Jan. 28

• BloNoSmoke named New Business of the Year, and Prairie Engineers, Distinguished Business of the Year

  • Album 1  |  Album 2

• A secret in Logan County: Live-ammo police training site recognized nationally in the profession
  Part 2: How 'The Range' came to be

• Mount Pulaski gives it up to Delavan on homecoming night

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3
    By Teena Lowery

• Peak wind gusts from Sunday night   (NWS)

• LCHS second-quarter and first-semester honor rolls

• December unemployment falls to 8.6 percent

• Park and Recreational Facility Construction program accepting grant applications

• Free opportunities for fun and education

Jan. 27

• IDOT winter crews ready for whiteout conditions, high winds, cold temperatures statewide
  Motorists reminded: 'Ice & Snow, Take it Slow'

• Peak wind gusts from Sunday night   (NWS)

• A secret in Logan County: Live-ammo police training site recognized nationally in the profession
  Part 1: A tour of 'The Range'

• Logan County Highway Department celebrates 100 years

• Visitors to ALMH encouraged to take precautions to prevent spread of influenza

• Railers crowned champions of County Market Classic
  By Jeff Benjamin

  • Railers vs. Rochester

    • Album 1  |  Album 2
      By Debbie Olden

  • Railers vs. Chatham Glenwood

    • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3
      By Debbie Olden

• Mayfield's Mutterings:
  Illini slump reaches six games
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Hartem FFA seeking consignments for annual auction

• Park district notes

• Health care workforce report released
  Group makes recommendations for more health care providers to meet demand due to Affordable Care Act

• IEMA encourages people to test homes for radon during Radon Action Month in January

Jan. 25

• Logan County Highway Department celebrates 100 years

• Beason man dies in single-car accident   (PDF)

• Visitors to ALMH encouraged to take precautions to prevent spread of influenza

• Sheriff and police chief: Discovery ID's portrayal of Dillen Constant outrageous!!!

• Too many Cooks spoil the soup for Jacksonville
  By Jeff Benjamin

  • Album 1  |  Album 2
    By Debbie Olden

• Crusaders are countywide eighth-grade champs

• Illinois motorists reminded to be aware of potentially dangerous travel conditions during winter months

• 215,000 job openings online in December
  Median earnings between $10 and $48 an hour

• Community gardening and urban farming workshop coming to Springfield

• 25th Illinois Horse Fair is the one you'll want to see

• Meyer elected president of Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs

• Summer Robbins crowned 2014 Miss Illinois County Fair

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Thoughts at daybreak

Jan. 24

• Lincoln building and safety officer: '2013 was a very good year'

• Mount Pulaski welcomes Casey's General Store — album

• A little snow, lots of wind and continued cold forecast through Tuesday

• Snowfall this winter well above normal  (NWS)

• Sports night at Behind the Scenes at the Atlanta Public Library

• Extraordinary nurses to be recognized at ALMH

• High schoolers invited to register early for Vine Conference

• New sales tax allocation rules filed
  Emergency rules effective immediately

Jan. 23

• County Briefs: Enterprise zone extension considered

• Prospective performing arts students invited for a day of discovery at Lincoln College

• Dangerous wind chills -15 to -29 through Friday  (NWS)

• Railers plow past Raiders and never look back
  By Jeff Benjamin

  • Album 1  |  Album 2
    By Debbie Olden

• Ticket sales start Feb. 3 for 31st annual Spring for Tea

• Extension seminar offers continuing education in soil and water management

• $50,000 Ameren Illinois donation allows Illinois Raptor Center to spread its wings

Jan. 22