Another typical day in the busiest community in central Illinois.

At left, from left, Logan County Board Chairman Terry Carlton, U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, Lincoln Mayor Keith Snyder and Logan County Emergency Management Agency Director Dan Fulscher hold the check signifying a $325,000 federal grant to continue EMA communication upgrades and to improve security at City Hall.

On the right, the all-new Global Tech training school had a ribbon-cut and grand opening. The school currently offers certified training in HVAC repair, but like the city of Lincoln, the trade school's future knows no bounds. The school hopes to add other trade classes in the future.

Pictures by Mike Fak (Click on pictures for larger images.)
 

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• It's official: It was an EF3 tornado that struck Logan County  Estimated $4.8 million in damage

• Lincoln College kicks off new year with special student events

• Lincoln College-Normal celebrating 30th anniversary in 2009

• Young man found dead in Lincoln

• Important information from Logan County treasurer

• Operation Teen Safe Driving program gets ready for 3rd year

Storm Damage 
(Due to strong readership feedback, we have left pictorials in for the weekend edition. The first two are new albums posted Saturday from Mount Pulaski correspondent Phil Bertoni.)

• New Storm damage in Logan County -- in pictures

• New Storm damage in Williamsville -- in pictures

• How did they survive? -- in pictures

• Homes destroyed, badly damaged by storm
  -- in pictures

• Farm community takes hit from storm -- in pictures

• Disaster along Primm Road -- in pictures

• Aerial view of farmstead 1 south of Lincoln

• Aerial view of farmstead 2 south of Lincoln

• Aerial view of farmstead 3 south of Lincoln

• Ground, crops show trail of damage

• What a mess! An aerial view

• Even timber took a hit. An aerial view

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