April 19

• LCHS baseball tournament games for today canceled
  New schedule for Saturday

• Notice to parents and players: Park district boys baseball evaluations canceled

• Local officials tour new pumping station at Illinois American Water's Lincoln plant

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• Historical society voices support for tourism bureau

• If traveling, call ahead. Flooding throughout Illinois has made many roads impassable, local roads included. Cold, rain, snow in forecast.

• Red Cross flood tips
  Red Cross encourages families to be prepared and cautious

• Salvation Army offers flood cleanup kits for those in need

• Chamber hosts workforce development event for Logan County high school seniors

• Lincoln Public Library summer staffing benefits from new grant

• Hernandez named April Employee of the Month at ALMH

• Logan County Master Gardener Four Seasons Gardening program
  TeleNet series at Logan County U of I Extension office

• Central Illinois Sustainable Farming Network workshops

• Zion Lutheran School, Mount Pulaski, presents spring musical April 26

• Birding walks in Elkhart April 27

• Madigan sues local business for violating Do Not Call list

• Lincoln Presidential Museum explores one of the Civil War's bloodiest battle

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April 18

• Flooding creates dangerous driving conditions in Illinois
  Multiple road closures in Peoria County as well as Champaign and Livingston

• Major change in CEL school board noted as school prepares for major renovations

• Severe weather threat and heavy rain continue through tonight; low temps tonight

• Geriets announces run for Logan County sheriff

• Pittsburgh Symphony cellist charms Atlantans

• Electronic record to be used in 4th District appellate cases from Logan County

• United Methodist Women host annual May breakfast

• Nuisance fruit prevention and lawn updates
  By John Fulton

• IDOT, state police, tollway join forces for National Work Zone Awareness Week kickoff

• State health department encourages testing during STD Awareness Month

• U of I news: Research advances in conversion of wastes and algae to crude oil

• Get a soldier's-eye view of the Civil War
  'Meet a Boy in Blue' returns to Old State Capitol

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April 17

• City of Lincoln announces tobacco compliance check results

• Lip-smackin', finger-lickin' good Southern barbecue makes community and Scouts happy

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• Severe weather possible tonight into tomorrow; heavy rainfall likely into Friday

• LCU Women's Conference welcomes Nicole Johnson

• Elkhart's Artisan Craft Fair features gourd artist

• Lincoln College, Lincolnite actresses gain spotlight for Irene Ryan scholarship tryout

• FSA reminds CRP participants of primary nesting season requirements

• Parents have until April 30 to enroll in College Illinois

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April 16

April 15

• Lincoln budget talks continue
  Part 3: City considers what to cut in this year's expenditure list

• Lincoln Youth Football serves up Sunday breakfast -- album

• Local Boy Scouts sweep Lincoln clean -- album

• FFA teaches youngsters about farm animals

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• Lincoln residents among those to be honored at Lincoln College's Alumni Reunion weekend

• Logan County sales tax payment received for schools

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April 13

• Mount Pulaski 3rd-graders' stunning 'Courthouse Cash' raises praises

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• Chamber donates Melon Car to a worthy cause

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• Bill Higdon Memorial Country Music Show at Lincoln College on April 28

• Community Action board meeting notice

• Quinn announces $4.4M for road projects in Logan, Macon and Moultrie counties

• Notice of public hearing for Logan Mason Public Transportation

• Illinois American Water's reports on water quality will be available online this year

• Retire on your own terms

• Ke$ha joins star-studded Illinois State Fair Grandstand entertainment lineup

• Miller Park Zoo hosts 'Party for the Planet' event

• Citizen Scientist training at Sugar Grove Nature Center

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