Monday, May 25 - Memorial Day
 

Saturday, May 23

• A Memorial Day memory of an Illinois teenager in the chaos of Pearl Harbor
  By Dr. Mark DePue, Director of Oral History Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

• Appropriate Memorial Day Display
  U.S. Flags at half-staff till Noon on Monday

• Illinois State Police to strictly enforce speeding, dui, seatbelt and distracted driving over the Memorial Day weekend
  Extra patrols and roadside safety checks will help promote safe travels this weekend

  • Safe Rides available this weekend in Lincoln

• Logan County Paramedics among first to train at Memorial Hospital Critical Care School in Springfield

• Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce hosts annual golf outing to raise funds and connect professionals
  Early registration ends May 29th

• Come explore the opportunities of the Master Naturalist volunteer program

• West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School graduate awards

• Lincoln College Announces Five New Trustees
  Board Members Will Work Closely with New President to Move Lincoln College Forward

• Heartland announces Kelli Hill as vice president of continuing education and advancement

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Cow-a-dunga, of course

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Friday, May 22

• Lincoln Historic Preservation Commission elects new officers
  Reviews current projects and upcoming events

• Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society features military collection as tribute to all Logan County veterans

• Logan County Arts brings “FUN!” to its June show
  Opens June 4

• Teens go head to head in food competition

• Carroll Catholic School Fourth Quarter Honor Rolls

• Class of 2015 graduate lists

  • Chester-East Lincoln

  • Lincoln Community High School

• Illinois May State FSA Newsletter

• Illinois nursing survey reveals approaching RN shortage

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Thursday, May 21

• Lincoln City Council to keep TIF program within current budget

• Logan County Board: Land approved M-3; Union members oppose Gov. Turn-around Plan; potential purchase of Atlanta Golf Course

• From the office of Logan County Clerk Sally Turner
  Notice of by mail absentee and early voting

• Town and Country Bank announces Lincoln Community High School’s Students of the Month for February, April and May

• American Legion Post 263 to honor Veterans in Memorial Day Service Monday

• Workshops for the educational program "An Artifact Speaks" presented through University of Illinois Extension, 4-H Program
  Program qualifies for ISBE Professional Development Hours

• Column
  Carpenter Bees and Spring reminders
  By John Fulton

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Wednesday, May 20

• Progress continues on the Bell Tower at Holy Family Church - Album

• Senior Awards recipients at Lincoln Community High School

• Randy Grohmann is the May LTEC Student of the Month

• "Read to the Rhythm!"
  Lincoln Public Library announces summer reading program
  sponsored by Lincoln Public Library

• Grow Your Best Tomato Yet
  By Melinda Myers

• Madigan joins Federal, State crackdown on four fake cancer charities
  Cancer Fund of America Inc., Cancer Support Services Inc., Children’s Cancer Fund of America Inc. and The Breast Cancer Society Inc.

• Attorney General applauds Senate Committee passage of bill to allow video, audio monitoring in nursing homes

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Tuesday, May 19

• ALMH honors its Nurses

• Another great plant sale for the Logan County Master Gardeners - slideshow

• Nathan Turner Memorial Fishing Derby scheduled for June 6

• Logan County 4-H Alumni “Friend-Zy” event to be held June 7th
  RSVP required by May 29

• School tax report

• Soil Moisture Levels Increased in Early May

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Monday, May 18

• Cresco Lab groundbreaking/informational meeting June 6
  Will discuss new medical Cannabis cultivation center and employment opportunities

• Logan County Alliance seeks to renew contract with city of Lincoln

• Logan County Final Multiplier Announced

• Chester-East Lincoln hires new administrator
  Statement from Board President Jeff Brooks

• Community celebrates newest landmark “Abraham Lincoln rallies the people”

• "Lincoln rallies the people" statue dedication - slideshow

• Lincoln Christian University commissions 195 grads to “Live your mission!”

• Lincoln Christian University holds 70th Annual Commencement - slideshow

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Saturday, May 16

• CEL Board hires new superintendent/principal amid controversy

• Logan County considers rezoning land for mining limestone and no smoking in parks

• Expansion project underway at Northwest School - album

• Lincoln Community High School receives ISBE Financial Recognition ranking, but will lose $58,000 in State funding this year

• Zonta Club of Lincoln presents service donations

• Miller Park Zoo welcomes new harbor seals

• Illinois Conservation Police remind boaters to wear a life jacket and stay safe on the water
  National Safe Boating Week is May 16-22

• Governor declares May as Older Americans Month in Illinois

• Governor announces fourth consecutive year of record-breaking visitors to Illinois in 2014
  Domestic visitors to Illinois rose 3.8 percent in 2014 to 107.44 million; 6.4 percent increase in hotel-motel tax revenue sets mark for third year in a row

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  An edgy proposition

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg