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(Articles from the past week)
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Lincoln Memorial Day ceremony announcement
Mount Pulaski Memorial Day services schedule
Becky Cecil retires from Washington-Monroe -- Album 1
Becky Cecil retires from Washington-Monroe -- Album 2
Carroll Catholic School successfully completes North Central accreditation process
Local art talent comes through for new Lincoln College Lynx logo contest
Senate skips town with budget hanging
Great Memorial Day weekend recipe ideas in 'Grab Your Fork'
Marriages
Dissolutions
YMCA notes
Laura on Life: The mooshies
Home Country: Last chance to tie it up
Bronco League results
Logan Lanes: Thursday Super Four
AP news
A letter from Afghanistan: 'It was a great day today because nobody died'
Partnership attends Windpower 2010 in
Dallas
26 potential leads
developed
Coroner releases preliminary report on Salt Creek tragedy
Republican women will host Friendship Tea with special guests June 12
Castle Manor hosts event for new residents
Castle Manor gets finishing touches -- in pictures
Mount Pulaski Memorial Day services schedule
Lincoln Memorial Day ceremony announcement
Click It or Ticket: IDOT and Illinois law enforcement ramp up efforts for Memorial Day weekend
Extension programs, Mount Pulaski Historical Society, cell phones for seniors, Caitlin Williams, Rachel Marlin, honor rolls for Zion, West Lincoln-Broadwell, Washington-Monroe, and thanks from Cub Scout Troop 111 all in Close Up
June schedule for HOPE Mobile
Library notes
Fire and rescue reports
AP news
Breaking news: Kayaker's body found
Main Street Lincoln honors downtown businesses
Main Street Lincoln honors downtown businesses -- Album 1
Main Street Lincoln honors downtown businesses -- Album 2
Lawmakers split along party lines on budget
Back to the Senate for Illinois budget
Engagement: Martinie-Wells
Lost dog alert
Illini Central awards
Illini Central 'Top Ten'
Graduates: West Lincoln-Broadwell
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Tony Frazier of Peoria Richwoods signs with Lynx
Logan Lanes: 'Have A Ball' League
AP news
City briefs, part 1: prison sewer bill, tax revenues and hotel-motel tax
City briefs, part 2: delinquent bills, fines and fees discussed
Reception, honors for retiring treasurer Plotner
ALMH Garden Party June 13 offers food, fun and fundraising
Tammy Pourchot is ALMH May Employee of the Month
House passes a budget to Quinn
Lawmakers reject cuts proposed earlier
27,000 eligible students denied MAP grant in last month
Maples, West Nile
virus precautions and more
By John Fulton
Book Look: 'Table Manners for Kids'
Laura on Life: Just because you can...
Matt Clark signs with LCU
Lynx's Blessman earns 1st team all-conference
AP news
Logan County Economic Master Plan
re-visioning the future
Part 2:
Author Longworth speaks of need to reinvent our economy
Are you the guy? New code enforcement official talks about 1st 60 days on the job
The Daniel A. Fulscher Emergency Operations and Communications Center -- in pictures
Today's mail: your property tax bill
Patchwork of bills part of budget package
Democratic lawmakers pitch deep cuts
Mega
Millions e-mail scam alert
Illinois
Lottery warns players not to be fooled
Lincoln Summer City Band, Soil & Water Conservation plant sale, Main Street Lincoln to honor merchants, Draw 4 Carroll winners, LCU and ICC team up in Close Up
Park district notes
Police reports
AP news
Logan County Economic Master
Plan re-visioning the future
Part 1:
Information for plan gathered
Salt Creek kayaker unaccounted-for after Saturday evening mishap
Charron's Auto Repair celebrating 25th year -- in Business
Gov. Quinn signs
bill to expand Illinois' most popular farmer loan program
Adds coverage for working capital at crucial time
Recalls announced
Business Spotlight: Charron's Auto Repair celebrating 25th year
Illini Central activities
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Mahomet-Seymour senior signs letter of intent to LCU
Logan Lanes: Thursday Super Four
AP news
Welcome to Schweitzer Field
IEPA and county officials address
illegal burns and nuisance fires
Middletown issues addressed
Ill. House, Senate go into last week to finalize budget
Federal approval of changes to Illinois' Medicaid plan to generate $900 million for health care providers
Quinn: Gitmo detainees in Illinois 'less likely'
Supreme Court decision on juveniles gets mixed reaction in Illinois
Letter: Thank you to Postville Express bluegrass band
Marriages
Dissolutions
YMCA notes
Laura on Life: Belly dancers and stud muffins
Home Country: A digger's masterpiece
Rohrer to suit up for Blueboys
AP news
Richard Longworth to speak today at Lincoln College
IEPA and county officials discuss open
burning laws
Middletown issues addressed
Crime
victim advocate brings victim needs to public attention
State cuts
threaten important service
Illinois unemployment rate dips to 11.2 percent
UI students get higher tuition, new president
LCU study tour, Habitat, Lincoln Writers Club and YMCA basketball camp in Close Up
Sunney Art Center to host an art camp June 7-11
Graduates:
Chester-East Lincoln
Lincoln Community High School
Mount Pulaski High School
Fire and rescue reports
Lincoln Heat 12U team scores
AP news
Logan County
to be melded with Menard and Sangamon
County briefs: Board sets
salaries for elected officials' next terms
Lincoln Writers Club to celebrate 10th anniversary
Logan Lanes: 'Have A Ball' League
AP news
City briefs: Council honors the Lincoln Woman's Club, gets update from chamber of commerce
Lincoln College-Normal offering 1st online bachelor's degree in logistics & supply chain management
County coroner's staff receives additional training
Springfield lawmakers think budget is near -- without their help
Blagojevich trial could affect election season
Foundation sprays, leaf diseases and tomato care
By John Fulton
Laura on Life: Who's her mom?
