• Chester-East Lincoln bond issue comment
  By Kenny Golden, CEL board member

• Famed National Historic Place, Lincoln Public Library undergoes necessary renovations

Famed National Historic Place,
Lincoln Public Library undergoes necessary renovations -- album

• Education office offers TRS phone conferences for teachers

• Blood drive Monday at Lincoln Masonic Center

• East-central Illinois Rotarians present 'Journey into Dyslexia'

• Railers hope to avoid Senators' upset bid
  By Justin Tierney

• Think safety as snowmobile season begins in Illinois

• Community Calendar of Events

• This day in history

• 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