Monday, Dec. 1

• City of Lincoln planning to freeze 2015 property taxes to promote economic growth

• Railers win the doubleheader to take top spot in Eaton Round Robin

• Small Business Saturday adds fun and adventure to shopping local

  • Small Business Saturday - Slideshow

• Superintendent Robert Bagby reports strengths of LCHS to Women’s Club
  National test scores and graduate numbers up

• Pride of the Prairie brings Christmas cheer to the Lincoln Park District - slideshow

• Special feature from the Home for the Holidays Magazine

  • A soldier's holidays remembered
    By Jan Youngquist

• Mayfield's Mutterings

  • I’m Thankful for an Illini Thanksgiving Weekend!
    By Jeff Mayfield

Thur., Fri., & Sat. - Thanksgiving holiday

Wednesday, Nov., 26

• A Thanksgiving feature
  Reaching out to the community in thanksgiving

• Thanksgiving fun facts

• Farewell to Fall - Slideshow

• Downtown merchants celebrate Small Business Saturday this weekend

• Oasis Hosts Festival of Trees starting Sunday - slideshow

• LCHS Speech teams places 5th at Metamora

• Community comes together at OACF - Slideshow

• Zion Lutheran students bring Thanksgiving happiness to St. Clara's Manor - slideshow

• The Office of The Illinois State Fire Marshal encourages residents to take extra care with turkey deep fryers during Thanksgiving Holiday
  Traditional oven cooking: a safer alternative to turkey fryers

• Weekend Sports stories

  • Posted Wednesday: Railers "out-toughed" by Mahomet Bulldogs

  • Posted Thursday: MP Toppers win number two in Turkey Tourney

  • Posted Friday: Railers comeback against Champaign Centennial

Tuesday, Nov., 25

• Railers dominate Danville Vikings

• Boys Basketball: Toppers open season with a win

• Traffic Alert for Springfield Commuters

• Zion Lutheran students bring Thanksgiving happiness to St. Clara's Manor - slideshow

• Fifteen graduate from 2014 Chamber Leadership Academy

• Leadership Academy Class of 2014 - Slideshow

• “Sugar Creek is in excellent health!”

• Pride of the Prairie sees old favorites and new vendors at this year’s event to be held Saturday

• Origins of ‘the war to end all wars’
  100 years after World War 1 began, Lincoln Presidential Library historian explores what sparked unprecedented violence

Monday, Nov., 24

• Mount Pulaski community hears details of proposed Meridien Wind Farm

• Railer basketball: Preview
  by Jeff Benjamin

• Logan County offers a “Shop till you Drop Saturday” in multiple communities and venues

  • Doors open wide in Elkhart - Slideshow

  • Weather adds success to this year's Christmas on Vinegar Hill

  • Christmas on vinegar Hill - Slideshow

  • Home based businesses bring shopper to 'Hop to Shop' in Lincoln - Slideshow

• Kaya Albert is the LTEC November Student-of-the-month

• Safe Ride Available for Thanksgiving Eve

• From the Lincoln Public Library
  Library Notes

Saturday, Nov., 22

• Mission Mart collects over $2,000 for local Thanksgiving Outreach
  Crawford: Community meal is for everyone

• 27th Annual Light Up a Life program to be held December 2nd

• Oasis to host Festival of Trees
  Special four night event will feature decorated trees to be auctioned

• Get Covered Illinois to hold two informative sessions in Lincoln December 2nd

• October Unemployment Unchanged at 6.6 Percent
  Labor Force Increases and Private Sector Adds Jobs

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Turkey and pumpkin pie

Friday, Nov., 21

• Mid-morning addition
  Public hearing process for Mount Pulaski wind farm adjourns to December

• Behind the scenes crowd in Atlanta treated with singer/song writer, author Brian Davis

• LCHS announces Fall 2014-15 Central State 8 Academic All-Conference athletes and All-Conference Teams

• Alecsandria Hayes is the Mount Pulaski November Senior-of-the-month

• Illinois American Water Reminds Customers to Protect Pipes for Winter Weather
  Warmer temps over the weekend could be your last opportunity

• Sign up to give back on the state’s birthday
  Orientation offered Dec. 3 for potential volunteers at state historic sites in Springfield

Thursday, Nov. 20

• Death of young Lincoln woman under investigation

• Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary to host Holiday ‘Hop To Shop’ event

• Christmas on Vinegar Hill comes to Mount Pulaski this Saturday

• Christmas on Vinegar Hill comes to Mount Pulaski this Saturday - slideshow
  A preview of two venues that will be open Saturday

• Viper Mine rezoning request passes 10–1–1

• Lincoln College students inducted into national honor society
  Normal campus recognizes top undergraduates

• Park district notes for Late November to Mid December

• Consumer Alert
  Madigan, FTC ban ‘free’ credit score scam
  Defendants to pay $22 million in refunds for scheme to charge for credit monitoring consumers never authorized