This section includes: Today's Top Stories, Close Up, Letters to the Editor, Perspectives, Yesterday in the News and LDN Archives.

This section includes these News items: Local, State, National, International, Odd, Political, Health, and Science.

This section includes: Business News, Business Directory, Stock Markets, Rural Review, Classifieds, Gas Prices, Fliers & Coupons

This section includes: Community News, Calendar, Announcements, Clubs & Organizations, Spiritual Life, Church Directory, Law & Courts, Teaching & Learning, Home and Family, & Obituaries

This section includes: Entertainment News, This Day in History, Tourism, Out & About, Movies & Videos, Restaurant Menus, Recipes, & Pets

This section includes: Local Sports News, College Sports & Professional Sports News

This selection includes all of today's news sections.

A group of 104 World War II veterans from central Illinois flew a Land of Lincoln Honor Flight to our nation's capital April 28 to visit the World War II Memorial. The story of the eventful trip that included two Mount Pulaski veterans is in today's Top Stories. Picture by Melissa Kwit (Click on picture for larger image)
Last mail call: Mount Pulaski vets take Honor Flight to DC memorial Committee seeks private donations to complete Civil War monument Lincoln, Main Street to host National Train Day on Saturday Daughter of Reinhold Niebuhr to speak at St. John UCC May 16 Lawmakers call on Quinn to determine budget USDA invites applications for renewable energy funding This day in history Yesterday's Top Stories 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 This Week's Top Stories CLOSE UP:  May 7 LCU, Maple Ridge, Ellen Foley, Danny Harman, Farmers' Market of Lincoln, U of I Extension, Hartsburg-Emden play, Lincoln Farmer's Market in Close Up Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting! sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance	Looking for a great recipe? Check out Grab Your Fork Sponsored by
Click here to check out the LDN 2010 Spring Home Improvement Special Section    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR                                    Submit letter to editor online Recent Letters to the Editor Submit a letter to the editor online CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS TO 10 YEARS OF STORIES IN THE LDN ARCHIVES Recent Perspectives Articles

News...    sponsored by      The containment vessel is lowered into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday at the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig collapse. AP photo by Gerald Herbert
Local Last mail call: Mount Pulaski vets take Honor Flight to DC memorial Committee seeks private donations to complete Civil War monument Lincoln, Main Street to host National Train Day on Saturday Daughter of Reinhold Niebuhr to speak at St. John UCC May 16 CLOSE UP:  May 7 LCU, Maple Ridge, Ellen Foley, Danny Harmon, Farmers' Market of Lincoln, U of I Extension, Hartsburg-Emden play, Lincoln Farmer's Market in Close Up Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting! sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance National Giant box close to being over oil-spewing well Oil spill may endanger human health, officials say Past spill exercises foretell current disaster Gulf oil spill ruining vibe on 'redneck Riviera' LA-area gunman kills 3 family members, wounds 1 Police: No explosives on bus in NH bomb scare Investigators seek money courier in NYC bomb plot Lone wolf or group plot? Feds say it'll take time NYers wary but not fearful after terror scares E. coli forces lettuce recall; 19 ill in 3 states DC officials try to improve EMS after girl's death Volunteers help clean while Tenn. still drying out Survey: Sexual satisfaction ebbs for 45-plus set America's favorite birth control method turns 50 Politics & Government Officials: WH reviving Russia civilian nuke deal Home renovators alert: House passes Caulkers bill Graham prays at Pentagon, says 'Islam got a pass' Wall Street regulations stagger ahead Fla. Sen. candidate Rubio now thinks Ariz. law OK Dems may abandon House race in Hawaii Bennett appeals to GOP to let him keep Senate seat Weather The nation's weather International NATO: 2 service members killed in Afghanistan Russia says pirates who held tanker are freed Irish airports reopen despite Atlantic ash cloud NKorea's Kim reaffirms nuke talks on trip to China Dalai Lama tells AP: Exiles must press China talks Faction of Myanmar's opposition forms new party Iraq vote winner asserts right to form government Turkish lawmakers OK constitutional amendments UK's top 2 parties locked in election standoff Analysis: Somalia hasn't capitalized on rifts ODD & Extraordinary FBI: Ohio woman tried to rob bank with cop in line South Korean driver earns license on 960th try Candles offer a whiff of White Castle's burgers Ohio police warn of mysterious pair of peacocks Science, Technology and the Environment You're a Neanderthal: Genes say yes -- a little bit NASA catapults new Orion capsule into NM desert NASA working on Voyager 2 data problem	Upcoming Civic Events
Health News                                             sponsored by Health News Oil spill may endanger human health, officials say Births at ALMH  Recent Health & Fitness News Index

