • Early 1800s surveying Saturday, Sunday

  • 'Lincoln's Illinois Today: A conversation about the future of higher education in Illinois'
    Wednesday at U of I

  • George Washington inaugural Bible to be displayed Oct. 9 at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

  • Logan Lanes: Tuesday Super Trios

  • Red Lions are still No. 1

  • Lincoln College volleyball vs. Champaign

  • AP news

Wednesday, Sept. 30:

  • Logan County: Mount Pulaski welcomes co-founder's descendant
    Jabez Capps' great-great-grandson comes to town

  • Mount Pulaski -- an aerial view

  • A new home in a day: Mount Pulaski family goes modular -- story and pictures

  • Quinn may look elsewhere for cuts
    News follows legal setback to layoffs

  • Some Chicago residents hoping Olympics bid a bust

  • Quinn vows to restore college grant program

  • Illinois utility begins light bulb recycling

  • Letter: Thank you, Together For Lincoln, from the library

  • Park district notes

  • Laura on Life: Cholesterol confusion

  • This week's LCDPH flu fact

  • Logan Lanes:

    • American Bowling League

    • Jay Bird League

  • Red Lions make all-tournament team

  • AP news

Tuesday, Sept. 29:

  • Investigation into the Gee family murders in Beason:

    • Truck still being sought in murder investigation 

    • Sheriff requests information on people with specific injuries

    • TIP LINE: 217-732-3000

  • Personalities of the Week:
    Together for Lincoln volunteers give help and rekindle hope

  • Boy Scout popcorn sale begins

  • Quinn not surprised by judge's block of layoffs plan

  • $2.5M going to reduce Illinois' DNA backlog

  • Lincoln/Logan County Arts & Crafts Guild, Eric and Joe Horn, Habitat playhouse winner, United Way, Mill cookbook and Grab Your Fork news make Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • From aphids to pumpkins
    By John Fulton

  • Mount Pulaski calendar for October

  • Logan Lanes:

  • Split 'n' Gutter League

  • Red Lions make all-tournament team

  • AP news

Monday, Sept. 28:

  • Investigation into the Gee family murders in Beason:

    • Truck still being sought in murder investigation
      (See images within report)

    • Sheriff requests information on people with specific injuries

    • TIP LINE: 217-732-3000

  • Breaking News
    Former Lincoln city clerk pleads guilty to embezzlement

  • Judge puts Quinn's planned layoffs on hold

  • Logan County community joins the fight against ALS

    • 1st ALS Walk -- in pictures

  • Mental health clinic will move to Postville Drive

  • Together for Lincoln Album 1

  • Together for Lincoln Album 2

  • Together for Lincoln Album 3

  • Together for Lincoln Album 4

  • Police reports

  • Recall information

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Rollin 66ers

    • Sunday Night Mixed

  • Lincoln College weekend volleyball

  • LCU weekend volleyball

  • Red Lions men's soccer

  • AP news

Saturday, Sept. 26:

  • Public Alert
    Beason murder investigation:
    Sheriff requests public to look for person(s) with specific injuries

  • Friday morning statement by Sheriff Steve Nichols

    • Questions and answers

  • Fatal crash in Logan County

  • Great-great-grandson of Mount Pulaski co-founder will visit Monday

  • Erich Maxheimer Senior-of-the-Month at Mount Pulaski HS

  • 2009 LCHS Homecoming Parade Album 1

  • 2009 LCHS Homecoming Parade Album 2

  • 2009 LCHS Homecoming Parade Album 3

  • 2009 Homecoming royalty

  • Homecoming results

  • Judge's ruling expected Monday on AFSCME layoffs

  • Elkhart-Mount Pulaski road closure information

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • Oasis notes

  • YMCA notes

  • Laura on Life: A cry for help

  • Home Country: Tuesday at 7-ish turns romantic
    1st date prickles

  • Railers fall in emotional homecoming game

  • AP news

Friday, Sept. 25:

