May 28

• Monday night fire destroys local business

• Mount Pulaski celebrates Memorial Day with two special events

• Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3

• Album 4 | Album 5 | Album 6

• Stacy's customers enjoy 'Appreciation Day' - album

• Lincoln Mission Mart Opens New Location and Launches New Programs

• Czech’s to Film Rt. 66 Apple Pie Eating Contest

• Fruitful Container Gardens
  By Melinda Myers

• Rocket Girls Camp Ready to Launch at Heartland Community College

• IDNR: Stay safe by leaving baby birds and other wildlife alone
  It is against the law to keep wildlife as pets

May 27

• Lincoln Southern Baptist Church "Boat Float" honors fallen soldiers

  • Lincoln Southern Baptist Church "Boat Float" honors fallen soldiers - album

• Mount Pulaski honors fallen soldiers through flag displays

  • Mount Pulaski honors fallen soldiers through flag displays - album

• Memorial Day in Atlanta, a great day of remembrance

  • Atlanta Methodist Men host Memorial Day Breakfast - album

  • Community honors it's hero's with flag displays - album

  • Community remembers fallen soldiers and honors its Veterans

    • Album 1 | Album 2  |  Album 3 | Album 4

  • Community children place flowers on the graves of soldiers -- album

  • Atlanta holds re-dedication for its historic library

    • Album 1 | Album 2

• First ‘Certificate of Appropriateness’ for building modification issued by LHPC
  Tartar to install fan for Vintage Fare

• From the office of the Logan County Clerk
  Notice of Special Search Committee meeting

• West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School 8th Grade Graduation Awards

• Lincoln College to host girls basketball camp

• Scam Alert!
  Medical Alert scam returns, Government imposter scam threatens arrest

• Austin-Healeys take center stage at car show
  David Davis Mansion hosts 23rd British Car Festival on June 1

May 26 - Memorial Day Holiday
 

May 24

• SPECIAL FEATURE
  A Memorial Day memory of American soldiers’ kindness to a little girl
  By Dr. Mark DePue, Director of Oral History
  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

• Fly the United States Flag at half-staff on Monday from Sunrise Until Noon for Memorial Day

• Logan County Board sets elected salaries, approves Deer Creek bridge replacement, and recognizes Railer Basketball Team

• County announces funding award for Deer Creek Bridge

• Phase one of downtown Lincoln streetscape to begin

• Memorial Home Services Hospice seeks volunteers

• IDOA meat and poultry inspectors discover unsanitary conditions in Illinois food plant
  Findings result in revocation of the company’s license

• Red Cross Provides Tips for a Safe Memorial Day

• Drone manufacturers and UAV authorities are scheduled at the Precision Aerial Ag Show

• David Davis Mansion hosts 18th Garden Festival tour of Bloomington-Normal gardens June 20-21

• Governor Quinn announces free admission for troops and their families at Lincoln Presidential Museum this summer
  Museum taking part in Blue Star Museums Program Memorial Day through Labor Day

• Outdoors with Babe Winkelman
  The best turkey decoy is a turkey

May 23

• County: More consultant work needed before it approves Unified Organization

• County fills vacant board seat
  David Blankenship approved for Logan County District 1 representation

• National EMS Week observed
  Logan County's Paramedic Association recognized

  • ACEP celebrates 40 years of National EMS Week May 18-24 with the theme "EMS: Dedicated. For Life."

• Village of Atlanta Memorial Day observance schedule

• Zion Lutheran School welcomes two new teachers starting this fall

• Lincoln High School Building and Trades to host open house May 29
  This year's project, a remodeled home in Mayfair

• Logan County Board Minutes

• Board of the Whole (Workshop) session

  • Adjourned (Regular) Board

  • Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency

  • Otter pups on exhibit at Miller Park Zoo

• Increase in soil moisture due to recent rains

• IDOT, ISP, Local Law Enforcement encourage all motorists to “Click It or Ticket” to help avoid fatal vehicle crashes
  Memorial Day enforcement effort to crack down on unbuckled and drunk drivers

• IDOT suspends non-emergency road construction to improve traffic flow during Memorial Day Weekend
  Agency details lane closures to aid motorists’ travel plans – includes information for LOGAN Co.

May 22

• Lincoln Theater 4 announces expansion project

• Lanterman announces expansion of theater - album

• Madigan launches multi-county crackdown on home repair scams
  Pending lawsuits include one Logan County business

• Sablotny receives Chuck Laughery Music Camp Scholarship

• 2014 Hartsburg-Emden student awards and scholarships

• Sanders Named ALMH Employee of the Month

• Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express of Lincoln both awarded 2014 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence
  Recognized as Top Performing hotels as reviewed by Traveller’s on the world’s largest travel site

• Lincoln Railer Kids Soccer program to hold two camps this summer

• Logan County Board Minutes

  • Animal Control

  • Finance

  • Insurance and Legislative

• COLUMN
  Ticks return for a new feeding season
  By John Fulton

• The Civil War ends, but life isn’t easy for soldiers
  Final stage of Lincoln Presidential Library’s ‘Boys in Blue’ exhibit opens May 23, looks at soldiers’ lives after the war

May 21

• SEVERE WEATHER ALERT

  • Chance of severe storms this afternoon and evening

    • Graphical depiction

• City says “No” to Liquor Pour License

• City says “No” to Special Use Ordinance for mortuaries

• City announces list of streets where work may begin this week

• Students experience the thrill of authorship
  Kids at Northwest School write and publish their own books

  • Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3 | Album 4

• Lincoln Community High School list of Awards and Scholarships

• Mount Pulaski to hold two Memorial Day services Monday

• Safe Rides available for Memorial Day

• Logan County Board Minutes

  • March EMA meeting

  • March Public Health (PDF)

  • March Planning and Zoning committee

• West Nile Virus season begins
  State’s Health Chief announces vital public health grants

• Boating Community Comes Alive Memorial Day Weekend
  Some Safety Tips from BoatUS