Monday, November 30

• 2015 Home for the Holiday Special feature
  It’s the most wonderful time of the year! But Why?
  By Nila Smith

• Logan County Board to support high school business program, endorses letter to Springfield to keep local coal contract, makes appointments

• Downtown Lincoln Businesses kick off the holiday season with Small Business Saturday - Album

• Three Roses open house puts shoppers in the mood...for Christmas - Slideshow

• Alliance names parade Grand Marshal
  Thomas Frost to be Grand Marshal and Skylar Wilson wins a ride with Santa

• Herb Guild to host Christmas meeting Tuesday night

• Lincoln Elks to hold Memorial Service Sunday

• Santa to visit Mount Pulaski Courthouse on Saturday

• Model Stormwater Ordinance is Now Available for Communities

Thursday, November 26 - Saturday, November 28
Holiday weekend, no daily editions

Tuesday, November 24

• Christopher Harris convictions affirmed on appeal

• Kiersten Prater is the Lincoln Community High School October Student of the Month

• Lincoln Community High School Speech Team takes home first team trophy of the year

• Thanksgiving Holiday travel advisory
  Illinois State Police urge driver safety

• Red Cross encourages donors to give with meaning this holiday season
  Help save lives through blood and platelet donation, by hosting a blood drive

• State Regulator: Title Insurance upgrades increase efficiency, reduce costs

Monday, November 23

• Lincoln City Council and Logan County Board to hold joint workshop meeting tonight

• Archer Daniels Midland awards grant to The Oasis Senior Center

• Katlyn Helton of Middletown to attend National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Georgia

• Vendor Show and Quarter Auction to benefit Toys for Tots

• Humane Society to provide transport to spay/neuter clinic

• Safe Ride to be offered Thanksgiving Eve

Saturday, November 21

• Glenn Shelton bestowed the top Emergency Management Agency Award; Jan Schumacher honored for service to community as a Logan County Board member

• Chamber helps put local businesses on the map - Album

• City of Lincoln Landscape Waste Facility
  Fall cleaning schedule extended through next weekend

• Lincoln Community High School speech teams places eighth at first tournament of the year

• Illinois Farm Service Agency November Newsletter

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Science, history, anthropology and Darwinian theory

• Eat, Drink, And Be Healthy - but first - THAW THAT BIRD!
  IDPH Offers Tips For Safe Holiday Cooking

• Lincoln: Rail-splitter, lawyer … editor?
  Presidential library gathers all editions of campaign newspaper produced with Lincoln’s help

Friday, November 20

• Lincoln College students hold candlelight vigil for Paris victims - slideshow

• Ready Logan County - Set - Shop
  Local crafters and businesses hold open houses

• A preview of Aper's Crafts Christmas Open House - slideshow

• Christmas shoppers get a jump start with Festival of Trees - slideshow

• Logan County Board seeks to fill vacancy in District 2

• Christian Anderson is the November Lincolnland Technical Education Center Student of the Month

• Lincoln College presents "Sesquicentennial: Music from the 1860's"

• Annual Light up a Life ceremony scheduled for December 1st
  Note: RSVP required for soup supper

• Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois now offering scholarship program
  Scholarship program will recognize top performance among graduating high school seniors in educational excellence and community involvement

• Memorial’s 26th Annual Festival of Trees to be Held November 21st through 29th

Thursday, November 19

• Soldiers and veterans honored in ceremony marking Logan County as a Purple Heart County

• Logan County Purple Heart County - Slideshow

• Tuesday morning fire believed to be intentionally set

• Cook attends Advanced Mutual Manager Academy at Grinnell Mutual

• Annual Light up a Life ceremony scheduled for December 1st

• Harvest of Talents offers holiday baking solutions

• St. John United Church of Christ to celebrate Totenfest this Sunday

• Program participants asked to evaluate the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage decision tools by University of Illinois

• Rauner administration reaches collective bargaining agreements with SEIU and additional trade unions
  No agreement yet with AFSCME