Daily headlines
December 2005
Illinois records show child support collections up in 2005
Gov. Blagojevich announces start of health care expansion for 56,000 more working parents
Court news
Marriages
Dissolutions
Candidates for Illinois commodity boards to begin passing nominating petitions soon
First lady and Illinois poet laureate encourage young authors in writing contest
Illinois vs. Tennessee-Martin game notes
Illinois State vs. Creighton game notes
Four 'Birds named Hansen All-Americans, six all-region
Redbirds No. 24 in final ESPN-USA Today poll
Preparing to start
the new year with new resolve for a better you?
Book tells how to relieve post-holiday stress
and depression with Mindful Movements exercise
Feature: Surfing
New state fees to be
added to annual animal registration
County continues to support animal control
Eight-state group focuses on earthquake preparedness
More than 20,000 people reached by successful
advocacy campaign on a gender-sensitive electoral law in the
Democratic Republic of Congo
Campaign urges equal
access of women and men to electoral mandates and electoral offices
Twenty-four groups receive grants to end
violence against women
United Nations Trust Fund grants awarded to initiatives in 30
countries
Ethiopia: African women combatants and promoting humanitarian rules
Park district notes
Feature: Wrap up 2005 with this quiz about inventions
Illinois
beats Southeast Missouri
Simply impressed
By Jason Rennert
Calendar is too full
Murdered baby's father sentenced to 40 years
Illinoisans donated more than 1 million items to Hurricane Katrina
victims
Governor
encourages continued donations to the Keep Our Kids Warm and Safe
campaign
One year after Dec. 26, 2004,
tsunami
Rotary dedicates first rebuilt school
Solar cooking spreads in
developing world, assists Sri Lankan tsunami victims
44th District weekly update
Lincoln Christmas tree pickup
Power struggle
Letters:
Illini football fan praises Zook
USS Albemarle, USNS Corpus Christi
Two ticketed in two-vehicle accident on Rt. 121
Illinois consumers better
protected against identity theft
Governor reminds consumers to protect
their personal information at all times
Illinois Department of
Corrections graduates 19 new parole agents to support public safety
efforts in Illinois communities
New parole
agents support governor's Operation Spotlight Parole Reform,
addressing public safety, reducing recidivism and taxpayer spending
Enforcement actions taken against Mount Pulaski bankers
280 new laws take effect Jan. 1
Cats get bad rap
Toxoplasmosis incidence is not
related to cat ownership
Lincoln swimmer to compete in Indiana
Logan County Animal Control wardens assist local woman in need of medical care
December plunges Illinois into deep freeze
Old state phones to be used by Cairo schools, senior citizens and domestic violence victims
Feature: Knotheads
Is there a 'war' on Christmas?
Court news
Marriages
Dissolutions
Railers win over Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones -- pictures
Lincoln and
Logan County focused on infrastructure
Men in the county asked to work
five days a year on a township road
Traffic
safety community wishing for fatality-free holidays
Law
enforcement agencies team up to get impaired drivers off the roads
during holiday season
U of I team wins national championship
Cornucopia kids
Letter: AFSCME members thank community
Feature: A Christmas wish list for our top inventors
Zion Lutheran Christmas worship services
Illinois dominates the Tiggers
County briefs
Gov. Blagojevich leads Team Illinois efforts to resolve serious environmental and health problem in Alexander County
Book Look: 'Beyond Cholesterol'
Landfill closed on Christmas Eve
Oasis update
2006 Grade School Field Trip Day
Speakers offer positive
lifestyle inspiration to young athletes
Special Olympics portion of State Farm Holiday Classic renamed in tribute
Redbird football returns to Champaign in 2009
Local man saves
accident victim
(See end of Mutterings)
The best-kept secret in Logan County
Keep Warm Illinois campaign offers tips for seniors to stay healthy and warm this winter
Illinois signs consent orders
against ABN AMRO
Joins federal
agencies and New York state in largest fine ever imposed against an
Illinois-supervised bank
IDOT gives motorists a break during the holiday season
ZLS receives paintings from Bernard Behrends
Democrat Edwin Eisendrath announces bid for governor
Weekly outlook: USDA reports
'She's Got What Gets Me' hits the waves
Merry
Christmas Mutterings, ending with a special hero report and salutes
By Jeff Mayfield
25th Busch Braggin' Rights, Illinois vs. Missouri, Thursday
Illinois State at Indiana State game notes
Redbirds ranked No. 22 in final Sports Network poll
Youth wrestling
Rome man dies while trying to elude police
Early Intervention program assists Illinois families with at-risk infants and toddlers
PlanetSpace announces Silver Dart orbital vehicle
44th District weekly update
Letter: Jaycees appreciate help with Angel Tree
Lincoln Community High School speech team travels to Olympia Christmas Classic
Holiday activities
AMVETS news
Illini
work their way past Coppin State
By Greg Taylor
LCC Angels defeat Maranatha
Redbird rally falls short; ISU downed 73-69
What does tourism do in the dregs of winter?