  • Task force formed to investigate Beason family homicides
    5 deaths all attributed to blunt force trauma

    • Questions and answers that followed today's news conference on the Beason killings

  • Disaster or death: a guide to meeting the needs of children after traumatic events 

  • 'Family Day -- A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children'
    Sept. 28

  • Farm Credit Service delivers meals in the fields

    • Meals in the fields -- in pictures

  • U of I's White steps down
    Key events during his tenure

  • Former IL GOP chair files for governor's race

  • Railers prepared for Chatham Glenwood -- in sports

  • Personality of the Week info, Together for Lincoln clothes swap, Habitat informational meeting, Eric Horn, Lincoln Emblem Club and KC Electric bowlers make the Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police report

  • Letter: Advancing the conversation about progress for Lincoln and Logan County

  • Railers prepared for Chatham Glenwood

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Major Super Trios

    • Logan Lassies

    • Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Thursday, Sept. 24:

  • Task force formed to investigate Beason family homicides
    5 deaths all attributed to blunt force trauma

    • Questions and answers that followed Thursday's news conference on the Beason killings

  • Authorities seek community's help in Beason slayings
    Vehicle of interest sought
    Victims not shot
    Survivor stable

  • Tip line opens for Beason homicides
    FBI brought in to assist investigation

  • LCHS homecoming activities schedule

  • LCHS grand marshal is Jerry Bauersachs

  • Final Together for Lincoln information

    • Area churches change Sunday service hours

  • 'LCDPH flu facts' begin today -- in Health

  • Police reports

  • Red, White & True Mysteries: The good doctor was no doctor at all

  • Open house Friday for historic building facade transplant project in Arcola

  • Saturday event in Bloomington features Civil War encampment, Lincoln and Douglas re-enactors

  • 1830s Fall Festival at New Salem on Saturday

  • 'Cemetery Celebrities: Friends and Family of the Lincolns' at Lincoln Tomb on Saturday

  • Vachel Lindsay Home event Saturday to feature music and readings

  • Swedish autumn festival this weekend in Bishop Hill

  • Logan Lanes: Split 'n' Gutter League

  • AP news

Wednesday, Sept. 23:

  • Authorities seek community's help in Beason slayings
    Vehicle of interest sought
    Victims not shot; survivor stable

  • Tip line opens for Beason homicides
    FBI brought in to assist investigation

  • Beason community gathers; shock, sadness prevail

  • Treasurer's report shows revenues in downtrend; city gives Heritage Days funds to park district; Sunday proclaimed Together for Lincoln Day; Eagle Scout recognized; and city business matters

  • Local health departments lose 8,000 more jobs in 1st half of 2009
    Logan County Department of Public Health also forced to cut jobs

  • Vonderlieth joins Alzheimer's fight with fundraisers

  • Quinn says U of I president to resign

  • Laura on Life: Painting Indian names

  • LCU notches 9th straight win

  • Lincoln College volleyball vs. Shawnee

  • AP news

Tuesday, Sept. 22:

  • 1 survivor in brutal homicide claiming 5 Beason family members
    Suspect sought

  • Multiple fatalities in Beason late Monday afternoon
    Reports of shootings and stabbings

  • Personalities of the Week: National Railsplitting Festival will see 40th anniversary thanks to volunteers and business support

  • LCU to present 'The Curious Savage' Oct. 8, 9, 10

  • Notice of cancellation of C-EL school board meeting

  • LCHS teaches welding -- in pictures

  • Lincoln FFA has wiener roast -- in pictures

  • Early release of prisoners could start soon

  • Ashley O'Neill goes perfect, Humane Society, calligraphy class and YMCA's School's Out Fun days all in Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Planting spring bulbs, diagnosing tree decline
    By John Fulton

  • This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

  • Civil War, Lincoln and religion, Paul Simon, Chicago women among topics of Oct. 1-2 Conference on Illinois History

  • HOPE Mobile schedule for October

  • Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

  • AP news

Monday, Sept. 21:

  • Multiple fatalities in Beason late Monday afternoon
    Reports of shootings and stabbings

  • Lincoln holds 1st Economic Development Summit
    Part 6: What are the opportunities in Lincoln, Logan County?