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Lincoln College signs Tylon Deal of Peoria Richwoods to play basketball
AP news
Plotner addresses council for last time as city treasurer
Students recognized as Arbor Day contest winners
Chester-East Lincoln creates living memorial to lost schoolmates
Personalities of the Week
1st commencement ceremony as Lincoln Christian University
4th annual Route 66 Garage Sale: Logan County & beyond
Gov: Lawmakers will have budget by May deadline
1st commencement ceremony as Lincoln Christian University
4th annual Route 66 Garage Sale: Logan County & beyond
Cruise-in, YMCA basketball camp, Humane Society, graduation lists and the refresh button make Close Up
Fire and rescue reports
AP news
Logan County Board tentatively agrees on elected officials' salaries
ScoutSweep cleans up Lincoln
ScoutSweep -- Album 1
ScoutSweep -- Album 2
Austin Gee scholarship fundraiser music to our
ears
Austin Gee fundraiser --
Album 1
Austin Gee fundraiser --
Album 2
YMCA 'Cow Chip Bingo' --
album
1st Lawnmower Run clips
through city -- album
Christian Village
International Day -- in pictures
Around the town -- in
pictures
High-risk Illinois patients may
be stuck paying high rates
This day in history
Recalls announced
Marriages
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports AP news
25th annual D.A.R.E pizza party -- Album 1
25th annual D.A.R.E pizza party -- Album 2
Illinois gets a D on business
Illinois taxes: 1 set of data, 2 different conclusions
Brady launches TV ad in Chicago
Dissolutions
YMCA notes
Laura on Life: Laughter, the best medicine
Home Country: Coon hunting's gone with the dogs
AP news
Logan County's future is in
the wind
Development partnership hosting luncheon June 18 at
Lincoln College
Local communities need next year's budget to plan
State's housing market in flux
1st birds in Illinois test positive for West Nile virus
Lincoln Woman's Club, Christian Village, LCGHS, Relay for Life in Close Up
Fire and rescue reports
AP news
Logan County Drug Court to
increase control and support for recovery from substance abuse
County legal and
health care systems to separately address substance abuse
City briefs: change in communications requirements and more
Conservation Stewardship Program now open: federal $ for farmers
U of I picks UConn head for president
New U of I president walking into tough times
Tree and shrub leaf problems
By John Fulton
Fire and rescue reports
Logan Lanes: 'Have A Ball' League
AP news
Council discusses sewer delinquencies, billing services
Lincoln Jaycees to help Relay for Life with fundraiser on Saturday
LTEC auto mechanics classes wash cars for St. Jude
1st Lawnmower Run Saturday
Illinois universities, schools waiting on lawmakers for budget
Former lawmakers wary of emergency powers for Quinn
Letter: Shopper awareness. Car damaged by cart
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Book Look: 'How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Other Social Networks'
Laura on Life: The tapestry of life
AP news
Personality of the Week
Mount Pulaski Rotary: the little
club with a big heart
Logan County student wins statewide history award
Scouts prepared to sweep Lincoln clean
With budget on pause, Quinn to consider other proposals
Brady vs. Brady on 'across the board' spending cuts
Feds: Blagojevich's motion to delay trial 'frivolous'
Obama chooses Supreme Court nominee
This day in history
Relay for Life, Spring Family Ride, Crime Stoppers scholarships, Henry Krug, Jim Sielaff, Grace Walters and Zion history students make Close Up
Habitat to present financial program May 23
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
AP news
History of railway celebrated in Lincoln
Lincoln youth carries passion for trains
National Train Day in Lincoln -- in pictures
Lincoln College commencement 1st in new Lincoln Center:
Album 1
Album 2
Kiwanis serves 400-plus on Mother's Day -- in pictures
Recall information
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
AP news
Motorist runs into store
District 27 Spelling Bee