Illinois Department of Central Management Services wins national award for efficiency efforts
Giving in Illinois
Illinois awards $4.3 million in Conservation 2000 grants to protect environment
Mitchell files legislation that would prohibit illegal aliens from securing state-backed mortgages
Letter: Lifesaving story
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church news
Robinson's Woodworth Hotel, Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome featured in latest Historic Illinois
Feature: Real cowboys
County briefs
Courthouse employee salary increase debated
Practical, environmentally friendly holiday waste reduction tips
Local roadway deaths on
the rise
Motorists urged to buckle up, not drive impaired
LaHood introduces House bill establishing tax credit to help property owners combat lead poisoning
Letter: Lincoln Parkway and Fifth Street accident witnesses sought
U of I to conduct research to improve baby formula
ZLS Student of the Month
2005 firearm deer harvest among best ever
Associated Press honors four Redbirds
Former Redbird named top MLB setup man
'Breakfast Chat' rallies
community leaders to keep things rolling
Lincoln & Logan County Development
Partnership kicks off $100,000 campaign prioritizing CEDS
development
Unique holiday gift ideas to keep loved ones safe during emergencies
Gov. Blagojevich announces that Indiana is joining Illinois' bid to land $1 billion FutureGen clean coal project
Illinois EPA reports progressive improvements in air quality
Wall of water comes crashing down from reservoir, sweeping away homes, family
Tsunami anniversary marks a year of emergencies for children
Feature: Long history of wedding inventions unveiled
Study: 'Run-down' feeling with illness may last longer as people age
City opens discussion on next year's fall leaf disposal
Durbin and Emanuel introduce legislation to help states provide access to health insurance for all children
The Farm Gate blog open
Zion Lutheran Church drive-through live Nativity this weekend
Oasis update
Letters:
'The Sands of Christmas': a tribute to our soldiers
Response to Demling letter posted Dec. 10
'Who's Who' honorees at Lincoln College
Shy first-grader
Youth wrestling results
Redbirds place four on Sports Xchange all-America list
Sweden first state to ratify agreement against doping in sport
Protecting new evergreens
City briefs
Illinois commemorates
International Human Rights Day
Department of Human Rights combats discrimination, racism and hate
crimes
Rahal drives 2005 Indy 500 Chevrolet Corvette pace car through new nonstop toll collection lanes on I-294
Stanley Tookie, capital punishment, etc.
District 44 weekly update
Weekly outlook: Stock projections
Zion Lutheran School Christmas musical and concert Thursday
'Writers for Relief: An Anthology to Benefit the Survivors of Katrina'
Fontbonne edges Preachers
Sports Network all-America squad has Redbird flavor
Ethanol plant targeting Hartsburg as home
Steak n Shake gift cards benefit hungry
Pharmacists exhibit regional differences of opinion: Should pharmacists have the right to refuse to fill prescriptions?
