Jan. 11

• Thursday night fire destroys home on 1950th Street

• Effort good, execution not as Lincoln stays undefeated
  By Jeff Benjamin

  • Railers put another notch on the scoreboard — album

• Now is the time to prepare for tax season

• BBB advises caution on refund anticipation loans

• Red Cross calls for blood donors after severe weather

• Illinois named five-star state by MADD for efforts to keep drunk drivers off roads

• Notice to Bloomington commuters: Portion of Constitution Trail to temporarily close

• Chris Cox, Yvonne Barteau headline 25th Illinois Horse Fair

• Abraham Lincoln and the case of the mysterious letter

• Outdoors with Babe Winkelman: A dog's life

• Slim Randles' Home Country: Cold talk

Jan. 10

• City departments pull together to plow streets

• Logan County clerk offers insight into March 18 primary

  • March 18 primary election notice to elderly and people with disabilities

• Electronics recycling collection at Habitat for Humanity this Saturday

• Flu activity increasing in Illinois — widespread

• Slow Food Springfield announces fifth annual film festival lineup

• Poetry for and by children

Jan. 9

Jan. 8

Jan. 7

• The mystery of the Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta unveiled

• ALMH welcomes first baby of 2014

• 911 / ETSB scheduled meetings for 2014

• County meeting minutes:

  • Building and grounds, Dec. 3

  • Sheriff, coroner, ambulance, EMA, Dec. 5   (PDF)

  • Adjourned board session, Dec. 17

• Lincoln Presidential Museum to mark King's birthday with free admission for community groups

Jan. 6

• Life-threatening conditions today: dangerously bitter cold and blowing snow
  Wind chill warning: 35 below to near 50 below zero

• Lincoln City Hall closed today
  Monday night council meeting rescheduled for Jan. 14

• Springfield Clinic offices closed due to weather emergency

• Lincoln contracts with CMT for long-term sewage control plan

• Clark Kent was in the building on Saturday night
  Railers score an unimpressive win over Normal West
  By Jeff Benjamin

  • Album by Debbie Olden

• Mayfield's Mutterings: Illini cage Nittany Lions
  Illinois moves to 13-2, 2-0 with a 75-55 win over Penn State
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Voting agenda for tonight's Lincoln City Council meeting   (PDF)
  (This meeting has been canceled. It is rescheduled to Jan. 14 at 7 p.m., prior to the committee of the whole.)

• Logan County tentative multiplier announced

• State health dept. warns residents about hypothermia and frostbite risk as cold grips the state

• Park district notes

• County meeting minutes:

  • Airport and farm, Nov. 4

  • Road and bridge, Nov. 4

  • EMA, ambulance, sheriff, coroner, Nov. 7   (PDF)

  • Animal control, Nov. 13

  • Insurance and legislative, Nov. 13

  • Adjourned session, Nov. 19   (PDF)

• Illinois combats antibiotic resistance