Thursday, October 1

• Safe Ride Available for Oktoberfest

• LCHS Theater Department to present "Up the Down Staircase"

• Column
  Fall Color
  By John Fulton

• 2015 Fall Home Improvement Magazine
  Special Feature:  Show your personality through furnishings and decor

• Palms Grill joins local fundraiser "Cash for Cans"

• From the Atlanta Public Library
  Calendar of events for October

• Voices of the past, classrooms of today
  Oral history program at Lincoln Presidential Library offers lesson plans on Ag, POWs and more

Wednesday, September 30

• Local 4-H members observe National 4-H Week celebration

• Register now for Rural Behavioral Health Conference Oct. 9 at Lincoln Christian University
  Conference qualifies for Continuing Education Credits

• World Wide Communion to be observed Sunday at Ralph Gale Field

• 2015 Fall Home Improvement Magazine
  Special Feature:  How to decorate without breaking the bank

• Farm-style Breakfast fundraiser to benefit Atlanta Public Library

• "Cash for Cans" in Atlanta starting Saturday
  Local business will collect cash for the Logan County Food Pantry; Country Aire will give a percent of receipts on October 7

• History at work: Illinois leads nation again
  Study ranks Illinois first in encouraging job creation, private investment through historic renovation

Tuesday, September 29

• Cosmos SW 6528: A reminder to look upward

  • Cosmos SW 6528 - Slideshow

• Ray White Park gets a pavilion and new picnic tables

  • A new pavilion at Ray White Park - Slideshow

• Lincoln Colloquium will celebrate 30 years Oct. 2-3 at Lincoln Heritage Museum

• Lincoln College welcomes new director to Lincoln Heritage Museum

• Peggy's Place to host fundraiser for Lincoln Youth Football Thursday evening

• ReNew Thrift and Consignment to open October 1 in Lincoln

• U.S. poet laureate to visit presidential library
  Lincoln Presidential Library welcomes Juan Felipe Herrera for public reading on Oct. 6

Monday, September 28

• Middletown Firemen's Fall Festival serves up lots of family fun

• Fun at the Festival - Slideshow

• Festival Parade - Slideshow

• Water Ball - Slideshow

• Lincoln Heritage Museum Grand Soiree - Slideshow

• Powers named September ALMH Employee of the Month

• 2015 Blessing of the Animals to be held October 10

• Illinois Farmers Union members meet with lawmakers in Washington, D.C.

Saturday, September 26

• Farm Credit Services brings Feed in the Field to Logan County

  • Feed in the Field with Doug & LaVerne Thompson - Slideshow

  • Feed in the Field with Gene & Marsha Hassebrock - Slideshow

• Hampton Inn by Hilton celebrates new lobby at Business After Hours - Album

• Fall harvest at the Logan County Herb Guild on Tuesday

• “Back to the Future Fest” in Mason City will feature a parade, DeLorean cars, and movie trilogy at the Arlee

• USDA Extends Dairy Margin Protection Program Deadline

• Rare 'supermoon' eclipse to unfold Sunday night

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  What exactly is cow pasture tea?

Friday, September 25

• Tourism Bureau discusses state budget concerns, Tropic Sign restoration, Hidden Lincolns, and event funding guidelines

• Energy Assistance now available at Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois

• Library to host special program "Identity Theft Prevention"

• Fall Pre-School Screening October 21 at Chester-East Lincoln School

• Governor Rauner accepts resignation of Agriculture Director
  State Fair Director also steps down

• Would you want to live in Crabbottom?

Thursday, September 24

• Logan County Department of Public Health announces flu vaccine now available

• "Galaxy Ride" Adler Planetarium team unfolds the mysteries of space on the Lincoln Public Library lawn

  • "Galaxy Ride" visits Lincoln Public Library - Slideshow

• Confidential Paper Shredding and Hard Drive destruction planned for October 10

• Bridge replacement in Mt. Pulaski Township on 100th Street to begin the week of September 28

• Illinois American Water Encourages Customers to Participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
  Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Sept. 26, 2015

• Ag safety is not just a slogan, it’s a lifestyle

• Column
  Planting Spring Flowering Bulbs and Tree Decline
  By John Fulton

• ‘Freedom in Their Sights’
  Lincoln Presidential Library explores role of African-American troops in Civil War on Oct. 1