• Preliminary report indicates EF4 tornado hit nearby Washington
  Logan County between 2 destructive lines of tornado activity

• Latest from the NWS on the central Illinois tornado outbreak Sunday

  • Ameren Illinois outage map

• Public meeting of city planning commission Thursday 

• Christmas on Vinegar Hill comes this weekend

• Harvest of Talents offers 'take-and-bake' cinnamon rolls for the holidays

• Tammy Renee Harris to perform in Mount Pulaski on Dec. 12

• Preparation is the key to winter storm survival

  • Illinois winter weather facts   (PDF)

• 'The people' mark Gettysburg Address anniversary by recording Lincoln's words

• Illinois' housing value at $179,900 and homeownership rate at 67.3 pct

• Community Calendar of Events

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• Sunday a.m. post: Severe weather with possibility of tornadoes this afternoon

• Sunday post: High wind the cause of accident on I-155

• Boomtown round table brings many participants and ideas for a better Lincoln
  Part 2

• Perspective: Are we defined by an NPR commentary? No, we are Lincoln!
  By Lincoln Mayor Keith Snyder

• PASE to host Vinegar Hill event at Mount Pulaski Grade School

• LC's Simpson named NJCAA Player of the Week

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  A cousin and a badger, a pipe and a cigar

• Illinois transportation and law enforcement join forces to launch 'Ice and Snow – Take it Slow'

• State health dept. releases strategy for future of public health in Illinois

• Ag director welcomes Illinois State Beekeepers Association

• Memorial's Festival of Trees runs Nov. 23-Dec. 1