  • Captain Bogardus Trap Shoot results

  • LCHS Marching Band wins Mount Zion Marching Games

  • Railsplitting Festival in the books: saved in pictures

    • Railsplitting Festival on Saturday -- album 1

    • Railsplitting Festival on Saturday -- album 2

    • The 2009 Civil War Ball

    • The art of railsplitting

    • National railsplitting main event

  • Lincoln College volleyball team wins 2nd championship of the season -- in Sports

  • Quinn launches 2010 census Web site

  • Police reports

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Logan Lassies

    • Rollin 66ers

    • Sunday Night Mixed

  • AP news

Saturday, Sept. 19:

  • Lincoln holds 1st Economic Development Summit
    Part 5: What are the opportunities in Lincoln, Logan County?

  • Together for Lincoln partners with local organizations

  • Board chooses new circuit clerk

  • CDC: 1st swine flu vaccines may be nasal spray

  • Illinois plans early release of 1,000 inmates

  • Bomke: Focus on gerrymandering and pensions this week in Ill. Senate

  • Railers fall on last-minute touchdown -- in Sports

  • Railers vs. Southeast -- in pictures

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • YMCA notes

  • Home Country: 'Exquisite pilgrims on a quest for eternal secrets'
    A writer makes notes to jump-start the plot

  • AP news

Friday, Sept. 18:

  • Board chooses new circuit clerk

  • Lincoln holds 1st Economic Development Summit
    Part 4: What makes Lincoln and Logan County unique?

  • Railsplitters and sportsmen host trap shoot

  • Railsplitter welcomes country musicians

  • IDOC chief outlines new vision for Illinois' new program to help divert adults from prison

  • Wonder how sound that bridge is you cross every day?
    IDOT Web site has bridge inspection reports available

  • Illinois Department on Aging reminds seniors to get flu shots

  • Illinois unemployment dips slightly in August

  • Railers look to rebound against Southeast -- in sports

  • The Scouts and Culver's, broadband in Broadwell, Humane Society, LC Genealogical & Historical Society, Krystine Schnautz and Megan Callahan at the 'U,' and the Lincoln Jaycees make the Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Engagement: Schrader-Kim

  • Railers look to rebound against Southeast

  • Lincoln College volleyball results

  • Logan Lanes: Major Super Trios

  • AP news

Thursday, Sept. 17:

  • City briefs: Problem properties action bringing results; Heritage Days management and funds could roll over to park district; insurance costs change; and more

  • Elkhart Hill historical tours on Sept. 26

  • Road closure in Oran Township

  • Quinn reverses some probation dept. cuts

  • Murder victims to be remembered Monday

  • Blagojevich blasts prosecutors over friend's death

  • AP sources: McKenna to join race for Ill. governor

  • Police reports

  • Red, White & True Mysteries: Did Confederate general's own men betray him?

  • Women's suffrage event at Dana-Thomas House this weekend features living history performances

  • Lincoln presentations by 2 renowned authors coming up at presidential library and museum

  • Red Lions ranked No. 1

  • AP news

Wednesday, Sept. 16:

  • Lincoln holds 1st Economic Development Summit
    Part 3: What are our strengths?

  • Annual pet registration fees to go up

  • Lincoln man pleads not guilty in toddler death
    Trial set for December

  • New dentist joins HOPE Mobile

  • Fill a truck with food for Lincoln

  • Wednesday's picture albums

    • Carroll Catholic School activities

    • Fall Farm Tour draws a crowd

    • Saints Flight visits Mount Pulaski

  • Fall Farm Tour draws a crowd -- in pictures

  • Projection calls for lower corn and soybean returns

  • U of Illinois faculty back leaders' ouster

  • Book Look: 'Reducing Garbage,' 'Respecting Our World,' 'Reusing Things'

