Nov. 18

• Winning Hartsburg-Emden High School FFA team recognized

• Illinois Department of Corrections graduates 54 cadets from the training academy

• October wet, ninth-coldest on record
  Home heating demand up 38 percent

Nov. 17

• Racetrack schedule crashes at City Hall

• Still no audit after Crowe Chizek and Tectura commitments
  Health department's state and federal grant funding remains in jeopardy

• Gov. Blagojevich accepts resignation of DCFS Director Bryan Samuels
  Names Erwin McEwen as acting director

Nov. 16

• Ethanol plant's environmental hearing draws crowd

• Committee sends Gov. Blagojevich's minimum wage increase proposal to full Senate for vote
  Hourly wage would rise to $7.50 an hour for nearly 650,000 Illinoisans, with annual increases linked to inflation

• Illinois Department of Transportation and staffer receive National Rehabilitation Association awards

Nov. 15

• City briefs:
  Mill's future bright again; skateboarder solutions

• Time to prepare for winter driving conditions

Nov. 14

• Tribute to James Michael 'Mike' Abbott

  • Include your tribute to Mike Abbott in the LDN Blog

• Lincoln Jaycees have Angel Tree project under way

• Air service between Chicago and downstate communities of Decatur, Quincy and Marion to return in February

Nov. 13

• IEMA Winter Storm Preparedness Week

• Award-winning Illinois journalist Bob Arya joins Blagojevich administration as senior adviser

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