May 16

• Council split regarding new pour liquor licenses in Lincoln

• City to preserve treasured Tropics landmark sign

  • Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3

  • Album 4 | Album 5 | Album 6

  • Album 7 | Album 8 | Album 9

• Ten ZLS students receive History Expo awards

• ZLS student receives special award at Illinois History Expo

• ZLS receives Governor's Award at the Illinois History Expo

• National FFA Organization partners with St. Louis Cardinals for ‘FFA Day at the Ballpark’ June 22 to raise funds, community awareness

• LCU Commencement Ceremonies: May 17

• Commencement for Heartland Community College Set for May 17

• Shawn Smith promoted to Associate Professor

• May is Asthma Awareness Month
  Know Your Triggers and Develop an Action Plan for Effective Management

• Registration Opens for Memorial SportsCare’s Seventh Annual Women’s Biathlon; New Training Program Offered

• Texas Longhorn arrives at Miller Park Zoo

May 15

• County to set salaries for clerk and recorder, treasurer, sheriff

• Donations stacking up nicely for 3rd annual HSLC garage sale

• Illinois American Water cuts ribbon on new offices and distribution center -- album

• Marcus Hoock is the Mount Pulaski May student of the month

• Zion Lutheran School holds graduation for its Pre-K class -- album

• Zion Lutheran School recognizes excellence at spring concert -- album

• NASFM and Grinnell Mutual release Life Safety Achievement Award applications to recognize fire departments

• Illinois Products Farmer’s Market opens for seventh season on the state fairgrounds

• The Civil War’s Secret Soldiers
  Discover the ways women supported the Civil War on the battlefield and home front May 17

• National Trails Day Celebration Set for Funk’s Grove June 7

• COLUMN
  Biting Gnats Have Returned
  By John Fulton

May 14

• Logan County’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Program to be dropped

• Bicycle Parade Added to “Rt. 66 Ribs & Rides Cruise-In”

• Production facility space sought by pet food company
  Hartsburg Emden prom goers enjoy a "Walk on a Sunset Beach"

  • Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3

• Brian Simpson shares lessons on life drawing

• LCJSW hosts first glass recycling event of the season -- album
  Community garden group kicks off the season with cook-out

  • Album 1 | Album 2

• Camp Invention, a nationally acclaimed summer enrichment program, kicks off the summer by inspiring young minds

• IDNR Conservation Police help prepare public for boating season with courtesy boat inspections
  No tickets will be issued during voluntary boat inspections

• Book Look: 'Sarah, Plain and Tall', 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler', 'A Wrinkle in Time'
  sponsored by Lincoln Public Library

• Illinois Raptor Center offers beginning birder class for adults

• Illinois Law Enforcement out in force to remind motorists to “Click It or Ticket”
  High number of unbuckled motor vehicle fatalities occur at night

May 13

• Production facility space sought by pet food company

• Logan County Board of Health approves Dianna Heyer as new administrator

• Kiwanis and Lincoln College make Mother’s Day special

• Album 1 | Album 2

• Atlanta Public Library Rededication Exercises to be Held May 26, 2014

• New Holland-Middletown Students win State History Fair

• Mount Pulaski High School recognizes students at Honors night

• LCHS functional and fine arts on display at Lincoln Art Institute

• Album 1 | Album 2

• Special notice to all water customers of the city of Mount Pulaski

• May is Older Americans Month in Illinois
  Observance highlights state’s leadership in providing quality programs that offer independence and protections to seniors

• IDOA schedules Clean Sweep collection in Central Illinois
  Program will safely dispose of unwanted agricultural pesticides

• IDES Employer fax numbers have changed
  Six-month grace period ends in May

• IDOT, Law Enforcement and Safety Advocates remind motorists to "Start Seeing Motorcycles"
  Governor Quinn Proclaims May Motorcycle Awareness Month; Seeks to Lower Fatalities on Illinois Roadways

May 12

• Weather Alert
  Cold front tonight to bring chances of strong storms and cooler temperatures for the week

• Provost Emeritus Tom Zurkhammer challenges Lincoln College grads to “take charge” and “be prepared”

  • Tom Zurkhammer honored as Provost Emeritus
    Students and families recall his influence

  • Album 1 | Album 2

• Mount Pulaski welcomes a new eatery

• Special notice to all water customers of the city of Mount Pulaski

• Lincoln and Logan County Development Partnership seeks to match Logan County Manufacturers with Certified Production Technicians

• Zion Lutheran School hosts Vines and Vendors

• Relay for Life breakfast slated for May 18

• School tax report

• USDA invites applications for loans and grants to support renewable energy and energy efficiency projects
  Up to $12.3 million in grants and $57.8 million in loan guarantees available

May 10

• Special notice to all water customers of the city of Mount Pulaski

• A special "Thank-you" from Lyndie

• ScoutSweep clean up near Madigan Park earns Life Scout for Hawkins

• Hartem’s Meeker brings home 3rd place from FFA public speaking finals

• Heartland College Youth Enrichment Program open now
  Early bird discounts available through June 1

• Lincoln College Day at Busch Stadium coming August 30
  St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs

• Today's Special Feature From the 2014 Home & Garden Magazine:
  And let there be light:
  Skylights, sky windows and sun tunnels
  By Jim Youngquist

• Illinois Department of Agriculture protects mulch buyers
  Cautions consumers of under volume packaging

• Governor Quinn proclaims May “Invasive Species Awareness Month”
  Illinois residents urged to help combat invasive species

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  “It’s okay, I’m using a dry fly.”

May 9

• HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

• Atlanta TIF Project to Begin Operation

• Global impact and "unfinished business" focus of LCU's 70th Founders' Day

• Album 1 | Album 2

• Zonta Club of Lincoln announces scholarship winners

• LC Swimmers Find Ways to Relieve Stress Through Helping Local Youth

• 2014 Junk drop off dates for Mount Pulaski

• Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford’s I-Cash Program to visit Lincoln
  Does the state have your money?

• Salt Creek Abate Notes

• Today's Special Feature From the 2014 Home & Garden Magazine:
  THE 10 MOST WANTED:
  A short list of beneficial garden insects
  By Jim Youngquist

• Eco-friendly Weed Control in Lawns
  By Melinda Myers

• IEMA encourages people to include pets in disaster preparedness plans
  “Animal Stories” radio spots to be featured as part of Pet Preparedness Month in May

• Core Construction of Morton pleads guilty to fraud for illegally obtaining contract for Illinois Capitol restoration project

• Illinois EPA hosts inaugural Water Loss Accounting Meeting, celebrates Drinking Water Week in Illinois
  Recognizes the 40th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act