March 11

• From first shovel to fruition, ALMH readies to serve community

  • Groundbreaking for new hospital -- a look back  (June 2009)

  • Cornerstone unveiling at new ALMH -- a look back  (December 2009)

  • New ALMH is dedicated

  • Ribbon-cuts and link with past at ALMH

  • A tour of the new ALMH -- Album 1

  • A tour of the new ALMH -- Album 2

  • A tour of the new ALMH -- Album 3

• Beth Fleshman named Illinois Head Start Administrator of the Year

• Turbine damages rail track, then leaves

• Wanted: Polar Plungers to jump into Lincoln Lakes on March 19

• Spring wildflowers of Elkhart Hill -- dinner-lecture on April 15

• Local unemployment rates fall again throughout state
  Unemployment drops in every county for 2nd consecutive month

• State could get billion-dollar boost

• GOP budget: Up to $6 billion in cuts now will ease pain later

• Sen. Bomke co-sponsors bill protecting privacy of gun owners

• Concealed-carry law may need supermajority

• Thousands of gun owners rally at the Capitol

• Quinn OKs online tax

• This day in history

• Mount Pulaski American Legion Stag, Draw 4 Carroll, Lincoln Church of the Nazarene breakfast, Lincoln Woman's Club prayer breakfast and Zumba lessons make Close Up

• Illinois abolishes death penalty, commutes sentences of all remaining death row inmates

• Habitat for Humanity house blessing March 20

• Brown, Mitchell comment on concealed-carry law passing House committee

• Protesters flood Wis. Capitol over anti-union vote
  GOP bypasses Dems, cuts collective bargaining

• Illinois universities: Half is not enough

• Stationary state police possible

• This day in history

March 9

March 8

• Comcast says service to city is 'state of the art' but city council not satisfied

• High-speed rail meeting answers concerns for Logan County leaders
  Part 2

• Fulscher to receive another honor -- in his wrestling career

• National Groundwater Awareness Week March 6-12

• Middle Eastern turmoil causes spike in gas prices; spike in gas tax for state?

• 10th-wettest February on record for Illinois

• Illinois preparing to comply with national health care reform

• Skippy peanut butter recall

• This day in history

• HSLC rummage sale, Hartsburg-Emden FFA, community garden, Warren and Jean Peters, Lincoln Heritage Museum and school referendum meeting at Oasis make Close Up

• High-speed rail meeting answers concerns for Logan County leaders
  Part 1

• Mt. Pulaski celebrates Casimir Pulaski -- Album 1

• Mt. Pulaski celebrates Casimir Pulaski -- Album 2

• Ill. could remove public notices from newspapers

• Ill. leads nation in single-school districts

• This day in history

• Looking for Lincoln, Main Street partnership event scheduled for March 20

• Chamber hosts sales tax referendum meeting

• Students initiated into Phi Theta Kappa at Lincoln College

• Lawmakers looking into reforming pension system -- again

• Auditor: State's pension hole grew in 2010

• Tax error will cost U of I grad students

• This day in history

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