Dec. 13

• Keenan Leesman ALMH Employee of the Year

• Adams School presents holiday program

• Hartem FFA plans 2nd annual auction

• Crafters build gingerbread houses at the library

• Illinois' prepaid tuition program stops new contracts

• Extra Illinois session costs top $30,000 a day

• Illinois' prepaid tuition program stops new contracts

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Dec. 10

• John Blackburn to be new Lincoln College president

• Downtown offers more great Christmas shopping opportunities

• Railer skid hits 4 against Rochester

• Trend-adjusted APH yield endorsement gives farmers more

• Holiday season: a time of joy, free of fire tragedies

• This day in history

Dec. 9

• Local 4-H'ers honored at 1st Lego League regional

• Appeal is Blagojevich's last hope to cut sentence

• Illinois turns to private sector to cover old bills

• ISP releases court decision preventing disclosure of firearm owners

• RMA streamlines Illinois acreage reporting dates

• 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, Dylan List and Erich Maxheimer make Close Up

Dec. 8

• Breaking news 1:20 p.m.
  Virginia Tech confirms police officer, 1 other person killed in shootings on campus

• Blagojevich begins bleak countdown to prison

• Ex-prosecutor says Blagojevich sentence stiff, but he has no one to blame but self, actions

• Blagojevich likely to lose $65,000 state pension

• District 27 holiday band concert -- album

• Madigan, attorneys general nationwide fight against robo-calls to cellphones

• Fed crackdown on online food stamp fraud empowers Ill.

• Illinois hunters bag 97,000 deer during firearm season

• This day in history

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

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