Lawmakers fail to pass budget, go home -- for now
Gubernatorial challengers spar over budget
National Salvation Army Week May 10-15
Lawmakers approve borrowing for universities
Letters:
Thank you all. MS Walk contributions still open
Thanks for supporting collections, recycling at Logan County Community Health Fair
Marriages
Dissolutions
YMCA notes
Graduates:
Olympia Middle School
Zion Lutheran,
Lincoln
Home Country: Fishing for something
AP news
Last mail call: Mount Pulaski vets take Honor Flight to DC memorial
Committee seeks private donations to complete Civil War monument
Daughter of Reinhold Niebuhr to speak at St. John UCC May 16
Lawmakers call on Quinn to determine budget
USDA invites applications for renewable energy funding
LCU, Maple Ridge, Ellen Foley, Danny Harman, Farmers' Market of Lincoln, U of I Extension, Hartsburg-Emden play, Lincoln Farmer's Market in Close Up
Fire and rescue reports
AP news
Joe Ryan honored by Country Financial
LCHS presents 'Once Upon a Mattress' -- Album 1
LCHS presents 'Once Upon a Mattress' -- Album 2
County board notes achievements with resolutions:
West Lincoln-Broadwell volleyball team
LCHS group interpretation team
Lincoln College men's basketball team
Community Health Fair
Quinn, Brady spar at business lunch
Contentious pension borrowing plan to come before Illinois House
ComEd offers state $500 million
Chamber Monday memo
Graduates: Carroll
Catholic Hartsburg-Emden High
School Hartsburg-Emden
Junior High Illini Central
High School Lincoln
College New Holland-Middletown Olympia High School West Lincoln-Broadwell
Schedule of area school graduations
Police reports Spring '10 Mutterings Logan Lanes: 'Have A Ball'
AP news
By Jeff Mayfield
Harry Rosenbloom: last of the early 1940s Maple Club big band
ComEd: Benzene and PAH on city property pose no risk; cleanup in 2011 planned
Tim Chavosky LCHS teacher of the year
Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency website
Gov asks for health care reforms by end of week
Biting gnats, borer control, planting time
By John Fulton
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Laura on Life: 'I know' syndrome
AP news
Greenslate appointed police chief; city treasurer tenders letter of resignation
City briefs: Lawnmowers to run, budget approved and more
Community Action office burglarized
Jon Astroth selected as 20th president of Lincoln College
Glass recycling program moves to new location
School & athletic physicals offered by HOPE Mobile
Warmest April on record for Illinois
Quinn throws property tax into the mix
Illinois House to debate $1 tax increase on cigs
This day in history
Lincoln FFA plant sale, St. John UCC, Iva Mae Snyder-Blaum, Kiwanis, District 27 Spelling Bee, Megan Snodgrass, Abbigayle Parrish, Taylor Coers, Johanna Hebenstreit, Hartsburg-Emden FFA plant sale and Humane Society make Close Up
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
AP news
Beason volunteers build community playground in remembrance
Community erects Beason memorial playground -- Album 1
Community erects Beason memorial playground -- Album 2
A slight chance of severe weather this afternoon in central Illinois
MS Walk collects $27,000 -- Album 1
MS Walk collects $27,000 -- Album 2
Airport Daze -- Album 1
Airport Daze -- Album 2
Airport Daze -- Album 3
Airport Daze -- Album 4
Zion's Vines and Vendors draws crowd -- in pictures
This day in history
Recall information
Library notes
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
AP news
Community Action names Employee of the Quarter
Scully Building interior work progressing -- in pictures
Zonta Club of Lincoln announces 3 scholarship winners
Lawmakers look to slots at tracks to fund road plan
Bomke legislation transfers burden of inmate medical expenses
FOIA exemption for public employee evaluations heads to gov
Letter: What would Abe say about replacing Logan County's fallen Civil War soldier statue?
Marriages
Dissolutions
Lincoln writer attends conference, notes county's literary legacy
YMCA notes
Illini Central activities
Laura on Life: Arctic blast
Home Country: A spring evening
AP news