Christmas weekend edition

• Mount Pulaski ready for yearlong celebration:
  Kickoff New Year's Eve

• All-day snow on Christmas Eve expected to slow travel

• 2010 Red Kettle campaign at 31% of annual goal

• NORAD Santa Tracker

• Logan County 4-H achievement recognition awards for 2010

• Joint Solid Waste Agency information is online

• Former Logan County Board member Laura Schilling dies

• Illinois data shows unbuckled individuals pay high cost for drinking and driving

• Deal reached on Chicago-St. Louis high-speed rail

• This day in history [12-24-10]

• This day in history [12-23-10]

• City Briefs:
  Partnership update, state taxes late, a change in direction for an alley and more

• City gives individual honors to ward residents

• Logan County Board members get committee assignments

• U.S. census could be unkind to Illinois

• Attorney General Madigan distributes $1.2 million to Illinois' 8 regional food banks

• This day in history

• Humane Society, Lincoln Youth Wrestling and online donations for Red Kettle campaign make the Close Up

Dec. 20

• Freezing rain advisory in effect 6 p.m. Monday to noon Tuesday

• Logan County Board members get committee assignments

• Meagher begins new county job
  Retiring Marlin to have receptions

• Railer defense holds back Taylorville 49-25

• Illinois State Police tally 7,800 cell phone stops in 2010

• Dec. 31 is deadline for Circuit Breaker program

• Early Christmas treat: 2010's total lunar eclipse

• This day in history

• Shopping locally:
  Gift cards and certificates help with those tough Christmas buys
  Last in a series

• Toys for Tots readies for big morning -- Album 1

• Toys for Tots readies for big morning -- Album 2

• Railers play back-to-back before holiday break

• November Illinois unemployment falls to 9.6 percent

• Teachers' unions on reform: Slow down

• This day in history

• Jannette Wibben Coers, downtown Lincoln, Hartsburg-Emden FFA, Haley Bowles and Shanna Sheen make the Close Up

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