  • Laura on Life: Dear Daughter

  • West Lincoln-Broadwell gets regional win

  • Red Lions defeat Monmouth in volleyball

  • LCU soccer teams defeated by Blackburn

  • Logan Lanes:

    • American Bowling League

    • Jay Bird

    • Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Tuesday, Sept. 15:

  • Lincoln holds 1st Economic Development Summit
    Part 2: A door opens for change in Lincoln and Logan County

  • Annual pet registration fees to go up

  • CROP Walk set for Oct. 4 in Logan County

  • State seeks venue change in layoff suit

  • LCU's Dr. Robert Kurka profiled in Who's Who in America

  • Eaton helps LCHS vocational program -- in pictures

  • HHS awards $236,000 to Illinois for increasing adoptions

  • Walk for ALS, Trina McGraw, United Way of Logan County, Humane Society, Habitat for Humanity, YMCA Bike Blast and Lincoln Public Library all in Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Fall notes
    By John Fulton

  • LCU Red Lions defeat Hannibal-LaGrange

  • Logan Lanes: Split 'n' Gutter League

  • AP news

Monday, Sept. 14:

  • Lincoln holds 1st Economic Development Summit
    Part 1: Vision set for participants

  • Lincoln looking to the future
    Mayor Keith Snyder's 1st 120 days
    Part 4: Surprises and planned events 'fast track' changes

  • National Railsplitting Festival in Lincoln features new and returning events

  • Personalities of the Week: Arnie and Ruth Haak
  • Mount Pulaski Fall Festival pictures

    • Mount Pulaski dedicates new band shell

    • Mount Pulaski Fall Festival (sights, faces)

    • Mount Pulaski Fall Festival (contestants, demonstrations)

    • Mount Pulaski Fall Festival Parade -- album 1

    • Mount Pulaski Fall Festival Parade -- album 2

    • Mount Pulaski Fall Festival Parade -- album 3

  • Clock ticking on prison jobs crisis
    Hearing delayed in suit over layoffs

  • Recall information

  • Police reports

  • Red Lions win invitational

  • Lady Lynx weekend volleyball

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Rollin 66ers

    • Sunday Night Mixed

  • AP news

Saturday, Sept. 12:

  • Lincoln looking to the future
    Mayor Keith Snyder's 1st 120 days
    Part 3: Administrative connections roll over into city's future

  • Logan County Treasurer Bruns to retire

  • Heartland's Lincoln Center to offer personal computing classes

  • Barbary Coast Dixieland Band opens season for Lincoln Land Community Concert Association

  • Thousands of Illinois state workers get hefty pensions

  • In observance of National Grandparents Day, state recognizes grandparents raising grandchildren

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • Park district notes

  • YMCA notes

  • Laura on Life: Running in the rain

  • Home Country: The invisible girl gets attention

  • Journal features Civil War letters, Eureka elm, 1961 Indian gathering

  • 2010 calendar photos feature state historic sites

  • Railers go down 14-0 to Taylorville

  • AP news

Friday, Sept. 11:

  • Lincoln looking to the future
    Mayor Keith Snyder's 1st 120 days
    Part 2: Reorganizing for the 21st century

  • Logan County Treasurer Bruns to retire

  • LCHS hosts Rachel's Challenge

  • Volunteers encouraged to sign up soon for Together for Lincoln

  • City briefs: 2 buildings set for fast track demolition; fire department promotions; overdue state money rolls in; sewer issue resolved

  • Megan Kissel Fall Soccer League dedication ceremony

  • National Preparedness Month: Gov. Quinn encourages Illinois citizens to prepare for disasters
    IEMA hosts statewide conference, launches Facebook page with video clips, posts daily preparedness tips during September

  • Workday set to help tornado victims
    EMA to lead in field cleanup at 4 sites on Saturday

  • Tornado victims need community's help
    Long road to recovery still in beginning stages

  • United Way, hospice volunteers, Lincoln Park District, Don Wheal, changes at LDN, glass recycling and Harvest of Talents all in Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • WL-B baseball

