Saturday, December 22

• Gerald Thomas found guilty of attempted First Degree Murder

• Ward Three residents will have a primary election
  Rohlfs and Bateman both seek seat

  • NOTICE TO THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN PERSON, BY MAIL AND GRACE PERIOD REGISTRATION AND VOTING FOR THE FEBRUARY 26, 2019 CITY OF LINCOLN WARD 3 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION

• Don't panic, Local stores will get you through your last minute shopping challenges this year

  • Last minute shoppers take heart....downtown businesses will come to the rescue - slideshow

  • From the 2018 Holiday Magazine:
    The best places to shop for your friends and loved ones

• Santa makes a pre-Christmas stop at St. Clara's - Album

• Apex Clean Energy Announces Sale of 202 MW Sugar Creek Wind

  • Liberty Power Moves Ahead with 202 MW Sugar Creek Wind Project

• Illinois State Police with assistance from Lincoln Police Department arrest suspect for engaging in sex acts with a minor
  Texas man arrested after leaving minor child on the highway near Lincoln

• ACEP Offers Holiday Health and Safety Tips to Avoid the ER

• Heightened holiday enforcement aims to save lives

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  A child's smile and a small taste of love

• Plant Indoors Now for a Fragrant Start to the New Year
  By Melinda Myers

Friday, December 21

• Illinois Supreme Court appoints Jonathan Wright as Circuit Judge in Eleventh Judicial Circuit

• Sugar Creek Wind Farm agreement with Logan County modified to resolve pipeline issue

• Atlanta Ag 4-H Club shops for Angel Tree - Album

• Winter Begins at 4:23 pm CST on Friday - Link

• Pain in the Poinsettia: How to keep your Poinsettia alive over the holidays

• IDNR Announces 2018 Habitat Fund Project Grants

Thursday, December 20

• Five seats for Lincoln City Council to be filled by four new aldermen come May 1st
  No candidate for Ward 4

• Lincoln College hosts the inaugural All-State Junior High Classic for Girls

• All-State Junior High Girls Basketball Classic - overall results - Pdf

• Maggie Anderson named December Senior of the Month at Mount Pulaski High School

• The Fault Lines of Farm Policy: New book traces political history of the farm bill

• New Grant Program Available to Help Companies Market Asian Carp Products

• Grant for Papers of Abraham Lincoln
  Project to find and digitize all Lincoln documents receives grant from Abraham Lincoln Association

Wednesday December 19

• Lincoln aldermen vote no increase to property tax levy for 2019

• Lady Railers 1998-99 fourth place team reunites on the court

• American Legion Auxiliary Members Christmas Party tonight

• Farm Service Agency December Newsletter

• New Illinois child car seat law takes effect January 1, 2019

• Another iconic Route 66 neon sign to be preserved in Springfield

• Illinois EPA Office of Energy Announces Grant Program for Energy Efficiency Upgrades at Public Wastewater Treatment Plants
  Program to Fund Upgrades and Changes for Energy and Cost Savings