Wednesday, September 20

• Logan County Board amends Joint Solid Waste contracts to five-year automatic renewal

• Veterans plaques for the Logan County Courthouse display restored

• Parents tooled in awareness when kids might be experimenting with substances

• Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College Joins Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live!
  Free Admission on September 23, 2017, with a Downloadable Museum Day Live! Ticket

• ALMH offers free Prenatal Classes

• First Human West Nile Virus Death In Illinois For 2017

• Illinois Residents Encouraged to Register for ‘The Great ShakeOut’ Earthquake Drill
  ‘Drop, Cover and Hold On’ Drill Set for October 19

• September 2017 FSA Newsletter

• Memorial’s Be Aware Women’s Fair returns to Illinois State Fairgrounds

Tuesday, September 19

• Lincoln Community High School auditorium stage named for Dan “Mac” McLaughlin

• Illinois EMA Awards $500,000 in Grants to 32 County Emergency Management Agencies
  Logan County EMA awarded $12,050

• Lincoln Police Department monthly report for August, 2017 Pdf

• Military convoy passes through Logan County on Route 66 cross country

• MVPA "racks and stacks" military vehicles at Sunday stop in Atlanta - slideshow

• Visitors enjoy a closer look at MVPS Convoy vehicles - slideshow

• Regional Fresh Food Council to Host Local Food Summit

• 2017 annual Illinois governor’s ride to travel Route 66 from Chicagoland to Springfield on Sept. 23
  Will come through downtown Lincoln with stop planned at the Mill on 66

• Rauner broadens access to child care assistance program

• Grant biographer to speak at ALPLM
  Historian Ronald White visits Lincoln Presidential Library on Sept. 21 to discuss ‘American Ulysses’

Monday, September 18

• A beautiful weekend for family entertainment at the Annual Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival

  • Festival offers a step back in time to the 1860's lifestyle - slideshow

  • Festival includes 1860's crafts - slideshow

  • Trick riding returns to the festival - slideshow

  • Special attractions at Postville Park, VFW, and The Mill on 66 - slideshow

  • Saturday faces at the festival - slideshow

• Railsplitting Festival ends with National Splitting Contest and traditions

  • Water Boiling Contest - slideshow

  • Junior Rail Splitting Contest - slideshow

  • Re-christening of the city of Lincoln
    A moment of silence for Charlie Ott - slideshow

  • National Rail Splitting Competition - slideshow

  • Sunday faces at the festival - slideshow

• Mount Pulaski Fall Festival rich with memories

  • Friday evening features food and pageantry - slideshow

  • New royalty crowned on Friday night - slideshow

  • Saturday parade remembers two young lives - slideshow

  • Saturday parade begins with patriotism and royalty - slideshow

  • Parade includes political candidates - slideshow

  • Parade - cars, trucks, tractors and more - slideshow

  • Schools well represented in Saturday parade - slideshow

  • Disney fun reflected in parade - slideshow

  • Parade ends, but the fun doesn't stop - slideshow