Feb. 7

• City approves zoning changes for new developments: pet cemetery and Plowfield Square rental housing

• New Abraham Lincoln statue fundraising launches

• Hartsburg-Emden FFA selling strawberries

• 2012 home sales report

• Quinn calls for ethics reform, assault weapons ban

  • Text of Gov. Quinn's State of the State speech

  • Rep. Brauer's response to Quinn's State of the State

  • Vapidity alert: Illinois governor’s State of the State speech offends Dems, GOP

• Showers today with possibility of freezing drizzle after midnight

• Social Security: Electronic payments become mandatory March 1

• ICCB president announces plans to retire

• This day in history

Feb. 6

Feb. 5

• St. Clara's honors its centenarians

  • Album 1  |  Album 2

• Firehouse news with Chief Mark Miller

• Logan County 4-H Foundation to host spaghetti meal Sunday

• Lincoln College and Pekin High jazz groups to present joint concert Feb. 23

• Flu facts
  From the Logan County Department of Public Health

• Carbon capture and storage FutureGen 2.0 project moves forward Into 2nd phase

• Gov. Quinn urges Illinoisans to join biggest earthquake drill in Midwest history

• Lincoln Presidential Museum gives visitors a bargain on 'Civil War Sundays'

• This day in history

Feb. 4

• Steering committee updates the public on downtown revitalization project
  Part 3: Discussions turn to money and TIF districts

• Greer signs letter of intent with Indiana Wesleyan

• ZLS serves up mountains of pancakes at annual breakfast

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

• Community encouraged to take care of their hearts

• No déjà vu for the Railers
  By Jeff Benjamin

• Dianne Noland to speak at Russel Allen Garden Day

• Little Tappers program at Sugar Grove Nature Center

• Old State Capitol to host Chicago Bar Association's chorus and orchestra

• This day in history

Feb. 2

Feb. 1

• Steering committee updates the public on downtown revitalization project
  Part 2: Pinpointing and addressing specific needs

• Discussion opens to implement Logan County CEDS

• Wintry weekend: wind, cold, snow

• Zion Lutheran School holds Geography Bee during National Lutheran Schools Week

• Local pool players vie for national event in Las Vegas

• St. Clara's celebrates centenarian residents Monday

• Railers to enjoy rare Friday off, visit Senators on Saturday
  By Justin Tierney 

• Extension offers Soil and Water Management Workshop for Certified Crop Advisors

• Penguin Project of McLean County holds info meetings

• Illinois and the Korean War, February 1953

• This day in history