Jan. 3

• County board ready to get down to business with new committees set

• County committee minutes:

  • Planning & Zoning, Dec. 5

  • Sheriff, Dec. 6

  • EMA, Dec. 6

• A 'raise' for people who get Social Security

• 'Thanks from the bottom of our lungs'
  5th anniversary of the Smoke-Free Illinois Act

• Changes to public health regulations to provide better health and safety protection for swimming facilities

• IADD 'Digging into Drainage' conference Jan. 17-18

• New year means new savings for families visiting Lincoln Presidential Museum

• This day in history

Jan. 2

• CEL holds levy hearing, prepares for bond issuance for building renovations, and reorganizes board

• Lincoln alderman hopefuls asked to submit credentials

• LCHS band and choir concert rescheduled

• Bridge repair on 300th St. & 1400th Ave. south of Lake Fork to begin in January

• United Way of Logan County to hold annual meeting Jan. 9

• A great recipe for life ...

• Railers finish Schnucks Classic with 3-1 consolation
  By Jeff Benjamin

• Attention caregivers: Federal benefit checks are going all-electronic

• New Madigan-backed laws for 2013

• Illinois Department of Agriculture lab receives certification

• Illinois and the Korean War, January 1953

• This day in history

Dec. 29

• Posted Dec. 31: Railers finish Schnucks Classic with 3-1 consolation
  By Jeff Benjamin

• Lincoln alderman hopefuls asked to submit credentials

• Safe Ride available for New Year's Eve

• Farmers Bank to host blood drive Jan. 4

• 'The Tyler Horchem Show'
  Railers take Urbana 55-20 Friday in Schnucks Classic
  By Jeff Benjamin

• New 'social host law' takes effect on New Year's Day

• Reminder: Watch Night/First Day celebrates 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

• Next month at Lincoln Presidential Museum: 3 authors, 3 different takes on history

• Toby Keith to headline 2013 Illinois State Fair Grandstand entertainment

• This day in history

Dec. 28

• 'Predictions': Local artists' expressions of a future world

  • Album 1  |  Album 2

• Patchy freezing drizzle and light snow possible

• Railers drop opening game at the Schnucks Holiday Classic
  By Jeff Benjamin

• The year in Illinois history

• Lincoln envelope Down Under digitally reunited with letter in Illinois

• This day in history

Dec. 27

• City Christmas tree pickup program starts Jan. 7

• Retirement open house planned for Rev. Rich Reinwald

• IDOT, Illinois police ramp up drunk driving and seat belt campaigns as 'Drive to Survive' continues

• State health dept. adds new feature to pioneering Text2Survive mobile service

• This day in history

Dec. 26

• Habitat for Humanity turns over keys to its 17th house

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

• Wind for central Illinois; blizzard to the southeast

• Mount Pulaski to hold New Year's Eve memorial service on the courthouse lawn

• HSLC board election Jan. 30

• Illinois adds 16,400 jobs and rate falls to 8.7 pct
  November monthly job gain largest of the year

• Help for those losing EUC unemployment insurance

• Springfield Municipal Opera expands 2013 'Les Misèrables' run

• This day in history