Homes in Lincoln extend season's greetings in lights.

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• 'The Christmas Songbook' with Lincoln native

• See local homes decked for the holidays
  Harvest of Talents for World Hunger holiday home tour this weekend

• CIEDC cookbooks for sale

• See the calendar of events for special things to do this weekend:

  • Festival of Trees at Friendship Manor
    Proceeds go to the local food pantry

  • Christmas concert: "Christmas Spectacular" at Lincoln College

  • Humane Society of Logan County Christmas craft and bake sale at Graue

  • Harvest of Talents for World Hunger holiday home tour
    Five local area homes and the historic Postville Courthouse open for a holiday tour
    Mrs. Claus' Workshop, at one of the homes, for handcrafted items and homemade treats

  • Christmas cantata: "Celebrate Emmanuel"
    By combined choirs of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lincoln; St. John's Lutheran Church, Hartsburg; and St. Peter Lutheran, Emden

• Calendar of events

• Draft of Logan County Comprehensive Plan

• Draft of Logan County Greenways Plan

 Business

• NEED A JOB? FIND IT HERE!

• Classified ads

  • Submit a classified ad online  [Lowest cost for advertising in the county!]

• Legal notices

• Business news elsewhere

  • More-than-expected 132,000 jobs added in November

  • Falling mortgage rates = big savings

  • Consumers Less Cheery as Holidays Near

  • Crayola draws on new ideas as crayons make room for 'mess-less' toys

  • More...

 Features

• Illinois Arts Council announces Master-Apprentice Program grants

• Warrensburg-Latham girls enter eighth-grade state basketball tournament
  Finals begin Saturday

• Lincoln Pony baseball and softball winding up 2007 season registrations

• Youth wrestling results

• Illinois State at Evansville pre-game notes

• Sports news elsewhere

  • NBA Today

  • Ohio State's Troy Smith separated himself from the other Heisman finalists

  • More...

• Health news elsewhere

  • Health Highlights

  • E. coli outbreak now in 6 states; agencies zero in on Taco Bell

  • The 7 kids' health myths every mom should ignore

  • NSAID Use May Hinder Vaccine Effectiveness

  • Hospitals Continue to Implement Palliative Care Programs

  • More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

  • Why should I pay a "tech support" fee?

  • More families playing video games but concerns remain

  • Blu-ray DVD drive no bonus for some PS3 buyers

  • More...

• Home and garden news elsewhere

• Hey! Where's My Hot Water!

• Amaryllis

• Growing Holiday Azaleas Indoors

• Christmas Cactus

• Poinsettia Care Guide

• More...

• Travel news elsewhere

• Minneapolis Christmas: A real-life winter wonderland

• Surf the Web before hitting the slopes

• Three Days of Skiing in British Columbia From $326

• Taking the family to Romania -- to care for babies

• More...

Thursday, Dec. 7:

• Lincoln Holiday Inn Express staff shows off rejuvenated interiors

  • Pictures of Holiday Inn Express

• Mount Pulaski ice storm brush pickup set

• Salvation Army announces rental assistance

• Gov. Blagojevich directs inmates, state trucks and equipment to assist more communities with debris removal
  Illinois National Guard visits more than 4,000 homes in Decatur to check on welfare of residents still without power

• Tickets still available for this weekend's Elkhart Christmas in the Chapel

• Lincoln College students eat up finals week with late-night breakfast

• Invention Mysteries: What kept these inventors from obtaining patents on their own?

• Minier Christian Church choir to present Christmas musical Dec. 17

• Officials honored at halftime ceremony

• LCC basketball vs. MacMurray

Wednesday, Dec. 6

Tuesday, Dec. 5

Monday, Dec. 4

Saturday, Dec. 2

Friday, Dec. 1