Dec. 7

• Heritage Plaza hosts holiday open house Saturday

• Pink Shutter participates in a 'Thrifty Christmas' competition

• Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation offers bricks in lieu of coal this Christmas

• Local historians critique Spielberg movie
  Part 2: How it compares with others

• Route 66 advocate and historian Carl Johnson dies

• Carroll Catholic announces Students of the Month

• Agency salutes 'the best and the brightest' of Class of 2013-2014, including 25 Logan County students
  ISAC announces Illinois State Scholars

• Special feature from the
  LDN Home for the Holidays magazine

  • Planning a party without big problems

  • Alcohol-free drinks

• The joy of the Nativity -- Part 10

• Railers face big challenges in Jacksonville Crimsons
  By Justin Tierney

• Farmers identify regulations as biggest threat to long-term profitability

• Cool, dry November in Illinois

• Prevent winter fun from becoming a DUI

• Heart failure support group to meet at Memorial

• This day in history

Dec. 6

• New HSLC pet cemetery to be beautiful and raise funds

• Annual Elkhart Christmas Candlelight Service

• Local historians critique Spielberg movie
  Part 1: All agree the film is incredible

• Logan County 4-H'ers earn achievement awards

• Community Action board meeting notice

• Special feature from the
  LDN Home for the Holidays magazine

  • Planning a meal that doesn't wear you out

• Mayfield's Mutterings: Illini escape trap game; dump Western Carolina 72-64
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Central Illinois communities donate fire vehicle to New Jersey

• Weekly Outlook: Continued support for corn prices

• Illinois expands Prescription Monitoring Program to help combat prescription drug abuse

• This day in history

Dec. 5

• City council welcomes Bill Hoagland to Main Street Lincoln

  • Santa Claus is coming to downtown Lincoln

• The electric railroad: A legend in Illinois transportation

  • The electric railroad: A legend in Illinois transportation -- album
    Photos courtesy of Rick Naugle

• Local folks spend time in jail for a good cause -- album

• Habitat for Humanity monthly electronics collection Saturday

• Bosom Buddies host fundraiser at Russell Stover's

• University of Illinois scholarship offered to Lutheran men

• Special feature from the
  LDN Home for the Holidays magazine

  • Starting a family tradition: Sending season's greetings in the electronic age

• The joy of the Nativity -- Part 8

• Illinois parents, grandparents encouraged to invest in tuition savings plans this holiday season before 2013 rate increase

• Miller Park Zoo has full slate of holiday events

• This day in history

Dec. 4

Dec. 3

• County engineer brings road issue to city council

• Airport to get new runway lighting in 2013

• A New Holland-Middletown Mustang Style Christmas

• Information Station's annual holiday open house Friday

• Diabetes support group to meet at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital

• Porter Bell Unit to meet Wednesday

• Feature column: Moose lessons
  By Ron Otto, preaching minister, Lincoln Christian Church

• Special feature from the
  LDN Home for the Holidays magazine

  • The transforming power of the season: Believing and being your best

• The 2012 Lincoln Christmas Parade -- picture magazine

• The joy of the Nativity -- Part 6

• Brutal 1st half leads to Lady Lynx loss to Carl Sandburg
  By Justin Tierney

• How to avoid the flu
  National Influenza Vaccination Week

• Presidential museum launching exhibit on Benito Juarez, the 'Mexican Lincoln'

• African-American Civil War heroes to be portrayed at presidential library

• This day in history

Dec. 1

• CEL school board accepts 3 resignations
  Building renovation plans continue: Experts explain funding and advise on HVAC options

• County approves $600,000 bond issue to cover trials and approves budget for 2013

• Tails wag at 'Paws for Reading' night in New Holland-Middletown

• Tails wag at 'Paws for Reading' night in New Holland-Middletown -- album

• Did you know Joe Schroth? Local historian seeking your info

• Special feature from the
  LDN Home for the Holidays magazine

  • The presence of Santa in Lincoln

• The 2012 Lincoln Christmas Parade -- picture magazine

• 'Made with love'
  Carroll Catholic students bake loaves for Sunday bazaar

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3  |  Album 4

• The joy of the Nativity -- Part 5

• Railers dominate Taylorville 66-36
  By Jeff Benjamin

• Sauk Valley star spoils LC comeback; Lady Lynx lose 75-65
  By Justin Tierney

• Illinois Department of Agriculture encourages public to 'buy local'
  '25 Days of Christmas' promotion to raise awareness of Illinois food products

• Illinois donates hundreds of surplus computers to organizations helping veterans

• Bill Brady to support temporary visitor driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants

• Abraham Lincoln and the dilemma of alcohol
  Guy Fraker, author of 'Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency,' to discuss Lincoln's views Thursday at presidential museum

• Illinois and the Korean War, December 1952

• This day in history