Oct. 31

• City marks 2 properties for fast-track demolition

• Courthouse elevator unavailable through Friday

• Park district Halloween party brings in the crowds

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  • Album 4  |  Album 5  |  Album 6

  • Album 7  |  Album 8  |  Album 9

• Mount Pulaski Courthouse gives back to the community through a Halloween party -- album

• Book signing Saturday for 2nd novel by Morris

• Lincoln College hosts Trivia Night on Nov. 7

• LCGHS annual meeting Nov. 18

• Library notes

• County meeting minutes:

  • Adjourned board, Aug. 20

  • Waste management, Aug. 21

• Special feature from the 2013 Farm Outlook magazine

  • What do the trends tell about cash rent vs. share rent?
    By Derek Hurley

• Federal government cuts funding for food assistance program in Illinois

• Just in time for Halloween ... Miller Park Zoo puts bats on exhibit

• Lincoln Heritage Committee of DeWitt County to host a traditional Thanksgiving dinner

• This day in history

Oct. 30

• City zoning board to hold public meeting tonight  (PDF)

• Community invited to celebrate fall this weekend at Christian Village

• LCU to host US women’s soccer film during regional NCCAA tournament

• New Holland-Middletown 1st-quarter honor roll

• Midwest Central expanding communication efforts

• County meeting minutes:

  • Airport and farm, Aug. 5

  • Road and bridge, Aug. 5

• Special feature from the 2013 Farm Outlook magazine

  • Costs grew and income shrank for producers in 2013
    By Jim Youngquist

• State regulators warn that colored contact lenses could be dangerous this Halloween

• This day in history

Oct. 29

• Lincoln College presents 'Rumors'

• Lincoln man competes for chance at 'Voice of McDonald's' title

• Mount Pulaski High School 1st-quarter honor roll

• County meeting minutes:

  • Planning and zoning, May 1

• Special feature from the 2013 Farm Outlook magazine

  • What about the weather?
    By Jan Youngquist

• Don't be tricked into driving drunk this Halloween

• Stroke -- the leading cause of disability in Illinois and the U.S.

• Feast your eyes on Victorian Thanksgiving at David Davis Mansion

• This day in history

Oct. 28

• Saturday a beautiful day for a beautiful event: the 30th Harvest of Talents for World Hunger

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  • Album 3  |  Album 4

• Ghosts, goblins and green globs of goo invade downtown Lincoln

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  • Album 4  |  Album 5  |  Album 6

  • Album 7  |  Album 8

• WLNX-FM 88.9 at Lincoln College adopts new music format

• Ludolph named ALMH October Employee of the Month

• Special feature from the 2013 Farm Outlook magazine

  • 2013 year in review
    By John Fulton

• Red Cross offers tips for a safe, yet spooky Halloween

• Intricate art celebrated at Vachel Lindsay Home

• This day in history

Oct. 26

• Keeping millennials in the community
  Schultz and Lindvahl discuss a new generation of entrepreneurs

• Railers come up short in a hard-fought final game of the season
  By Scott Kirby

• Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary to host quarter auction for the Oasis on Nov. 1

• Carroll Catholic 1st-quarter honor roll

• West Lincoln-Broadwell 1st-quarter honor roll

• Red Cross invites eligible donors to give blood in honor of military members, veterans

• Slim Randles' Home Country: Why hunt deer? Go figure

• On Lincoln's Mind: The ethics of recruiting black troops

• How to reduce the biggest expense of your life: taxes

• This day in history

Oct. 25