Sen. Bill Brady running in 2006 governor's race
Illinois Department of Agriculture employees honored for outstanding service
LCHS speech team shows well at Naperville
Letters:
Response to Bruns letter posted Dec. 10
Response to Demling letter posted Dec. 10
Ask a Wal-Mart employee
Lincoln Writer's Club to meet Tuesday
Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society volunteers needed
Second-half surge not enough for ISU, falls 64-61
Student-athletes give back to disadvantaged children
Hawkins, Robinson named Walter Camp All-Americans
National Women's Baseball Hall of Fame honors players
Weather-related crashes and incidents
All Kids insurance program preregistration begins
Patti Blagojevich receives Pro-Choice Leadership Award from Personal PAC
First lady honored for outstanding
commitment to reproductive rights and contraceptive equity
Pharmacists believe they should have authority to refuse
Court news
Marriages
Dissolutions
Governor signs bills into law
Letters:
'Convenience ruins competition'
Cartoon demeans soldier sacrifice
Wal-Mart: A response to Carrie's letter posted Dec. 7
Research faults campaign that lays guilt trip on Wal-Mart shoppers
[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Public comment sought on school
This weekend:
Wrapping up the Harvest
Habitat house blessing
Eighth-grade Mount Pulaski basketball team goes to state tournament
Plank honored as men's Valley Scholar-Athlete of the Week
ISU swimmer competes in national event
Double feature
Saturday:
For the birds
1. Two and a half deeks: a high price for protection, but not for invaluables
2. Northern thinking when the geese go south
Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 7-9:
http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2005/Dec/07/
http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2005/Dec/08/
Logan County Health Department
hosts top state health officials
Other local health authorities turn
out for tour
Nearly $3 million in state
funding slated for
SIU Edwardsville's science laboratory
facilities
Critical
projects will ease severe overcrowding and create additional
state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories
Snow to blanket central and southeastern Illinois on Thursday
A new Festival of Trees under way
House blessing Sunday
Oasis update
Scholarship applications available
ZLS Student of the Month
Letters:
Lincoln gas prices lower
Pleased with Wal-Mart decision
Response to Bruns letter posted Dec. 1
Book Look: 'Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May)'
Features: Eleven-year-old girl's broken crayons lead to new company
Illinois holds down Georgetown 58-48
By Greg Taylor
Preachers get first win for coach
Men set new Redbird Arena record, defeat IPFW
Tribute to a strong and gentle woman
Wal-Mart wins in extra innings, player exchange and mayor's vote
Gov. Blagojevich reiterates need for common-sense restrictions on
violent and sexually explicit video games
Vows to appeal federal court decision
enjoining Illinois law
Weekly outlook: Disappointing exports
Letters:
Gas prices higher in Lincoln
Lincoln gas price response and comparative cost analysis
Not good to turn down businesses
It may not be sports, but Wal-Mart does show community support
Businesses must earn customers
Neighborhood grocers disappeared years ago -- the way of life
Logan County Courthouse Centennial celebration
LCC Angels vs. Maryville Saints
Nice coming-out party for Mr. Smith
'Freshman from Peoria leads Illinois
to victory'
By Greg Taylor
James Augustine named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week
Hotel rooms limited for men's tourney in St. Louis
Wal-Mart Supercenter poll results now available
Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health to visit Logan County Health Department
Letters:
Wal-Mart not competitive in prices and doesn't support community like other businesses
Communities sacrificing a values way of life with small businesses for super businesses
Help build up Lincoln
Response to Johnson letter posted Dec. 3
Setting some Wal-Mart facts straight
Wal-Mart vs. downtowns
Court news
Lincoln Community High School speech team weekend results
Great horned owl to have book signing
Illinois governor denigrates pharmacy profession
Lincoln Youth Wrestling weekend rumble results
'Birds hold off Wisconsin-Green Bay
Cotts returns to ISU to help Special Olympics Illinois
Swimming 'Birds end weekend with win
Rt. 121 crash sends three to hospitals
Lincoln College students collect Thanksgiving food for CIEDC families in need
Illinois State Police lab system accreditation recognized
Asian carp threaten Illinois River's ecosystem
Letter: Embrace complacency or change for positive growth
Marriages
Dissolutions
Immanuel Lutheran Church Christmas cantata, 'Glorious Joy!'
Christmas in the Chapel
Postville Courthouse Christmas open house
Christmas candlelight services at St. John the Baptist Chapel, Elkhart Hill
'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Zen and the art of ice fishing
Feature: A treatise on mud
Santa arrives in
North Pole-like weather
'Christmas in Motion Pictures' parade winners
A timely reminder: State-mandated accessible parking violation fines go up Jan. 1
Lincoln church celebrates 60 years of ministry in the community
Lights dimmed in Capitol on World AIDS Day
Letter: Downtown decline is our doing
Chester 4-H
This weekend:
'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Breakfast With Santa
Christmas in the Chapel
Postville Courthouse Christmas open house
Christmas candlelight services at St. John the Baptist Chapel, Elkhart Hill
Reading comprehension
Snow-covered Lincoln to welcome Santa tonight
National Weather Service Lincoln staff hosts visit by Chinese meteorologists
Illinois leaders convene for Keep Warm Illinois Leadership Summit
Letters:
Wal-Mart would compete with local
retailers
Big companies not carrying their
share
Park
district notes
Winter activities to
beat the doldrums
Taking notes
Feature: Russian inventor took off with his invention