May 11

• City: Delinquent sewer bills still a hot topic in council

• City: Council addresses funding issues in a letter to Quinn

• Mobile Food Pantry wheels in huge numbers -- album

• Life prompts student to finish seminary degree

• Chamber plans golf outing June 3

• County Briefs: Payment for services to outside departments equalized; Abraham Lincoln statue on distant horizon; appointments

• Smaller towns looking to lure in tourists

• State announces partnership to strengthen Illinois Main Street program

• House human services budget unveiled

• This day in history

• NH-M collection for Humane Society, Crime Stoppers scholarships, concerts in the park, LCHS cheerleaders' fundraiser, DaVita award, Rotary's Cards-Cubs tickets and Christian Village celebration make Close Up

May 10

• Route 66 Garage Sale will close out National Tourism Week

• Pink Shutter offers raffle during downtown sidewalk sales

• Christian Village employees live out National Nursing Home Week theme

• Mount Pulaski holds prom grand march -- album

• Quinn promises veto of Smart Grid

• Illinois House budget mostly finished

• This day in history

• Crime Stoppers scholarships, concerts in the park, LCHS cheerleaders' fundraiser, DaVita award, Rotary's Cards-Cubs tickets and Christian Village celebration make Close Up

May 9

• National Train Day yields many local stories

• National Train Day album

• 2nd annual Honest Abe's Barbeque Cook Off downtown June 11

• Kiwanis Mother's Day brunch draws 460 -- album

• Princess Party fundraiser for 2012 prom marked as a success

  Album 1   Album 2   Album 3

• Free movie in Postville Park on Saturday

• Viola Rickey, Christian Village resident of the month, remembers early days

• Montessori Children's House of Lincoln hosts workshop

• Montessori Children's House of Lincoln hosts workshop -- album

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May 7

• LCU hosts seminar on post-traumatic stress disorder

• Glass recycling program returns
  1st date May 14

• Local Scouts to sell 30,000 candy bars

• Road construction near Atlanta to begin next week

• Illinois House takes budget behind closed doors

• Concealed-carry legislation fails in Ill. House

• House: No more political state signs, potentially hurtful words in laws

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May 6

• National Day of Prayer at Logan County Courthouse -- album

• ALMH hosts open house for athletes interested in sports enhancement

• Youngsters take a ride on Lincoln College's Reading Railroad

• Lincoln College hosts Reading Railroad -- album

• Humane Society cooks up thank you for building trades students -- Album 1

• Humane Society cooks up thank you for building trades students -- Album 2

• Medical marijuana takes a hit in Illinois House

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• Tee-ball at the park district, Tuffy the dog is lost, LCHS awards and commencement schedule, Hartem musical, the band Look Up, Princess Party at LCHS, new book for stutterers, WL-B honor roll, and mobile food pantry make Close Up

May 5

• Lincoln Theater to be honored by Main Street Lincoln and city
  Theater plans free ticket drawing May 12

• Springfield Clinic to have satellite office in Mount Pulaski

• 'Open Table Concert Series' welcomes Nashville singer Christopher Williams to Chad's Blind May 12

• Businesses wait while lawmakers talk about workers' comp

• Advertising against human services cuts may boomerang

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