Nov. 20

• Lincoln parks go tobacco-free

• What day is it? GIS Day

• ZLS Bible Bowl team takes 1st place

• Slackers closes kitchen but still offers pizza and wings

• Outdoors with Babe Winkelman: Oh, Mr. Grouse, you're such a wonderful bird!

• When to call 911

Nov. 19

• 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

Nov. 18

• 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

• Logan County sales tax payment received for schools

• Logan County Democrats cancel December meeting

• 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

Nov. 16

• 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

• 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

Nov. 15

• Boomtown round table brings many participants and ideas for a better Lincoln
  Part 1

• Severe weather possible on Sunday  (NWS)

• Rotary asks community to help make this a 'picture perfect' holiday season

• Come enjoy Christmas at the Mount Pulaski Courthouse

• LCHS speech team enjoys success at Normal West

• Hartsburg-Emden FFA recognized as 3-star chapter

• Mayfield's Mutterings: Illini overcome Valparaiso
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Preliminary enrollment numbers announced for Get Covered Illinois

Nov. 14

• Lincoln Christian University announces tuition freeze

• First measurable snowfall of the 2013-2014 winter season  (NWS)

• Help Lincoln College fill the food pantry
  Pay your admission to the Lincoln Classic with food

• Chestnut community to host tour of homes this weekend

• Lincoln Christian Church to host 'Unleashed for the Unreached' prayer wall

• Carroll Catholic students in IESA speech contest

• Frost named ALMH November Employee of the Month

• Seminars today in Springfield for state of Illinois retirees

• Survey: Small business optimism sees big drop in Oct.

• This day in history