Dec. 7

• Breaking news 1:30 p.m.
  Blagojevich gets 14 years in prison for corruption

• City Briefs: Trash, derelict property and more

• Food pantry drive brings in $7,000

• Elks Lodge opens new restaurant

• Chris Huff promoted to office manager at development partnership

• St. Nicholas Day celebrated in Emden

• St. Nicholas Day in Emden -- album

• Blagojevich lawyer: Don’t punish him for state history

• 13th Amendment copy restored by conservator, to return to Lincoln Presidential Museum

• This day in history

• Humane Society tree of lights, live Nativity at Zion Lutheran, 'It's a Wonder-full Life,' Christmas cookie walk, park district's outdoor decorating contest, Joseph Ahrends and Dylan List make Close Up

Dec. 5

• Development partnership director's first 100 days range from everyday business to extraordinary urgency

• Carroll Catholic Christmas Bazaar -- album

• Postal cuts to slow delivery of mail

• GED test dates for 2012 announced

• Any defiance could hurt Blagojevich at sentencing

• Farmers worry new labor rules will end teen jobs

• Reminder: Medicare open-enrollment period ends Wednesday

• This day in history

Dec. 3

• Creative bookkeeping prevented Illinois layoffs

• Lincoln Park District installs environmentally friendly parking lot

• Family Medical Center patients can access their health records online

• U of I reviewing policies on sex abuse reporting

• Indianapolis courts owner of Chicago exchanges

• Closing Illinois institutions: cost savings or cost shifting?

• Fall precipitation in the Midwest: from shortage in the west to surplus in the east

Dec. 2

• Christmas in the Chapel opens at LCU

• CCS students prepare for Christmas bazaar

• Normal West edges Railers in OT 44-43

• Finger-pointing after tax deal flops in Ill.

• Caterpillar: Tax vote sign of Illinois' 'rudderless, dysfunctional business climate'

• Quinn: Sears help 'more than adequate.' But Ohio offers $400 million

• Pat Quinn calls it a Christmas tree, not holiday tree

• This day in history

Dec. 1

• Ron Keller included on panel to discuss Lincoln book

• St. Nicholas Eve in Emden on Monday

• Lawmakers want tax fairness, not one-at-a-time relief

• Relief sparse for most taxpayers

• Prosecutors: Blagojevich deserves 15 to 20

• Abe's law office clock is ALPLM artifact of the month for December

• This day in history

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