May 20

• Quinn starts e-newsletter to explain his thinking on budget

• Ill. Senate passes ban on text messaging while driving

• State police urge motorist caution this holiday weekend

May 19

• City briefs: Ward 1 alderman submits resignation; and other city business

• LCHS industrial arts class holds show -- in pictures

• Hartem FFA members receive awards at 70th annual recognition program

• Quinn presents 'doomsday' alternative on budget

• Quinn predicts layoffs without tax hike

• RJD Hobbies, Christian Child Care, Stacy Manion, Christian Village, Zion Lutheran, Jesse Mangano, Brent Hunsley, diabetes self-management classes all in Close Up
  By Mike Fak

May 18

• Lincoln youth struck by car life-flighted to Peoria hospital

• Perfect weather favors 2nd annual Spring Family Bike Ride

• 2nd annual Spring Family Bike Ride -- in pictures

• Personality of the Week
  A calm, organized passion for the community: Marty Ahrends

• An aerial view of Kickapoo Creek leaving its banks

May 16

• NBC's 'Great American Road Trip' will motor through Atlanta

• Logan County spared worst in Friday evening storm

• Elizabeth Twyman named Nurse of the Year at ALMH

• New features for Logan County's Route 66 Garage Sale June 12 & 13

• Elvis scopes out future retirement home at Vonderlieth

• County planning and actions pay off
  Major Elkhart-to-Mount Pulaski road project moving forward; GIS goes public; officials act together in flu response

May 15

• Noted Lincoln citizen Robert 'Bob' Graue passes

• County planning and actions pay off
  Major Elkhart-to-Mount Pulaski road project moving forward; GIS goes public; officials act together in flu response

• Logan County GIS is now available over the Internet
  Explore your world ... locally

• State and local officials meet with Gov. Quinn on Lincoln Estates' future

• Race for veterans May 23

• Time period for Kiwanis scholarship opportunities extended to May 21

• Illinois Student Assistance Commission assists students in college preparation

• Local classrooms win Walk Day prizes

• Quinn to name new head of corrections

• IDOT, state police plan 'Click It or Ticket' mobilization May 15-31

• Relay for Life buffet, Mary Jane Letterle, Lincoln College, Forty and Eight, LPD men's softball, AMVETS Post 71, All Veterans Park make the Close Up
  By Mike Fak

May 14

• Main Street Lincoln celebrates National Historic Preservation Month
  Greenback mural project planned

• LC Heritage Museum welcomes renowned scholar and author on May 21

• Mount Pulaski announces dates for landscape waste pickup

• Quinn cancels IDOT 'midnight raises'

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