  • Red Lions men's soccer

  • Logan Lanes: Logan Lassies

  • AP news

Thursday, Sept. 10:

  • Workday set to help tornado victims
    EMA to lead in field cleanup at 4 sites on Saturday

  • Tornado victims need community's help
    Long road to recovery still in beginning stages

  • Lincoln looking to the future
    Mayor Keith Snyder's 1st 120 days
    Part 1: Economic Development Summit

  • Local residents team up to 'strike out' multiple sclerosis

  • Mahomet Valley Water Authority pressured by WATCH
    Special meeting set

  • Fall festivals in Atlanta and Mount Pulaski this weekend

    • Mount Pulaski Fall Festival schedule

  • Electrifying news from LCU

  • Ill. gov. won't push for tax hike until after Feb.

  • Police reports

  • Lincoln Writers Club to meet on Tuesday

  • Red, White & True Mysteries: Find out who really discovered North America

  • Lincoln's New Salem Traditional Music and Bluegrass Festival this weekend

  • Vachel Lindsay Home program Saturday features 'The Chinese Nightingale'

  • West Lincoln-Broadwell baseball

  • Lincoln College volleyball results

  • Logan Lanes: Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Wednesday, Sept. 9:

  • City: Development partnership director updates council
    Goody's reopened, more businesses to open, business leadership assistance organized, and future planning

  • Mount Pulaski native, Maj. Stanley Manes, receives Bronze Star

  • Mount Pulaski to celebrate relationship to Abraham Lincoln this weekend

  • Community Action offers new dining site opportunity

  • Judy Sloan is ALMH Employee of the Month

  • Illinois 1 of 7 states to teach students about 9/11

  • Ill. chief justice wants probation cuts restored

  • Regional school superintendents announce bus evacuation drills

  • Blagojevich: Words on FBI tape out of context

  • Letter: Tornado victims express thanks

  • Book Look: 'Eating for Autism'

  • Mayfield's Mutterings: Illinois completes futile effort
    By Jeff Mayfield

  • West Lincoln-Broadwell baseball

  • Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League

  • LCU Red Lions volleyball vs. Knox and MacMurray

  • AP news

Tuesday, Sept. 8:

  • Assault at Logan Correctional results in weekend shutdown

  • Lincoln Heritage Museum hosts 'Journey Stories'

  • Mount Pulaski Fall Festival a deep tradition

  • Mount Pulaski to celebrate Abe's association with town this weekend

  • Mount Pulaski's 1916 horse show -- in pictures

  • Local 4-H members visit CBOT

  • Lincoln College offers sightseeing and shopping tours

  • Records: Quinn rarely uses state cell phone

  • Quinn set to receive seasonal flu shot

  • Rachel's Challenge at LCHS, the Mount Pulaski Fall Festival, the Atlanta Fall Festival, caregiver program at Vonderlieth, blood drive, a cruise-in and St. John's Hartsburg make Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Recall information

  • Police reports

  • Avoiding yellow jacket stings
    By John Fulton

  • West Lincoln-Broadwell baseball in county tournament

  • Logan Lanes: Sunday Night Mixed

  • Mayfield's Mutterings: Illinois completes futile effort
    By Jeff Mayfield

  • AP news

Saturday, Sept. 5:

  • Lincoln Christian University students visit Cambodia, learn firsthand about human trafficking

  • County briefs: August and September
    Lobbying the state against job cuts; business matters; planning for private wind production developments

  • Prison crisis: Bomke says administration did not negotiate in good faith

  • Governor fills open U of I trustee slots

  • Alleged Rezko tie, but Quinn renames board chair

  • Saturday's college football scoreboard by The Associated Press -- in sports

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • YMCA notes

  • Letter: Health care system broken

  • Laura on Life: One man's experiment

  • Home Country: Randy, Marcia ... and Katie, whose father knows best

  • West Lincoln-Broadwell over Sangamon Valley

  • AP news

Friday, Sept. 4:

