Monday, February 29

• The heroin epidemic
  4-Pillars approach begins with prevention
  Part one: Understanding the problem

• Lady Railers plan to “Stay Humble, Stay Hungry” as they eye the Super-Sectional Championship Tonight
  Lady Railers will take on Highland at 7:00 p.m. tonight, Monday, February 29th at the University of Illinois-Springfield gymnasium

• 2016 John Welsh Memorial Tournament

  • Event brings in more than 160 teams - Slideshow

  • Points to a great weekend for local businesses - Slideshow

• First posted Saturday evening
  Crash fatality discovered on South Beason Road

• Route 66 Name and Logo Contest

  • GUIDELINES, RULES, TIMELINE pdf

  • ENTRY FORM pdf

• National Weather Service - Lincoln encourages everyone to be severe weather prepared
  Annual Statewide Tornado Drill will be held at 10:00 am CST on Tuesday March 1st.

• 2016 Severe Weather Fact Sheet to print and share pdf

Saturday, February 27

• Crash fatality discovered on South Beason Road

• Railer Football: Another New Start
  by Benjamin Yount

• Logan County farmer directs donation to local daycare center, Christian Child Care, Inc.

• GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION NOTICE
  SALLY J. TURNER, LOGAN COUNTY CLERK

• Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Accepting Applications for Free Nursing Camp for Students

• Mount Pulaski High School Drama Club presents HONK! Jr.

• Katherine Boss named to Dean's List at Southern Mississippi

• Lincoln Public Library
  Library notes
  Upcoming events in March and news of services offered at the Library

• Special Feature
  Area club offers entry tips into the world of running
  By Todd Spellman - Lincoln Daily News

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  What dreams will dance now?

• IDOA announces new division leadership for Illinois, DeQuoin State Fairs

Friday, February 26

• Andy Anderson resigns from Logan County Board

• Haley Bernhardt is the Lincolnland Technical Education Center February Student-of-the-Month

• 4-H offers Nature Explorers Club for youth

• 11th Annual Cheeseburger in Paradise fundraiser looking for individuals to “add the cheese”

• Special Feature
  The No. 1 New Year's Resolution “lose weight” and get in “better shape”
  By From the desk of fitness trainer Chris Beard

• Soils Warmer than Average across Illinois this Winter

• Trade, Farm Finance Discussed at Farmers Union Convention

Thursday, February 25

• Lincoln Aldermen to lay cornerstone for new civic foundation

• Godspell opens tonight at Lincoln Christian University

• Lincoln College Honors Student-Athletes

• Comfort Dogs to visit Zion Lutheran School in Lincoln March 9th

• Column
  Pruning and Russel Allen Garden Day
  By John Fulton

• Special Feature
  The Dangers of E-Cigarettes
  From Brianna Allen, Health Education Intern Logan County Department of Public Health

• Illinois Department of Labor Recognizes Grain Bin Safety Week

• Lincoln law book comes home
  Lincoln Presidential Library acquires one of the future president’s favorite legal volumes