Saturday, May 16

• CEL Board hires new superintendent/principal amid controversy

• Logan County considers rezoning land for mining limestone and no smoking in parks

• Expansion project underway at Northwest School - album

• Lincoln Community High School receives ISBE Financial Recognition ranking, but will lose $58,000 in State funding this year

• Zonta Club of Lincoln presents service donations

• Miller Park Zoo welcomes new harbor seals

• Illinois Conservation Police remind boaters to wear a life jacket and stay safe on the water
  National Safe Boating Week is May 16-22

• Governor declares May as Older Americans Month in Illinois

• Governor announces fourth consecutive year of record-breaking visitors to Illinois in 2014
  Domestic visitors to Illinois rose 3.8 percent in 2014 to 107.44 million; 6.4 percent increase in hotel-motel tax revenue sets mark for third year in a row

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  An edgy proposition

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Friday, May 15

• FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF TODAY FOR PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY

• Lincoln aldermen review contractual service agreements for new fiscal year

• Class of 2015 Graduate Lists

  • Mount Pulaski Grade School

  • Zion Lutheran School - Lincoln

  • Zion Lutheran School - Mount Pulaski

• Lincolnland Technical Education Center
  Building Trades to host open house at this years project home

• Culver’s of Lincoln plans Honor Flight Fundraiser Day

• Heartland confirms change of venue due to weather expectations
  Commencement for Heartland Community College set for May 16

• Riding season is here. IDOT urges motorists to “Start Seeing Motorcycles”
  Annual campaign, yard signs tout safety, importance of sharing road

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Thursday, May 14

• Christian Village breaks ground on $6 million expansion project

• Christian Village Groundbreaking - slideshow

• Slice of Heaven Pie Baking contest - slideshow

• Mount Pulaski High School celebrates Honors Night

• Mount Pulaski High School Honors Night - slideshow

• Lincoln Community High School Honors Night to be held May 17

• Logan County Department Of Public Health urges you to “fight the bite”

• Column
  Biting Gnats and Tree Leaf Diseases
  By John Fulton

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Wednesday, May 13

• Tropic's sign:
  City requests Tourism Bureau assistance

• iVantage Names ALMH Top 100 Critical Access Hospital

• Demolition projects underway at intersections of Woodlawn and Lincoln Parkway - Album

• Water Quality Reports Provide Insight on Tap Water
  2014 Water Quality Reports Now Available Online

• Historic Preservation Commission presents "All About Abstracts" May 30th

• Princess Tea to be a trip to Candyland

• “The Life and Times of Logan County Mammals” rescheduled for June 6

• Scholarships available for summer Youth Enrichment Program programs at Heartland Community College
  Available to grades levels third through fifth and sixth through eighth

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Tuesday, May 12

• Logan County Clerk Sally Turner to serve as Election Observer for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

• Guests enjoy another great Kiwanis Mother's Day Buffet - slideshow

• Lincoln Community High School Scholarship Foundation announces 2015 recipients

• Route 66 Ribs & Rides scheduled for June 13
  Now taking entries for cook-off participants

• Midwest Central High School receives $21,900 for new gymnasium lighting

• Illinois Treasurer Frerichs opens applications for new internship program
  Application deadline is May 22nd

• USDA reminds farmers of 2014 Farm Bill Conservation Compliance Changes
  Non-compliance could result in FCIC premium costs doubling

Monday, May 11

• Posted at 11:25 a.m.
  Three Semi crash Sunday on I-55 north of Lincoln
  Official report released by the Illinois State Police

• Lincoln College’s 150th Year, 148th commencement
  Governor Bruce Rauner receives Honorary Doctorate

  • Governor Rauner offers grounded words for Lincoln College graduates

  • Lincoln College 148th Commencement Ceremony - slideshow

• Logan County Democrats endorse Rob Mellon 18th Congressional District

  • Logan County Democrats Chair Rebecca Drake confirms endorsement of Rob Mellon

• Relay for Life team meeting tonight
  Teams & Supporters on track for Ready, Set, GO for the Cure

• Local elementary schools benefit from Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

• City of Mount Pulaski 2015 Junk Drop-off dates set for June

• Portraits of the Presidents
  Lincoln Presidential Library hosts C-SPAN exhibit of portraits from Washington to Obama

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg

Saturday,  May 9

• Zoning Board of Appeals approves rezoning land near old quarry to M-3 extraction

• Heavy traffic expected Saturday afternoon around Lincoln College
  Lincoln police to waive parking restrictions on specific streets

  • Out and About in Lincoln - slideshow

• Area students recognized at MTI welding competition
  Hartsburg-Emden student among top ten

• Library notes
  May is Graphic Novel month

• Groundbreaking for The Christian Village Expansion

• Logan County Master Gardeners Plant Sale

• Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society May meeting

• ISWS Provides Resources for Irrigation Reporting

• Surgical Skills Center in Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation to be named after J. Roland Folse, M.D.

• Illinois State Police UAS (Drone) program receives FAA approval

• National expert to discuss future of libraries
  Head of the National Archives to speak May 14 at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Dewey, the pharaoh of fertilizer

• 2015 Spring Home Improvement Magazine Special Feature
  Keeping your home ready to sell changes the planning for your mechanical systems
  By Jim Youngquist

• 2015 Prom Grand March
  Lincoln, Mount Pulaski and Hartsburg