Dow     $10380.43   -139.89            S&P500       $1110.88   -17.27            NASDAQ     $2265.64   -54.00   National Consumer Reports lifts Lexus 'Don't Buy' rating Fears intensify about Greek crisis' impact on US Wall Street regulations stagger ahead International German lawmakers approve Greek rescue Euro zone summit to try to douse debt crisis Spain hobbles out of recession Panasonic reduces losses on sales recovery Energy Oil hovers above $77 as euro steadies after plunge Markets Stock futures rise a day after market turbulence World stocks slide on Dow collapse, debt crisis Other Recent Business News Index Lincoln IGA Don Panchito MKS Jewelers NAPA   Area Gas Prices Regular Gasoline per Gallon Lincoln $2.799 Bloomington $2.729- $2.789 Springfield $2.859 -- $2.979                        Biting gnats, borer control, planting time By John Fulton  Logan County FSA E-News May newsletter 2010 DCP/ACRE sign-up under way Grain futures trade lower, livestock mostly lower Agriculture News Elsewhere   Weather Market Commentary Check the Label Before Applying Herbicide to Emerging Corn Ray Grabanski: Grain strength persists The boost in corn prices could be coming from the psychology of China buying U.S. corn More... Recent Rural Review News Index Upcoming Civic Events              CLASSIFIED ADS Place an ad online     Classified Rates & Info     HAPPY ADS! Announcements Auctions Autos/Vehicles Employment Free Legal Notices Lost & Found Misc. for Sale Pets/Animals Real Estate Rentals Services Wanted

Community members gathered in the rotunda of the Logan County Courthouse yesterday as part of the local observance of the National Day of Prayer. Picture by Nila Smith (Click on picture for larger image.)
Personality of the Week Graue legacy continues to grow Monthlong all-county food drive updated Reminder: Lincoln Writers Club to meet Tuesday Library notes  YMCA notes Park district notes  Chamber Monday memo Graduates: Carroll Catholic Hartsburg-Emden High School Hartsburg-Emden Junior High Illini Central High School Lincoln College New Holland-Middletown Olympia High School West Lincoln-Broadwell Schedule of area school graduations School menus Illini Central activities  (PDF)  Community Calendar of Events Submit entry for LDN Calendar of Events Friends and Family in the Military  Sponsored by AMVETS Sponsors of the Veterans Honor Roll bricks Community News & Events   CLOSE UP:  May 7 LCU, Maple Ridge, Ellen Foley, Danny Harman, Farmers' Market of Lincoln, U of I Extension, Hartsburg-Emden play, Lincoln Farmer's Market in Close Up Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting! sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance	Upcoming Civic Events
Church Announcements     Ice Cream Social, Culver's Fundraiser and more announcements and news from area churches Reminders Floods Church Celebrates Pastor's 35th Anniversary Doubting Thomas Peace Church Activities and Directories   Law & Courts                                    Police reports  Court reports  Marriages   Dissolutions  Fire and rescue reports    Obituaries    Most recent: Hill, Roy L., 70 Zumwalt, Helen M., 88 LDN publishes all obituaries free of charge and accepts pictures for obits free of charge. The full text of the obituaries is available online free of charge in Logan County and across the world. E-mail condolences are available from subscribing funeral homes. Ask your funeral director to make sure the obituary of your loved one is placed in Lincoln Daily News.

In this April 28 photo, gallery designer Amanda Zeitler works on a display of funeral objects at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo. On Saturday, the museum begins displaying the 2,300-year-old coffin and other antiquities of noblewoman Meretites in its Egyptian Galleries. AP photo by Orlin Wagner
Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts David Rubenstein gives $5M to Library of Congress Kansas City museum to open new Egyptian Galleries Chaz Bono is officially a man and has his new name 'Deadliest Catch' employee facing drug charges Aaron Kelly sees country road leading from 'Idol' James Gandolfini developing potential HBO series Comedy Central considers series about Jesus Christ Spielberg, Abrams collaborate on 'Super 8' Today This day in history LDN Entertainment Movies & Videos Grab Your Fork -- Recipes Adopt a Pet	Revised April 6     NEW! Food & Recipes Area Restaurant Menus Guzzardo's Italian Villa Chad's Blind
Recent Tourism News Index    Out & About Recent Out and About Articles    Features Recent Features

This Oct. 28, 2009, file photo shows Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Robin Roberts, who led the Philadelphia Phillies to the 1950 National League pennant, laughing at a news conference in Philadelphia. The Phillies say Roberts died of natural causes Thursday at his home in Temple Terrace, Fla. He was 83.  AP file photo by Matt Slocum
Today's Top Sports Stories Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts dies at 83 Holmes, Allenby share lead at Players Championship City approves deal to start Baltimore IndyCar race Ex-NFL star Lawrence Taylor charged with NY rape MLB.com baseball standings Pro Basketball Magic beat Hawks 112-98, take 2-0 series lead LeBron: No elbow flare-ups in practice Baseball Eveland too tough for White Sox Halladay, Werth lead Phillies past Cardinals 7-2 Milledge, Burres lead Pirates past Cubs 11-1 Stewart's HR wins it in 12th for Rockies Recent Sports News Index	LCHS Athletics Lincoln College Athletics