  • Economic Development Summit set for Sept. 12

  • AFSCME rejects 11-15 percent pay cut

  • Illinois announces $400 million bond issue to 'Jump Start' public works projects

  • Health department announces flu information line

  • Lincoln Farmers' Market splits

  • Hynes, Quinn campaigns spar over comments

  • Humane Society, Lincoln Community High School, Mount Pulaski Water Dept., glass recycling, Jefferson St. Christian Church and State Bank bocce ball tournament winners all in Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Hands-on history: 'Lincoln Legacy Learning Kits' available from Illinois public libraries and historic sites

  • LJHS baseball

  • WL-B baseball

  • Lincoln College volleyball vs. Robert Morris

  • AP news

Thursday, Sept. 3:

  • Logan County circuit clerk to step down Sept. 30
    Bender to clerk for 4th District Court of Appeals

  • Candidates sought for Logan County circuit clerk position
    Applicants for temporary appointment requested; new election dates established

  • Lincoln Farmers' Market splits

  • Coroner's staff members receive elder abuse training

  • Lincoln FFA cleans up at state fair -- in pictures

  • Lincoln FFA students worked state fair booth -- in pictures

  • Cool, wet summer in Illinois

  • Hynes formally enters governor's race

  • Illinois gets $200 million for unemployment plan

  • Police reports

  • Mount Pulaski calendar, fall festival schedule

  • Red, White & True Mysteries: Why is Albert Bond Lambert so famous in St. Louis?

  • Logan Lanes: Tuesday Super Trios

  • AP news

Wednesday, Sept. 2:

  • The 'new U': Lincoln Christian University officially named

    • When a college becomes a university
      The 4 reasons for LCCS becoming LCU

    • Lincoln Christian University degree and certificate programs

    • LCU fast facts

  • Lincoln Christian University begins -- in pictures

  • Preliminary hearing set in child's death
    Cline charged with 2 counts of 1st-degree murder

  • Community Action distributes Elevate America program vouchers

  • Quinn says he will appoint U of I trustees Friday

  • Engagement: Laylock-Komnick

  • Mount Pulaski calendar, fall festival schedule

  • Laura on Life: What moms are made of

  • New Ken Bradbury drama about Mary Lincoln to be performed Saturday at Old State Capitol

  • Junior high baseball: WL-B vs. Hartem

  • Lincoln College volleyball vs. ICC

  • LCU volleyball vs. UIS

  • LCU men's soccer opens season

  • AP news

Tuesday, Sept. 1:

  • Personality of the Week: Tornado spurs phenomenal volunteer response

  • Ill. sales taxes on candy, soft drinks up today

  • Community Action uses stimulus dollars to assist unemployed

  • Community Action Head Start gets outdoor play grant

  • Grace Wibben of Atlanta among 4-H Hall of Fame inductees

  • Ousted Blagojevich explains himself in new book

  • Albums of the 2009 Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival:

    • Saturday morning fly-in

    • Saturday draws huge crowd to art fair and the square

    • A glowing success. Saturday's balloon glow

    • Saturday's faces on the square

    • The art fair brought artistry, entertainment and fun to Latham Park

    • Record crowd at airport Saturday night

    • Leaving the ground without a balloon

    • Postville Courthouse yields fun and education

    • Faces at Postville Courthouse

    • A last look at the 2009 Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival

    • Friday's faces at the festival

    • Friday night liftoff

    • Airport prepared for balloon festival: Just waiting for you

    • We have a launch. Balloon festival kicks off under fair skies

  • Grab Your Fork winners, Zonta, Cindy Wendlandt benefit, Gail's Pumpkin Patch, art fair winners and Zion Lutheran Family Fun Fest make Close Up
    By Mike Fak

  • Police reports

  • Fall days ideal for chores
    By John Fulton

  • Library notes

  • Healthy choices versus avoidance can create a nutritious diet

  • Logan Lanes:

    • American Bowling League

    • Split 'n' Gutter League

  • AP news

 

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