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Friday, May 07, 2010
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Top Stories from the past week
May 6
Joe Ryan honored by Country Financial
LCHS presents 'Once Upon a Mattress' -- Album 1
LCHS presents 'Once Upon a Mattress' -- Album 2
County board notes achievements with resolutions:
West Lincoln-Broadwell volleyball team
LCHS group interpretation team
Lincoln College men's basketball team
Community Health Fair
Quinn, Brady spar at business lunch
Contentious pension borrowing plan to come before Illinois House
ComEd offers state $500 million
This day in history
May 5
Harry Rosenbloom: last of the early 1940s Maple Club big band
ComEd: Benzene and PAH on city property pose no risk; cleanup in 2011 planned
Tim Chavosky LCHS teacher of the year
Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency website
Gov asks for health care reforms by end of week
May 4
Greenslate appointed police chief; city treasurer tenders letter of resignation
City briefs: Lawnmowers to run, budget approved and more
Community Action office burglarized
Jon Astroth selected as 20th president of Lincoln College
Glass recycling program moves to new location
School & athletic physicals offered by HOPE Mobile
Warmest April on record for Illinois
Quinn throws property tax into the mix
Illinois House to debate $1 tax increase on cigs
Lincoln FFA plant sale, St. John UCC, Iva Mae Snyder-Blaum, Kiwanis, District 27 Spelling Bee, Megan Snodgrass, Abbigayle Parrish, Taylor Coers, Johanna Hebenstreit, Hartsburg-Emden FFA plant sale and Humane Society make Close Up
May 3
Beason volunteers build community playground in remembrance
Community erects Beason memorial playground -- Album 1
Community erects Beason memorial playground -- Album 2
A slight chance of severe weather Monday afternoon in central Illinois
MS Walk collects $27,000 -- Album 1
MS Walk collects $27,000 -- Album 2
Airport Daze -- Album 1
Airport Daze -- Album 2
Airport Daze -- Album 3
Airport Daze -- Album 4
Zion's Vines and Vendors draws crowd -- in pictures
May 1
Community Action names Employee of the Quarter
Scully Building interior work progressing -- in pictures
Zonta Club of Lincoln announces 3 scholarship winners
Lincoln writer attends conference, notes county's literary legacy -- in Community
Lawmakers look to slots at tracks to fund road plan
Bomke legislation transfers burden of inmate medical expenses
FOIA exemption for public employee evaluations heads to gov
April 30
ICC cuts $157 million from Ameren rate request Local electricity up slightly, natural gas to go down
Severe weather threat Friday afternoon and evening Tornado watch until 10 p.m.
Monthlong all-county food drive begins Monday
2010 census takers begin door-to-door data collection in Illinois
Brady goes on offense against Quinn
House votes down redistricting legislation, nixing reform for this year
Lawmakers fear deja vu with budget
Quinn: Not interested in tax amnesty, hoping for federal money
Hartsburg-Emden FFA, Sandy Morgan, Erich Maxheimer, Habitat, Comcast and Community Action make Close Up
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