• County board to appoint its last tourism bureau board tonight

• Logan County Board prepared to set next fiscal year budget and other financial matters

• Public meeting of city planning commission Thursday 

• Post-tornado messages from the Pekin and Washington chambers of commerce

• BloNo Smoke asks for help for Washington

• MKS Jewelers offers unique help to Logan County Food Pantry

• It's cookie time at HSLC
  Order yours today

• Brian Wrage to speak at Woman's Club on Wednesday

• Logan County sales tax payment received for schools

• Kathryn Nobbe is the Zion Lutheran November Student of the Month

• Logan County Democrats cancel December meeting

• Illini have no trouble with Bradley
  By LDN staff

• Anniversary special feature
  When it comes to the Gettysburg Address, even trivia can be important

• IDNR proposes regulations to implement Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act

• Community Calendar of Events

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• 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

• 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